Welcome to “Stuck in Customs Textures”, a special video tutorial product that will give you the tools you need to stand out from the crowd!
What is included?
- A 90+ minute video that shows all my latest techniques for using textures
- Thorough examples from beginning to the end of seven example photos including landscapes and portraits
- 25-150 hi-res exotic and unique textures, depending upon the package you choose
- Two bonus videos that show bonus techniques for two more photos (with the Ultimate package)
- Countless tricks and techniques that will help your photos be unique and stand out
- A 100% money back guarantee if you are not satisfied
Purchase and Download Now – Thank you for your support!
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Testimonials from tutorial downloaders (thanks y’all!):
Jeff Clow: “This collection of textures is truly world class – and by that I mean not simply how brilliant they are, but the fact that they’ve been compiled from fascinating places around the world. The unique textures work superbly well as backgrounds and overlays, and I highly recommend them to any photographer who wants to improve and enhance their images. This texture package is ‘must have’ tool for any serious photographer.”
Maurice Guerrieri “Trey, your textures are the best! It paid it self off in less than 24 hours. Hats off to you. If you have arrived at this page, it means that your interested in bringing your photography to the next level, and no doubt Treys textures will help you achieve that.” – Maurice from Australia
Scott Dungan: ” What a resource! Stuck in Customs World of Textures has provided me with textures that are difficult or impossible to produce in Photoshop. These textures allow me to produce images with the hand coated look of early photographic processes. Thank you for your World of Textures Stuck in Customs.”
Scotty Graham: “I just downloaded the premium package, and am very impressed with both the quality of the textures and the video tutorial. Trey’s video tutorial is worthwhile to the professional as well as the Photoshop beginner. As a professional photographer, I enjoyed watching Trey’s workflow and creative process unfold right before my eyes….(would be nice to see the same kind of thing with his HDR images). His textures are bar-none some of the best I have seen and/or used. They rival anything else you may see for sale on line, and for 100 textures, his price is very fair. If you are looking to move your photography style up one notch, don’t hesitate to purchase this package….you will not regret it.”
Chris Nowakowski: “All I have to say is WOW! These textures are amazing! They blow everything and anything that I have seen out the water! The video tutorial is so easy to use, even the pro that I am, I still learned a few new tricks! I still remember when I first heard about you and I used your tutorial on HDR to further develop my skills. That tutorial helped me make the art I do today. Now, with this tutorial not only am I not worried about getting my ROI out of it, but I also know that it will inspire me as an artist to further per sue my photography and take it to new heights. It’s hard to sum it all up. All I know is that this rocks as much as you do.”
Thelonius Gonzo: “Just viewed the tutorial. I know dollars are worth something (less and less everyday) but honestly, if you are interested at all in texture effects, and like me, are not already a Photoshop expert, then this tutorial is well worth the asking price. I swear I may need a few weeks to really ingest all of it. The only downside of this is that I feel like I’m cheating.”
About the tutorial?
My HDR Tutorial is free as the birds and I was glad it helped tens of thousands of people. This one I simply have to charge for because it is too valuable. It has taken a small eternity to collect these amazing textures from all over the world. I’ve looked around, and there is nothing else this one-of-a-kind offering available.
I first offered the tutorial in 2008. Since then, I have created a brand new tutorial to replace the old one. The video now is much higher quality and it includes all the new tricks and tips I’ve picked up over the years.
The video is one hour long and it is full of tons of examples. It’s definitely a no-BS video. Beginners, amateurs, and pros will all benefit from these techniques. Because the video can be downloaded (or played off a DVD in your computer), you can play it as many times as you like. If I go to fast in a section, you can just go back and watch frame by frame what I do.
When ready to purchase, be sure to use the Coupon Code of “STUCKSPECIAL” to get an additional 10% off.
These textures will help you do amazing things with your photos. I can’t promise 100% success, but if you are already a decent photographer (and you know it when you are), then these can take your final result to the next level. Most photographers reach a level of comfort before they are ready to push through to the a new level of excellence and experimentation. These techniques that I have perfected will bring a unique level of polish to your art.
Who am I?
Regular visitors to the site know me and now find all of this personal stuff mundane. I’m really quite humble and enjoy my ego on my own time, but it’s hard to be humble when writing an “Who Am I” section. But you want to know some credentials since you are about to buy something? I understand. Very quickly, here is a random list of things that will either be impressive or strange to you:
- had a photo hang in the Smithsonian
- represented by Getty
- been on the BBC, ABC, FOX, and NBC television talking about innovations in photography
- my mom thinks I am a good photographer
Are you a Wedding or Child Photographer?
These textures and the tutorial will really give you a nice edge to separate you from the competition. I’ve received countless emails of thanks from people all over the world. These textures have helped to create a special look that keeps them unique, pleases the clients, and have paid for themselves many times over. Even better, when you watch the video, you will see how these 150 textures can be mixed and changed around in a way so that every photo will be totally unique.
What You Need
You will need a copy of Photoshop and that is about it! Even if you are horrible terrible awfulest worstest at Photoshop, then you will be able to follow my tutorial. The tutorial is in a video file you can play on your computer, so even if I go too fast, you can just go frame by frame and replay as many times as you like if I go too fast in one area or the next. Both the video and the textures work fine in PC and Mac.
What you Get
I have three packages, and they all come with the same video tutorial. I know everyone has different budget levels so I wanted to make the low-end affordable and a great value. The higher end packages are for the real over-achievers that want the best.
All the textures are huge, unique, and wonderful. They are all ultra-high quality images that are a staggering 6100 x 4100 pixels. These specially selected textures come from amazing and adventurous places all around the world and it has taken me an eternity to get them all together. You will find unexpected and wondrous fine art textures from Venice, Italy; ancient and well-worn marbles from the Taj Mahal in India; unearthly steamed moss from the geothermal areas of Iceland; distressed surfaces from cesium irradiated Chernobyl, Ukraine, and delicate romantic textures from Paris, France, just to name a few. Every texture will take your photo on an adventurous journey as you use the context to create your own story and vision of the image.
These textures represent the most refined and flexible options for the techniques I describe. In addition, I’ve spent over 4,500 hours in Photoshop (making mistakes so you don’t have to, as I like to say!), so I’ve come up with some pretty nifty techniques no matter your level of familiarity with Photoshop.
Purchase and Download Now – Thank you for your support!
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A Sampling
Here is a sampling of textures before some examples below. See the one of the girl going down the stairs in the dress? That is the famous photographer Miss Aniela. The rest are from yours truly!
Below are the results of various results using the basic, premium, and ultimate texture packages.
And here are just a few of the textures that are included in the packages:
Mumbai, India – the peeling and rotting wall near where the kids played
Leipzig, Germany – the stains of the building that is not mentioned in polite conversation
Yellowstone, Montana – the sulfur in the evening
Bangkok, Thailand – the mossy edge of the building that smells like fish and children splashed in puddles
What music was playing in the background during the video?
I am always playing music in the background! I get a lot of requests for that playlist, so here it is. You can purchase these through iTunes or Lala.com.
February 22nd, 2008 00:23 | Stuck In Customs » New Tutorial - 100 Textures for you from all around the world…
[...] To find out more, please visit the informational tutorial page! [...]
February 22nd, 2008 22:16 | Yarn Zombie » Blog Archive » Random Friday!
[...] a tutorial on incorporating textures into photos that I’ve been looking forward to viewing. It came out today, but unfortunately, it’s a pay thing, starting at $299 for the tutorial and a pack of 100 [...]
February 24th, 2008 01:37 | Stuck In Customs » HDR Tutorial - New and Improved for 2008!
[...] I have a second tutorial on textures that is over a gigabyte with a video and included textures. You can get to that tutorial by clicking here. [...]
March 1st, 2008 09:53 | Stuck In Customs » Jessa Trapped in the Nexus
[...] Textures Tutorial [...]
May 3rd, 2008 13:59 | Miss Aniela with the Textures | Stuck In Customs
[...] work on my blog, but I guess this is an exception because it was an amazing picture, and it uses my texture tutorial. Also, there is a new coupon code of “NEWTRICKS” to get you 15% off on either the [...]
May 4th, 2008 13:55 | How To Add Textures Using The Virtual Photographer Plug-In - Magical Places Fine Art
[...] [Update] Another excellent tutorial on adding textures to photos here. [...]
May 28th, 2008 23:10 | A Seagull at Sunset | Stuck In Customs
[...] This one uses textures from my textures tutorial at this link right here! [...]
October 25th, 2008 22:24 | Weathered in the Cambodian Jungle | Stuck In Customs
[...] This one also uses my textures from the newer tutorial at stuckincustoms.com/a-world-of-textures/ [...]
November 28th, 2008 23:15 | Meandering Through Life | Stuck In Customs
[...] This comes from my textures tutorial located right here. [...]
December 20th, 2008 00:05 | Alone in Winter, Against the World…. (and I am selling my camera on eBay) | Stuck In Customs
[...] ahead and send me an email with “D2X” in the subject. I’m going to include my a Premium Texture Video Tutorial for free as well as a signed print. And if you are in the central Texas area, I’ll even be [...]
December 31st, 2008 01:54 | Photography, HDR and more… « mikelao photography
[...] Textures Tutorial + Textures (by Stuck In Customs): I’m tempted to buy the textures and add them to my photography [...]
January 6th, 2009 05:58 | Honeymoon Ideas
finally i took time to read your tuts,
those textures are amazing,
right now i cant go for premium but will try them later,
The results were very impressive,
can u tell me what software are you useing in that image where u r showing the textures
January 18th, 2009 01:53 | Selling my Nikon D2Xs 12.4 Megapixel
[...] can see the average selling price on eBay right here. I’ll also throw in the premium Textures Tutorial for free as well for a little [...]
January 19th, 2009 15:56 | Want The BEST HDR? - Here It Is! |
[...] As mentioned previously you can also find a superb HDR tutorial on Trey’s site here as well as a Texture Tutorial here. [...]
February 13th, 2009 01:01 | Time for a little touch up?
[...] In the review, you can read more about the process and the software. You can also see the original photo, since people always seem to see the “Before” and “After” of these portrait shots! And, if you like modeling kinda shots, I have them mixed in this set here on Flickr, some of which are the product of my Textures Tutorial. [...]
February 14th, 2009 22:26 | HDR Tutorial Part 3
[...] second textures tutorial can be reached by clicking here. Now that you are getting to know HDR, why not move onto the next [...]
February 18th, 2009 09:41 | m.o.m.
Awesome!
March 20th, 2009 04:09 | Facebook User
Hey Trey, can you put up the raw files so that we can follow on your examples?
And, how is Lucis different from Photomatix? I can run Photomatix on a single image and it also creates an HDR look.
April 13th, 2009 04:18 | Stuck in customs | videograffiti
[...] kijk hiervoor maar eens naar de verschillende categorieen met vakantiebestemmingen. Hij heeft een HDR tutorial online staan en verkoopt een tweetal textures tutorials over het gebruik van textures in [...]
April 30th, 2009 01:22 | Maurice Guerrieri
Trey, your textures are the best! It paid it self off in less than 24 hours. Hats off to you. If you have arrived at this page, it means that your interested in bringing your photography to the next level, and no doubt Treys textures will help you achieve that.
Maurice from Australia
May 15th, 2009 22:02 | Austin Johnson
I am very interested in your textures video but sort of lean to using my own resources (i.e. textures, etc). Have you ever thought of offering just the video? Would jump on the chance if it became available.
Austin
June 10th, 2009 00:31 | Moonlight over Everest
[...] Textures Tutorial [...]
July 21st, 2009 01:02 | A view with my coffee
[...] Textures Tutorial [...]
August 19th, 2009 01:06 | The Glassy Lake Near Antarctica
[...] Textures Tutorial [...]
September 3rd, 2009 00:37 | The New Textures Tutorial is ready!
[...] Video Textures Tutorial [...]
September 3rd, 2009 12:02 | casusan
Way to go Trey – these look fantastic!
September 3rd, 2009 16:14 | Josias Ulrich
Man, you showed me more than I was expecting!
That’s brilliant, genius!
I want I want I want!
I didn’t read anything yet, but I was anxious to comment =D
Because of you I make so beautiful HDR photos. And I’m improving every day more!
So I will choose a calm day to read everything
And start to collet the money *.*
Bravo!
Josias U. – Switzerland
September 4th, 2009 00:42 | 20 Million Views – Thank you Everyone!
[...] Video Textures Tutorial [...]
September 7th, 2009 01:08 | PJ
Hey Trey will the textures program work without Photoshop? I have just a basic photo editing program, Corel X2. Thanks
September 7th, 2009 08:42 | Stuck In Customs
Good question. The whole tutorial shows you how to do everything with photoshop. I fear that some of the same things will not be the same in Corel, and I am not sure of their counterparts!
However, if you want to get it, and you cannot “figure out” the counterparts in Corel X2 — no problem – we can give you all your money back.
September 16th, 2009 18:13 | Ben365 Day Nine « f/Stop Brothers Blog
[...] the textures he is selling along with a tutorial on how to use textures. This can be found on his website. Today I have been doing a whole bunch of photo stuff. I am prepping for a couple photo gigs I [...]
October 4th, 2009 00:04 | A Zen Moment Above the Fog
[...] Video Textures Tutorial [...]
October 14th, 2009 20:14 | Lenny
Trey, I think I just saw your one of your textures used on a TV commercial. If it wasn’t one of your textures I would bet you were the inspiration. It was a commercial for “The Mentalist” on CBS-TV. The male star of the show is shown sitting on a motorcycle. I took a photograph of it from my TV. Tell me what you think.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/7185088@N07/4013111086/
October 17th, 2009 18:47 | Lenny
Trey, while watching your texture videos I noticed that you move from one blend mode to the next by clicking on the drop down menu and selecting each mode one at a time. I thought I would let you know about an easier and faster way to move through the blend modes. Click on any one and use your up and down keys to cycle through the list.
October 18th, 2009 00:16 | Stuck In Customs
Thanks for the note – that is indeed a good tip – thanks!
October 25th, 2009 17:13 | Mark Miller
Trey, I was curious as to whether you could make the additional textures available for purchase for those who previously bought the basic package. It may be a good idea seeing as some may only by the basic package and then decide later they get really into the texture and would like to get the rest.
October 25th, 2009 21:45 | Stuck In Customs
Mark – absolutely – if you get one and want more, just send an email along — we can take care of the upgrade with no problemo!
It’s best to contact business@stuckincustoms.com for that sort of thing.
October 26th, 2009 07:48 | Mark Miller
Thanks, Trey! I’ll be ordering some more textures soon, then. First, some lenses are screaming to be checked off my list of things to buy.
November 2nd, 2009 12:37 | Free Textures from Bermuda « Photography by Gavin Adams
[...] Textures from Bermuda After getting Trey Ratcliff’s excellent tutorial on using textures, I’ve started to take various photos for my own [...]
November 20th, 2009 00:02 | The Book Launch Parties Announced
[...] Video Textures Tutorial [...]
November 30th, 2009 02:14 | Vicky
I recently bought the basic, but I updated to ultimate. It is great work, and the video tutorial is very helpful. Thank you so much
December 30th, 2009 18:08 | Helmuth Mayrhofer
to previous email on purchase of basic package of textures tutorial. I have emailed you with my Windows XP computer but would like to download on my eMac. Could that be the problem for not beeing able to download?
December 30th, 2009 19:00 | Stuck In Customs
No prob – I’ll have the tech team take care of this right away.
January 4th, 2010 06:21 | Richard
Actually your book is a present for my friend in the Deutsche Marine (German Navy) and won’t get back to Wilhelmshaven until mid-to-late March. He is very interested in taking these kind of photos so I bought him a Nikon D90 for his 6 month deployment and once he is back he will start to learn how to take HDR photographs from your book. I did receive it and did pull it out of the box to ensure it arrived safe and sound here in Stuttgart Germany which it did. I am still pretty much old school using my film Hasselblad…maybe I too will learn from you book since I just purchased a D300 – we will see.
February 1st, 2010 12:22 | Tom
Will these work with Photoshop Elements? I currently use v.6.0.
February 1st, 2010 17:57 | Happy February « Katie Harbath
[...] I think it might be the texture I applied to the top of it. Some day I’m going to download me Trey Ratcliff’s texture package, but first I have to save up my [...]
February 3rd, 2010 00:06 | The Azure Blue Indoor Pool at Hearst Castle
[...] Video Textures Tutorial [...]
February 7th, 2010 22:50 | john haze
Trey, if i get the basic pkg for the textures, is it possible to upgrade later?? Also, i have the HDR book, great job, is there a coupon code in there? like there is for photomatix software?
thanks, in advance
john haze