background replacement, texture?

[PsYcHoPaTh]

There are 2 ways I know of to do this. 1 would be the addition of noise to simulate texture, and the other would be to well....add a texture. I for one am not a fan of the noise method as well..it looks like noise lol. What are some other ways to add texture to an added background besides the 2 mentioned?

[Chain]

Could you be more specific about what you are trying to achieve?
Sounds like you are just asking how to make a texture - of any kind. That's a bit like asking "how to make a picture"...

As you said, you can either generate it procedurally using a filter (noise, grain, clouds, etc.), or use a photo. You could also paint it by hand...

[Steve13]

I think he has a background and wants to add a texure to it. Might be able to do it with Filter>Texture>Texturizer.

[Jerryb]

hi,
There a lot of different ways and texture in itself is too broad of a category to explain.. be better, like chain said, if you could give some background what your trying to do...

or maybe even better give also a sample image....

if it just how to apply textures.. this is a general articlei have been reading (off and on lol..) using both photoshop and a plugin , although i think you may not need a plug in to achieve... this discusses using and mixing blening modes and alpha masks ...
http://www.edharriss.com/tutorials/t...ftimageXSI.htm

not sure if the above addresses what your asking since there different ways to interpret your question

[PsYcHoPaTh]

I'm going to try that texture filter.