The other thing I use it's the layer list:

In the place where it says "normal", that's where you can add effects to the layers you are working on, I use that a lot, also I use opacity and fill.

The history is also very important, it lets you erase the errors that you've made before, don't press ctrl+ z for big mistakes, use the history.

COMING SOON: Texture manipulating, it's easy so don't worry.

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Ok so I'll show you how to make a macabre with only 2 pictures.

We have this texture image: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Argentogirl/1062342_84285125.jpg
And this stock image:http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y58/Argentogirl/The_person_of_a_rain_by_LonelyPiero.jpg

We open this two pictures in Photoshop CS2, then with the rectuangular marquee tool we select the texture picture and then copy and paste into the other image:

The texture size may be very big, so with the move tool we'll make it smaller. Hint: By pressing and holding shift, you can modify the image without changing it's current form.

So now we have the texture in a nice size, you can also rotate it or make it smaller or bigger, as you like.

Then we will use the layers. To your right you will see a little window called "Layers" (if you can't see it go to window---> layer, that will show layers).
In that window, where it says "normal" we change it to "color burn".This is the result:

Now check the difference:

This is just a very basic tutorial, the secret it's to choose a nice texture for the image, in almost all my images the textures look dark and the other picture with a nice light.

In the next entry I will teach how to put non-human eyes in pictures.

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