Created "mottled" look from a solid color

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Nov 22, 2004
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I saw a portrait photo recently where the background was gray but it was mottled rather than one solid consistent color. You know, kind of like the backgrounds pro photographers use when shooting portraits.

I filled a new file with gray and tried every which way to create that mottled look but could not figure out how to do it.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

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johnpowe
Nov 22, 2004
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:38:19 -0500, John H. Power
wrote:

I saw a portrait photo recently where the background was gray but it was mottled rather than one solid consistent color. You know, kind of like the backgrounds pro photographers use when shooting portraits.
I filled a new file with gray and tried every which way to create that mottled look but could not figure out how to do it.
Any suggestions?

Thanks

John H. Power

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Mike Russell
Nov 22, 2004
John H. Power wrote:
I saw a portrait photo recently where the background was gray but it was mottled rather than one solid consistent color. You know, kind of like the backgrounds pro photographers use when shooting portraits.
I filled a new file with gray and tried every which way to create that mottled look but could not figure out how to do it.
Any suggestions?

Try Filter>Render>Difference Clouds, stretch with free transform if necessary, and change the overal darkness by adjusting with levels. —

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johnpowe
Nov 22, 2004
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:46:13 GMT, "Mike Russell" wrote:

John H. Power wrote:
I saw a portrait photo recently where the background was gray but it was mottled rather than one solid consistent color. You know, kind of like the backgrounds pro photographers use when shooting portraits.
I filled a new file with gray and tried every which way to create that mottled look but could not figure out how to do it.
Any suggestions?

Try Filter>Render>Difference Clouds, stretch with free transform if necessary, and change the overal darkness by adjusting with levels.

Thanks. That worked pretty well.
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edjh
Nov 22, 2004
John H. Power wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:46:13 GMT, "Mike Russell" wrote:

John H. Power wrote:

I saw a portrait photo recently where the background was gray but it was mottled rather than one solid consistent color. You know, kind of like the backgrounds pro photographers use when shooting portraits.
I filled a new file with gray and tried every which way to create that mottled look but could not figure out how to do it.
Any suggestions?

Try Filter>Render>Difference Clouds, stretch with free transform if necessary, and change the overal darkness by adjusting with levels.

Thanks. That worked pretty well.

Also, adding noise and doing a Gaussian Blur afterward might help.


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johnpowe
Nov 23, 2004
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 23:56:52 GMT, edjh wrote:

John H. Power wrote:

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 05:46:13 GMT, "Mike Russell" wrote:

John H. Power wrote:

I saw a portrait photo recently where the background was gray but it was mottled rather than one solid consistent color. You know, kind of like the backgrounds pro photographers use when shooting portraits.
I filled a new file with gray and tried every which way to create that mottled look but could not figure out how to do it.
Any suggestions?

Try Filter>Render>Difference Clouds, stretch with free transform if necessary, and change the overal darkness by adjusting with levels.

Thanks. That worked pretty well.

Also, adding noise and doing a Gaussian Blur afterward might help.

Thanks. Works great.

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