AO2- Photoshop Task (How to add texture to a flat image)

AO2- Photoshop Tasks

During this editing workshop I used Adobe Photoshop CS5.1 software while using JPEG images to edit throughout. 

How to add texture to a flat image:

 

First you have to find and save a plain image, could be just colour or could have an object in the picture. After finding a suitable image for this task you then open the image up in Photoshop, this will create the image as the background layer. 

Once you have the background layer, you will then need to go to 'layer' and add a new one for the textured image to be inserted onto. 

Following this you will then need to place the image onto the new layer you have created, you can do this by going onto 'file' and 'place' then selecting your chosen image. 

You will then need to scale the image to fit the whole layer, this is because the layer is the same size as the background image so will allow it to match in size. 

Once you have placed and re-sized the image you are using for the texture, you then have to go to the layer settings on the side and change the layer type from 'normal' to 'overlay'. 

This then creates a final image which was originally a plain orange background and now is an image with some faded blurred effects in the image.