Created "mottled" look from a solid color

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

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

Sorry. Header should say "create" not "created"

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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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.

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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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.