Getting the rough, grungy look in portraits

Here’s the latest video tutorial on my YouTube channel:

And here are some quick notes to accompany the video:

• Create two copies of the background layer
• Name one: Noise
• Name the other: High Pass
• Turn off the High Pass layer
• Select the Noise layer
• Select Filter > Noise > Add Noise
• Set the amount to 10%, Gaussian and Monochromatic (to avoid random lit pixels with different colours)
• You can play with the amount of noise depending on the original resolution and the final output resolution
• Set the opacity to roughly 80%
• Turn on the High Pass layer
• Select Filter > Other > High Pass
• Set the radius between 12% and 15% to taste to highlight edges and high texture areas like hair and clothing.
• Set the blend mode to Color Burn and the opacity to roughly 50% (to taste)
• Add a Brightness/Contrast adjustment layer
• Increate the Brightness to roughly 45
• Select all 3 layers and group together.  Call it Grunge.
• Turn the group on and off.
• Note that the opacity of the whole group can be adjusted.

Have fun!