Stop Retiring Your Favorite Backdrops

Love hand-painted backdrops, but don't have space to store them all? Follow Renee Robyn while she shows you how to extend the life of your beautiful hand-painted drops with S_Grunge in Optics 2026.5. Relevant tutorials: EZ Mask:    • You Should Use Optics EZ Mask for Complex ...   Download your free trial of Boris FX Optics here: https://borisfx.com/products/optics/ Sign up for our weekly Optics news and get 1 FREE Look preset plus tips and tutorials to your inbox each month: https://bit.ly/opticsnews Purchase custom Looks Packs from the Boris FX Marketplace here: https://borisfx.com/products/optics/#... // C H A P T E R L I S T // 00:00 Intro 0:33 Opening Optics from Photoshop 0:46 Finding S_Grunge in the Portraits Category 1:03 Browsing the New S_Grunge Presets 1:31 Using the Seed Slider for Fast Variations 2:05 Masking the Background with Easy Mask 3:07 Changing the Combine / Blending Mode 3:36 Matching Texture Blur to the Background 3:58 Turning Down Emboss Bumps 4:16 Adjusting Stamp Opacity, Density, Size, and Brightness 5:28 Choosing Different Stamp Textures 5:47 Sampling Colors from the Image 6:31 Customizing Floral Stamp Colors 6:50 Adjusting Stamp Three Details 7:39 Duplicating the Layer for the Second Backdrop 8:31 Adding Texture to the Floor 10:20 Checking the Before and After 10:47 Applying the Effect as a Smart Object 11:08 Saving the Full Stack as a Look 11:46 Saving a Single S_Grunge Preset 12:24 Final Thoughts and Future Tutorial Requests