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Next lower the opacity of the brush. I've noted where you can find the opacity bar. I'll explain why this is important in the next step.

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It looks pretty good with just the texture overlayed. You could leave your photo just like this if you want. But I want to take some of the texture away from the model's face. To do this, I'm going to use a layer mask. You can add a mask by going down to the bottom of the layers pallete and clicking the icon that looks like a square with a circle in it. I've noted this.

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Now scale the texture to fit the photo by dragging the corners in. Double click (see note) when you're done.

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Open your photo. Make any adjustments that you'd like, contrast, colour, levels, whatever you usually do, or whatever the photo needs.

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Now change the blending mode! For my photos, I tend to use "Multiply" and "Soft Light" the most. But play around with it and try all the different modes to until you get the look you're going for.