Step 11: With the selection active, choose Filter>Filter Gal-
lery. In the (giant) dialog that opens, click on the Texture
folder and then choose Craqueluer (see top image). Exper-
iment with the sliders on the right until you like how the
preview looks. Settings of 26, 5, 9 were used here for Crack
Spacing, Depth, and Brightness, respectively; on the Adobe
Stock preview image, try lower values. Click OK.
Tip: If the preview in the Filter Gallery is black and white,
then you forgot to activate the image thumbnail first. If that
happens, click Cancel to close the Filter Gallery, activate the
image thumbnail (not the mask), and then reopen the filter.
Step 12: The filter shows up beneath the image layer in
the Layers panel. To reopen the filter to experiment with
different settings, simply double-click it (circled) in the Layers
panel. Be sure to save the document with your layers intact
by choosing File>Save As and picking Photoshop as the doc-
ument Format. That way you can reopen the document and
continue to experiment.When trying this technique on your own, feel free to experi-
ment with different brushes, sizes, and opacities as you paint
within the mask, swapping color chips as you go in order
to conceal or reveal. To change the background color, sim-
ply double-click the thumbnail of the Color Fill 1 layer to
reopen the Color Picker; heck, you can even mouse over to
the photo and click to steal a background color from it! Until
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