Sometimes textures and overlays can add a color-cast to a photo that can add a nice effect. However, if you want to mask out the texture from parts of your photo, you may want to do so without removing this color effect. In this video I show just how to do that! Learn how to use the gaussian blur with a smart object to blur a texture layer but keep the texture layer colors intact.

Watch the video I mentioned at the beginning of this tutorial — “Adding Texture in Photoshop

Free Rustic Texture Download

Please enjoy this free texture download! This freebie includes one JPEG texture file:

Blog: Overlay — Rustic Texture

Rustic — A Nicolesy Texture Pack

If you’d like to have more of these textures, there is a full pack with 20 additional hand-made rustic texture overlays. This pack includes installation files for ON1 Photo RAW and Luminar and 20 JPEG texture files that work with any photo application that uses layers and blending modes.

Sometimes textures and overlays can add a color-cast to a photo that can add a nice effect. However, if you want to mask out the texture from parts of your photo, you may want to do so without removing this color effect. In this video I show just how to do that! Learn how to use the gaussian blur with a smart object to blur a texture layer but keep the texture layer colors intact.

Watch the video I mentioned at the beginning of this tutorial — “Adding Texture in Photoshop

Free Rustic Texture Download

Please enjoy this free texture download! This freebie includes one JPEG texture file:

Blog: Overlay — Rustic Texture

Rustic — A Nicolesy Texture Pack

If you’d like to have more of these textures, there is a full pack with 20 additional hand-made rustic texture overlays. This pack includes installation files for ON1 Photo RAW and Luminar and 20 JPEG texture files that work with any photo application that uses layers and blending modes.

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Nicole is a photographer, published author, and educator specializing in Lightroom, Photoshop, and photography. She is best known for her books on food photography but is widely versed in various photographic genres, including landscape, nature, stock, travel, and experimental imagery.

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