How to Create a Muslin in Photoshop
Muslin is a popular professional photographer's backdrop. However, if you are working on your own, muslin can be quite expensive. If you aren't aiming for a professional career and you simply want to create a lovely, serene backdrop for your photographs, muslin is an excellent and versatile choice. By changing the foreground and background colors in Photoshop, you can create a muslin effect to match any photograph you take.
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Instructions
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Open a new canvas in Photoshop.
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Choose your foreground and background colors by selecting the colors on the left hand side of the screen.
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Select the rectangle marquee tool from the left hand side of the screen.
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Draw a rectangle about 1/3 the size of the canvas with the rectangle marquee tool.
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Go to "Filter," "Render" and "Clouds."
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Press "V" to select the move tool.
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Select "Show Transform Controls" in the top toolbar to make the size handles appear.
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Click on the corner of your cloud section and stretch it to the size of your canvas.
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Go to "Filter," "Render" and "Lighting Effects," and select "Soft Omni Light" to create a gentle light near the center of the completed canvas.
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