Creative Effects Challenge No. 118 - Aged/Distressed

It is hard to stop this aging/distressing process. Too much fun! Here is another one.

- Used a metal texture by Leanne Cole.
- Applied a Color Lookup adjustment layer (Futuristic Bleak).
- Applied the High Pass filter.

It is exactly the same - just switch the texture and the image in the original instructions.

Here are the new instructions with the image and texture flipped.

Let’s get started.
1. Open the image and the texture in photoshop elements.
2. On which ever image is larger, press Ctrl/CMD+a to select all and then Ctrl/CMD+c to copy it.
3. This image can now be closed.
4. On the open image, press Ctrl/CMD+v to paste it. You should now have an image with two layers. Use Transform (Ctrl/CMD+t) to resize the newly added layer to fit as needed.
5. At this point make sure your Texture layer is above the Image layer. Click and drag to restack them – Remember to turn off the lock on the background if you need to move it above the other layer.
6. Turn off the eye on your Texture Layer.
7. Duplicate the Image layer (Ctrl/CMD+j)
8. Make sure the duplicated Image layer is selected.
9. Press d on the keyboard to set your colors to their default.
10. Go to Filter>Adjustments>Threshold. Your image should now be black and white on screen. This will be used as the layer mask on the image to allow the texture to show thru. Adjust the Threshold slider at the bottom of the screen – keeping in mind that anywhere that you see black the Image will show thru.
11. Turn on the eye on the Texture layer and add a layer mask to this layer.
12. Select the black and white Threshold layer that you created and press Ctrl/CMD+a to select all and then Ctrl/CMD+c to copy it.
13. Turn off the eye on this layer.
14. Alt/Option click on the layer mask on the Texture layer and when the blank white screen shows, press Ctrl/CMD+v to paste it.
15. Alt/Option click on the layer mask on the Texture layer. The Image should now show thru and you can delete the black and white Threshold layer that you created.
16. You can now add Styles (Bevels, Drop Shadow, etc.) to the Texture layer.
17. DONE!

Image from Pixabay.

I am still on part one.
Not sure how I managed it, but I erased part of the rider and horse, and the texture showed through.

Frank, I really like this! I will definitely give it a try. 

Frank, thanks! Hopefully its owner will love it too. His toy is no longer in pristine condition.

Judy - you didn't fail, I did. You may need to invert the Threshold layer that you create.


I think my setting in PS was 110 for the threshold.


Here is the link to the two files I used


www.dropbox.com/sh/3ysz2bc4dfzhbu0/AAB7xeNExxzOtEaOoqh4cxf_a?dl=0