I have read several tutorials on the net about creating seamless
textures. However, I don't want my texture to have a fixed
color palette on it, which can be pasted everywhere it applies. I want
it to apply to any image like the Photoshop textures Craquelure,
Grain, Sandstone, Canvas, etc.
How do I do this? What initial colors should my original texture image
have?
Thanks!

maria

maria <maria@dontuseit.com> wrote:

>I have read several tutorials on the net about creating seamless
>textures. However, I don't want my texture to have a fixed
>color palette on it, which can be pasted everywhere it applies. I want
>it to apply to any image like the Photoshop textures Craquelure,
>Grain, Sandstone, Canvas, etc.
>How do I do this? What initial colors should my original texture image
>have?
....

Make your texture grey, create a layer filled with the pattern on top
of the image you want to have the texture on and set the layer mode
oft the pattern layer to soft light. Experiment with other lighting
modes and with the opacity of the pattern layer as well. You might get
a more convincing result if you apply the pattern as a displacement
map on your image additionally.

Peter