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APPLY TEXTURES TO PORTRAITS WITH BLENDING

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JAMES ABBOTT

Photographer and journalist

James is a professional photographer and journalist. He’s an advanced Photoshop user and has created hundreds of tutorials to help photographers improve their skills.

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Overlaying a grimy texture is one of Old, cracked and peeling paint photographed on a damaged wall transfers beautifully to skin, and provides a creative way of giving your portraits a completely new look and feel. Old brickwork, stone walls, moss-covered rocks and cracked and peeling paint all work well as textures.

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