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Old Paper

This tutorial was made for Adobe Photoshop CS2

Result:

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1. OK, first off we will be brushing. If you already have decent 'Grunge' brushes you can skip this step. Otherwise I use this one here(click). I did not make this brush, and thereby take no credit for it.*

2. Open a new project in Photoshop (Press Ctrl + n). I made mine 400x400 pixels. You can make yours whatever size or shape you want to.

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3. Set your foreground color to #b5a596, and your background color to #a07f77.

4. Fill the layer with the foreground color.

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5. Make a new layer(Shift+Ctrl+N).

6. With the new layer selected go to Filter > Render > Clouds . Press Ctrl+F until you are happy with them. This should be pretty subtle. We aren't really looking for a 'Cloud' effect, in the end it will just make it blotchy.

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7. Now we are going to add noise to the cloud layer. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise . For the Amount I have '4.44'%. I have the Distribution set to 'Gaussian', and Monochromatic is NOT checked.

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8. Set the blending option for the top layer(Layer 2) to 'Overlay'.

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9. Select the first layer in the Layer Window.

10. Press 'E' to use the Eraser Tool. This should be set to a fairly large circle. Around 47px, and at 100% Hardness.

11. Go around the edge of the layer in a very random choppy fashion. We want this to look like an old burnt deteriorating peice of paper, so don't try to make it 'perfect'.

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12. Now with a smaller eraser(Around 15px) Make some random choppy holes wherever you want on the paper.

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13. Now you're going to learn a great useful tool! With the first layer still selected go to Select > Load Selection . Make sure 'Invert' is checked.

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14. Select the second Layer in the Layer Window. Press Delete. Then Press Ctrl+D to deselect.

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15. Open the Layer Styles Window for Layer 1. You can do this by double clicking the layer,or by right clicking the layer and clicking Blending Options, or you can press the little 'f' at the bottom of the Layers window and clicking Blending Options.

16. Select 'Inner Glow'. Set the glow color to Black(#000000). Set the Blend Mode to 'Overlay'. Set the Size to 18px, or whatever looks right. If this is confusing refer to the picture.

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17. Repeat step 16 for Layer 2. Your paper should now look something like this. If it doesn't don't freak out, it may still be OK in the end. ;)

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18. Now, take the 'Burn Tool', and go around the edges of what you erased on both layers. It should be set pretty big(like 70px), and at 0% Hardness.

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19. Select Layer 1. Go to Select > Load Selection . This time make sure 'Invert' is NOT selected.

20. Now, make a new layer on top of the other two layers. Set the Blending Option to Overlay.

21. Select the brush tool, and do some light brushing with a good grunge brush. I used a light brown for this. Do this 3 times, with 3 diferent colors. Play with the opacity so they aren't all the same. You can also set one of the layers to 'Soft Light' to add more depth. Here's how mine looks so far.

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22. Now, do another layer of even lighter, and sparser brushing with the blending mode set to Color Burn. Play with the opacity of this layer until it is not so dark.

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23. All I did now was add a white background and a dropshadow and it's done!

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If you get stuck anywhere, or something just isn't working out for you support can be found in my forums.

*Unfortunately I found this brush in a pack so I do not know who made it. If you are the creator please contact me and I will give you full credit, or remove it upon your request.

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