First off what do textures do? Well, things like this…
![music-mountains music-mountains](https://www.photodoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/music-mountains.jpg)
![yellowstone yellowstone](https://www.photodoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/yellowstone-300x199.jpg)
Some are more subtle than others, obviously! So how do you add them to your photos? The easiest way is to use textures that other people have created. Some are free and some you need to pay for but either way this is what you need to do with them once you’ve downloaded them:
1. Open both the texture and the photo you want to edit in Photoshop. Click on the photo and check it’s dimensions.
2. Change the dimensions of the texture so that it’s as close to the same size as you can get it ( you can uncheck the constrain proportions box if you need to).
3. Still with the texture selected (rather than the photo) press Ctrl+A or Cmd+A (or go to file, select all) and little running lines should appear around the texture.
4. Press Ctrl+C or Cmd+C (or go edit, copy).
5. Select the photo and press Ctrl+V or Cmd+V (or go to edit,
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