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This can be especially useful on-location where you donвЂ™t have the time or capacity to carry a backdrop with you. A Quick Fix that Pays OffДЄnother great use for these texture overlays is for disguising your backdrop when it happens to be a plain wall. In these cases, adding texture can actually act as a correction instead of an enhancement. And sometimes your seamless paper just has a funky texture to it that you donвЂ™t want to see in your images. Sometimes you need to add a little something to disguise flaws such as ripples or creases. Poor lighting, incorrect storage, and just everyday wear-and-tear can make your seamless look a little shabby. Sometimes your seamless paper needs a little cosmetic help to look better because of defects. This method of adding texture is not just good for adding drama to your images. I took a photo of the darker side of my Oliphant backdrop, but I wasnвЂ™t happy with the initial effect I got when incorporating it into my portrait. In the following example, I wanted to add some painterly feel to an already dramatic portrait of one of my high school senior clients.

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If you donвЂ™t want to create your own, you can buy textures for Photoshop ( Etsy is an excellent resource for paid textures), or find free textures to download on sites like Deviantart or Brusheezy.

IвЂ™ve also created textures by photographing fabrics such as linen, burlap, or canvas. I like to seek out things such as an interesting stonework, a grungy wall, a city sidewalk, chipping paint, or rusty metal. You can use your own photos of anything you see with interesting texture. Texture overlays are super easy to create yourself. Throw in dramatic lighting and a timeless subject, and you can achieve an old-masters portrait feel without breaking the bank on a custom backdrop. Add one to an otherwise plain seamless backdrop, and you dramatically change the look and feel of your portrait. And while they can look great on their own, especially for a high-fashion look, sometimes they need a little added drama when they are being used for fine-art portraiture. My go-to seamless brand, Savage Universal, even offers them in multiple widths of 107, 86, 53 or 26 inches. Seamless paper backdrops are super easy to get, economical, and they come in every color under the sun. Alas, I have none of these luxuries, but what I do have is seamless paper, and Photoshop skills. If I were flush with the luxury of time and painterly talent, I might try to paint my own. If I were super rich, I would ask Sarah to paint me one of each color. I love to use a red backdrop, as well as teal or deep blue. However, there are many times when I want to shake things up by adding a little color to my portrait work, especially in senior portraits or commercial work. Having it set up permanently in my studio has reduced my workload both physically and in post-production. It has totally taken the place of that plain gray seamless paper in my studio work. The backdrop I commissioned from her is a gorgeous, double-sided, two-tone gray masterpiece, and I am super happy I took the plunge and bought it. Her backdrops have been featured in magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair, and in the works of such world-famous photographers as Annie Leibovitz and Mark Seliger. When I opened my photography studio after many years of borrowing space and shooting on-location, I celebrated having my very own spread by splurging on a high-end backdrop, hand-painted by one of the most talented backdrop painters in the business, the one-and-only Sarah Oliphant.

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Watch the video below for installation helpДЄ full list of items included and software requirements can be found in the sidebar.A business portrait shot on gray seamless paper, with texture added in Photoshop. Choose from 3900px x 4950px documents (for larger iPads) or 2800px x 3554px documents (for smaller iPads) depending on your iPad size and capabilities. Have fun experimenting with the different finishes and watch your work transform like magic!Д¬anvases are high-resolution at 300dpi. Or turn layers off that you don't need.Д«reath new life into old work - simply paste your work into the pre-made documents. Adjust the intensity of the textures by modifying the opacity of the texture layers. Use any of your favourite brushes, they even work well with watercolour brushes! Transform simple flat areas into something interesting. They're super easy to use, simply open the Procreate document, start drawing on the 'Draw Here' layer and watch how your work has instant texture. Driven by my quest for adding authentic texture to digital artwork, The Magic Canvas was made from real source material and many hours of tweaking and perfecting.Д®ach of the 10 canvases have been developed and created to produce different results, making adding texture as simple as turning on the layers.