Torn Paper

1. Open a New image that is 400 wide by 500 tall, 72 ppi, RGB white background.

2. Insert a new layer. Fill with white. Use the Rectangular marquee to select a large rectangle about 300 wide by 400 high and fill using the paint bucket with solor set to hex value #FEF8DE or other color you want your paper to be.

3. Click Filter=> Noise=> Add noise. Set noise to 5% Gausian, monochromatic.

4. Click Filter=> Brush strokes=> Cross hatch

• length = 40
• sharpness = 2
• strength = 3

5. Click Select=> Deselect.

6. Click Filter=> brushstrokes=> spatter.

• radius=20
• smoothness = 10

7. Select your magic wand. Uncheck contiguous in the wand options. Click on the white on this layer to select all the white.

8. Click edit=>stoke

• width= 4 pixels
• Color= Orange
• location = outside
• blending = burn
• opacity = 50%

9. Repeat the stroke at 2 pixels , all other settings the same.

Use your rectangular marquee to select a horizontal rectangle in the middle of your paper. Add a 2 pixel stroke to this selection.

Use the rectangular marquee to select the right half of the canvas and add a 2 pixel stroke to it.

10. Use the magic wand to select the white area with contiguous unchecked. Hit your backspace key.

11. Use the rectangular marquee to select the upper third delineated by the burn mark. Click Edit=> Transform=>skew. Move the middle top handle to the left just enough to skew the top third.

Select the bottom 2/3 of the paper with the rectangular marquee.  Click Edit=> Transform=>skew. Move the center bottom handle to the left to skew the bottom 2/3.

Select the bottom third of the paper along the burn mark.   Click Edit=> Transform=>skew. Move the Bottom middle handle to the right to skew the bottom third.