Grunge Textures Newsletter - April 2012

Posted by Darren Hester on April 4th, 2012

Free Textures for April!


Free Textures!

We're giving away five free textures to our subscribers this month -- Download ZIP File 

 

Server Upgrade


We moved the site to a new dedicated server in March and we did have a few brief outages during the transition. We apologize for any inconvenience. The move is now complete and you should notice faster page loads and file downloads ;-)

 

Featured Tutorials


Here are a few video tutorials we recently shared on our Facebook page in case you missed them:

 

Photoshop Tutorials

  • Adding Texture in Photoshop using Layer Styles
    Nicole Young shows how to add texture to an image using layer styles in Photoshop. This video is an entry for the NAPP "So You Think You Can Teach Photoshop" contest.
  • Basic Grunge Texturing: Photoshop Tutorial
    This tutorial by Hot Head Productions explains how to do some basic texturing to an image using a grunge photo in Adobe Photoshop CS4. Also covered are topics such as curves adjusting, compositing layers, blend modes, and bleach bypass processing.
  • The Ultimate Photoshop Texturing Tutorial - Photoshop Texture
    In this Photoshop video tutorial, SLR Lounge shows you how to texture an image in Photoshop the correct way using Averaging instead of using Layer Masks to remove textures over our subjects.
  • Photoshop Tutorial : Using Textures as Layer Masks
    In this quick tutorial from the Digital Yard Sale, you'll learn a simple way to use textures as layer masks to create a distressed, vintage look. This will work on photos, logos, text or pretty much anything.

 

32 New Textures Added!


We added 32 textures to the gallery in March. A few of our favorites are featured below.

Rusted Dumpster Orange Rust Spots Rust on Black Steel
Stains on Old Paper

Stained Brick Texture

Grungy Old Cardboard
Paint Splattered Cardboard Stained Parchement Paper Textured Black Cardboard