![]() ![]() So, don’t be afraid to try different presets and then modify them further with additional textures or other filters! Have fun! There are some white specular highlights on some of the blades of grass – I just used the healing tool in Photoshop to fix those. Next I applied Meredith Images Russet – blending mode Overlay and opacity 40%. First I applied Frosted Almond, changing the blending mode to Soft Light and the opacity to 50%. Select the Category > Meredith Images to narrow down the texture selection. Next I added two Meredith Images textures (included in Studio 2) to the image. With the way that the preset darkened the upper right where the clouds are, I probably could have not bothered replacing the sky! In Studio 2, I used the preset Peeling Paint (one of my favorites!). ![]() This keeps the layers you already have, but gives you a merged layer above them. I created a merged layer by the keyboard shortcut Control+Alt+Shift+E. First, I need to have both the sky and the barn on the same layer for Studio to “see” it all. My next step was to bring the image into Topaz Studio 2 to add a preset and some textures. I then brought in my cloud image – this one happened to be taken on the same day! I opened the cloud image as you would a texture, then moved the cloud layer between the two barn layers and positioned like this: Once selected, hit the delete key to delete the old sky. I duplicated the background layer (turn off visibility of the bottom layer), then I used the Magic Wand tool to select the sky and expanded the selection by 2 pixels (Select > Modify > Expand). I didn’t get too fussy about it as I knew I would be applying textures later on. The little bit of sky showing was kind of blah, so I replaced it with some clouds. Here is my original image – I did basic corrections in Lightroom: It’s been another busy week (luckily)! I’m working on some new images for the next webinar (July 14th), so I’m re-sharing this first Tutorial Thursday post from last August. ![]()
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