For several years, we have been shooting and building a great database of textures and now we want to share some of them with you. This is our first installment of “free textures”. Please visit back frequently to see what other textures we will be giving away.

Tree bark creates great texture in design. It usually contains a lot of contrast with all the high points and low points in the bark. In web design and print design it can be great for creating a grungy look and feel to your project. By adding the bark texture in Photoshop on top of a solid color/or photo, dropping the opacity and setting layer blending mode to ‘overlay’ and then applying a little blur, you can really spice up a dull background by giving it the kind of random texture that can only be found in nature.

In video production you can use textures in the same way by using it as a footage overlay and setting the blending modes to ‘overlay’ or ‘multiply’. You can even take it step further by animating five or six different textures back-to-back, setting that animation to loop and making it grayscale. Now take that animated loop, place it overtop of some footage and sent it to ‘overlay’ or ‘multiply’ and adjust transparency values and you can really create a manic, fast-paced feel over-top of your footage.

Have fun.

Image Rights:
All textures are made freely available for use in both personal and commercial projects including web designs, print design, & video production intended for distribution. You may not sell this texture on its own or bundle it in a texture pack for resell.

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