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Tip #51 - Ripped edges from scans...
How is the best way to get the torn paper look?
- (from a DT&G subscriber)
My tried and true method is simply
scanning the actual edges of torn paper. I know, that sounds
terribly old fashioned doesn't it. But by ripping your own paper,
you can control and get what you want.
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If you can afford some of those "Photo Edges" CDs out there, you
could use that. It's been my experience that I spend more time
getting out the CD, looking through it, putting up with it's
interface, and tweaking the file once I find it, that it's easier to
just create it!
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Any paper printed with a solid area of black ink will work well. I
like to use black because I can then colorize it or use it as a
mask. You'll find that the 15-cent black construction paper works
very well. If you tear slowly you can actually control the resulting
edge -- more ragged, less, etc., -- or contour around a graphic,
etc. If you use a coated paper, printed black (ie: magazines) you
may even get that very thin and delicate white edge of the actual
paper. Back that up with black for scanning, and PRESTO instant
male and female paper edges, or even instant lightening!
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Then:
what if I don't have a scanner?
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