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Step 17:

Let’s add some more color. First, I have added more guide lines outlining the flowers. Then hit ‘M’ for the Marquee tool and drag it out to make a selection like this:

Step 18:

Go Selection->Transform Selection and from the options at the top of the screen reduce the height %.

Step 19:

Fill with 50% grey again and give it a color as before.

Step 20:

Here we have changed the blend mode to Overlay again. You can also see that I have merged the background fabric with the flowers.

Step 21:

As a last touch to the texture, go Filter->Blur->motion blur and give it these values:

Step 22:

And here’s the finished textile texture. What you can do now is go Edit->Define pattern and you will have it to use whenever you want, you just need to bring up the Fill screen and choose ‘pattern’ from the drop down menu, then look for your pattern. But let’s take this a bit further.

Step 23:

Did you know that you can use the clone tool and two open images at the same time? Here’s a very quick example. Open a photo you have of some kind of fabric. Hit ‘S’ to activate the clone tool and ALT click on the center of your texture. Now position your mouse cursor over the newly opened photo and paint wherever you want the texture to go. DON’T forget to first make a new layer on your photo!

Step 24:

As a last step, change the blend mode to ‘Soft Light’. There, a very easy way of creating textures in Photoshop and implementing them into your photos.

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