Best way to achieve cracked paint effect?

[TinPianoMan]

I'm looking at some different styles for breaking up solid colour in some tee designs.

 

Any suggestions how I might create this kind of cracked paint effect?

 

[Madame]

You can play with blend modes, or you can use filter>distort>displace.

 

In both cases you need two layers, one with the picture and one with the texture.

 

Here's a video about blend modes.

 

And here's a video about displace.

[barninga]

and here https://www.google.com/search?q=cracked+canvas+texture&newwindow=1&espv=2&biw=1664&bih=1289&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwifj7HvhbfLAhVDEywKHYG5DBIQsAQIGw#imgrc=beDvse-qIsROPM%3A you can find some nice examples of cracked canvas textures.

[TinPianoMan]

Thank you both! I'll have a play and see what I can achieve.

[Asha]

You should be able to create a brush from a texture that you collect yourself. That way whatever you end up with will be individualized to your design.

[TinPianoMan]

Thanks for the tips! I'm starting to discover all kinds of new things I can do.

 

Here's my first shot using one of the built-in brushes. With a bit more trial and error, I'm sure I can get the kind of look I'm after.

 

Appreciate the help, folks. :)

[Asha]

TinPianoMan, looks like you're on your way! :D

 

You should check with the T-shirt printer to see what thickness of line they can hold. Usually T-shirts are screened, and the ink is really thick and goopy, so super fine detail is not achievable. You might need bigger "cracks" in your texture in order for it to show up correctly.

[TinPianoMan]

Good point. I'll adjust some of the brush settings. A couple of the T-shirt printers I plan to use print DTG, so that may be better at handling fine detail. Anyway, before going ahead with this kind of background, I'll make sure I double-check with the printer.

 

Thanks for the heads up :)

[TinPianoMan]

Actually, on reflection, if I use DTG printing, I probably won't use the cracked effect as it doesn't really make sense. So I'll definitely make sure I bump up the weight of the cracks for designs where I want to use this and choose screen printing.

[Affinity Jack]

Hi TinPianoMan,

 

this is a nice effect and I will make a tutorial about that in future.

Depending upon the picture, it will be easy or difficult.

 

The easy way (but not the best):

You need a texture of your cracks. You're right. It it possible with the build-in brushes. There are several grunge brushes.

Make your texture on a layer over your photo, which you want to be effected.

Set the blend mode to something like "multiply".

You can mask out unwanted areas.

 

But for a complex result, you also need to enforce the cracks with curves, add shadows/contours with dodge & burn, displace to the object ....

 

Perhaps this helps.

 

Ciao Jack 

[TinPianoMan]

Thanks Jack. I'd certainly appreciate a tutorial on this.

 

Maybe you could cover another background effect I've been experimenting with. I created the attached by using the noise setting in the colours panel. But it pushes up the file size and others on this forum warned me that certain format exports may compromise the end result. It was when I discovered this that I decided to explore a cracked effect instead.

[Affinity Jack]

Thanks Jack. I'd certainly appreciate a tutorial on this.

 

Maybe you could cover another background effect I've been experimenting with. I created the attached by using the noise setting in the colours panel. But it pushes up the file size and others on this forum warned me that certain format exports may compromise the end result. It was when I discovered this that I decided to explore a cracked effect instead.

Okay, 

funny, because this is a transition to another effect which is also in my personal schedule...

:)

Ciao Jack