Learn to Apply Carpet Effect to a Photo

On this tutorial we will show you how to apply carpet effect to a photo in Photoshop. It’s an easy tutorial that you can apply to any photo you would like.

Final Image Preview

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Resources

• Smiling cat

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Step 1

Open photo in Photoshop. Duplicate layer with Ctrl+J. Select #c5fdfe as foreground color and #000000 as background color. Desaturate duplicated layer with Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Apply Filter > Sketch > Photocopy. Change Detail value to 7 and Darkness value to 8.

Desaturate again duplicated layer with Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast to increase brightness.

Update layer mode to Soft Light and reduce opacity to 60%.

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Step 2

Duplicate again original layer using Ctrl+J. Move layer above all other layers. Apply Filter > Sketch > Bas Relief on duplicate layer.

Desaturate layer with Image > Adjustments > Desaturate.

Increase constrat using Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast.

Change layer mode to Overlay.

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Step 3

Duplicate again original layer using Ctrl+J. Move layer above all other layers. Apply Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation on duplicate layer.

Change layer mode to Color.

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Step 4

Duplicate current layer using Ctrl+J. Change layer mode to Hard Light on duplicated layer.

To complete this tutorial update current layer opacity to 70%.

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Final Image