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Torn Paper Tutorial for PSP7+ |
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Written by Kathy Smith
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Monday, 07 February 2005 |
1. Choose paper (promote to layer if it is currently a background layer...Do this by right clicking in your layer palette on the layer and choosing "Promote to layer" from the menu)
2. Use the selection tool (rectange, 0 feather, antialias checked) to cut away all but the strip of paper that you are going to use for the torn paper. (drag the rectangle around all you want to get rid of, then hit the delete button on your keyboard)
3. Use the eraser tool (Square,Round, whatever you prefer) size: your preference, hardness:0, opacity:100, step:1, density:100) to go along the edge that you want "torn"...we're tearing it here, so don't make it perfectly straight.
4. Create a new raster layer (you can do this by right clicking in your layer palette and choosing "New Raster Layer".
5. Choose the paint brush tool (shape: round, size: your preference, hardness:100, opacity:100, step:1, density: 27ish). Color palette colors should both be set to white, texture: parchent, sponge, gravel or lava.
6. Paint along the edge of the tear.
7. Go to the layer palette and drag the top layer to the bottom.
8. Right click a layer in the layer palette and choose"Merge, "Merge visible".
Save as a .png and you're done!
***Author's Note: For a more dimensional tear, in step 5 set your opacity to around 50 (rather than 100) and paint. Then paint again as randomly as the first time over it.***
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Last Updated ( Friday, 23 June 2006 )
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