Distressing Image

   Hey it's my first post... finally! 

Wondering what other folks do for distressing images for the garment.

I've made my own from various "grunge" stock photos and used the freebies located towards the bottom of this page. I've also printed 100% black out of a laser printer then crinkled it up and scanned the results to make new patterns. 

I know there are plugins, like the Washing Machine series, that help with creating new patterns, but I prefer the tif/bmp overlay in Illustrator for editing reasons.

Anyone know of links to more free distressed overlays?

Thanks,
Ghengis

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ghengisape Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 16/Jul/2007 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1	Post Options Post Reply Quote ghengisape Report Post Quote Reply Topic: Distressing Image Posted: 15/Oct/2008 at 8:36pm
	Hey it's my first post... finally! Wondering what other folks do for distressing images for the garment. I've made my own from various "grunge" stock photos and used the freebies located towards the bottom of this page. I've also printed 100% black out of a laser printer then crinkled it up and scanned the results to make new patterns. I know there are plugins, like the Washing Machine series, that help with creating new patterns, but I prefer the tif/bmp overlay in Illustrator for editing reasons. Anyone know of links to more free distressed overlays? Thanks, Ghengis

Duckman00 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Senior Member Joined: 07/Feb/2007 Location: Virginia Online Status: Offline Posts: 287	Post Options Post Reply Quote Duckman00 Report Post Quote Reply Posted: 16/Oct/2008 at 8:08am
	Try using Live Trace in AI. You can add or subtract the amount of distress you want from a texture .tif, .jpg.