How to Create a Grunge Background in Photoshop

How to Create a Grunge Background in Photoshop

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- 🎨Adding color using gradient maps.

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- 🎨Adding color using gradient maps.

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How to Create a Grunge Background in Photoshop

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  1. 1 - 🥅Our goal for this tutorial.
  2. 2 - 🤓Setting up your Photoshop workspace
  3. 3 - 🧗‍♂️Adding a grunge texture.
  4. 4 - 📈Using a gradient in a layer mask.
  5. 5 - 🎨Adding color using gradient maps.
  6. 6 - 🔤Place embedded to bring in background text.
  7. 7 - 🎛Adding a texture to just one layer and fixing colors.
  8. 8 - ⎅ Adding guides to keep your image organized.
  9. 9 - 📷Bringing in a RAW file
  10. 10 - ✍️Cutting out a subject using the pen tool.
  11. 11 - Easy selections with the quick selection tool.
  12. 12 - Adding our cut out subject to the composite.
  13. 13 - Color grading with Curves to merge elements together.
  14. 14 - A neat trick for adding highlights.
  15. 15 - Adding a shadow to a subject.
  16. 16 - Adding the movie title and other text.
  17. 17 - Final thoughts

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