Burnt
Paper
by G. Barnett
Ever wondered how to create the torn paper
look that you see on countless sites? Well its your lucky
day because I’m going to show you how to create the effect
using nothing but Photoshop!
[ The Final
Product of this Tutorial ]
Steps to Create Effect
The following steps will help you to create the image effect
you see above:
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Start Photoshop up and create a new RGB document 400 by
400 pixels and with the image resolution set at 72 dpi,
and set the background colour to white.
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Set your foreground colour to #E8DEB1 and your background
colour to #D2C388. With that done create a new layer and
on this layer select the rectangle marquee tool and drag
out a rectangle to the size you want your paper to be.
When you’ve decided your size STILL with the rectangle
selection go to Filter | Render | Clouds. Your document
should look like below:
[ how your
image should look now ]
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Still with your selection go to Image | Adjustments |
Equalize, when you’ve selected the option you will be
prompted with a dialogue box. Check ‘equalise selected
area only’ and press OK:
[ the
equalize dialog box ]
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If your paper is looking a little bright simply press Ctrl
+ U to bring up the Hue/Saturation option box and mess
around with the settings until you are comfortable with
the colour of your paper texture. Out of interest I used
the below settings:
[ the
hue/saturation settings used ]
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Still with your selection click on the Channels tab which
is located next to the layers tab and click on the ‘save
selection as channel’ button:
[ the
channels tab ]
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Now you can finally de – select your selection by pressing
Ctrl + D. Click on the Alpha 1 layer you have just created
and go to Filter | Pixelate | Crystallize and set Cell
Size to 5. Then press OK.
[
crystallize and set Cell Size to 5 ]
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Hold down Ctrl and click on the Alpha 1 channel you have
just created, with the selection click on the layers tab
to go back to where you originally started off. Click on
‘Layer 1’ and then click on ‘Add layer mask’.
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Nearly finished on the masked layer you just created click
on the ‘add a layer style’ button and add a drop shadow
(using the default settings) and add an inner glow using
the below settings:
[ inner glow
]
There you have it - a burnt piece of
paper. If you need any help, please post in the
Drawing and Design forums.
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