ChickieShannon
05-16-2008, 10:19 AM
Paper tearing is a popular technique in traditional scrapbooking. But did you know you can still achieve this same effect in digi? This tutorial will teach you how to transfer this same cool technique from your paper layouts to your digi ones.
1. Open the paper you wish to tear. Drag it onto a black canvas sized 12x12 at 300dpi. This allows you to see the edge better once you start *tearing* it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak01.jpg
2. Click on the Eraser tool and then click on the Brush drop down menu and select the brush that you want to use to tear your paper. I used one of the paint/spatter brushes as I think they work best.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak02.jpg**********http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak03.jpg
Adjust the size of the brush to how big you want your torn edge to be. Leave the opacity at 100%. This whole process is very open to whatever preferences you want. You can vary the brush size, spacing, opacity, even mix up different brushes to achieve your desired look. The beauty of digi is the Undo button so play around and try different techniques.
3. Now begin erasing on your paper to create your torn edge. In my example I used a pixel size of 240. I zoomed in so I could see the torn edge created as I erased. Drag your eraser to create your edge. You can start and stop, zig zag in and out, etc. to create your edge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak04.jpg
4. Now we are going to create the white under layer that shows when you tear real paper. Create a new layer and place it on top of the black background layer but under your torn paper layer. Click the Brush tool and choose another painter/spatter brush. Set the Color to white. Adjust the size of your brush (I used a larger pixel setting on this brush than I did the Eraser). Go to your new layer and begin dragging the brush alongside the edge of your torn paper. You can vary it so it's not perfect just as real paper tearing would be. Afterwards you can move the layer around a bit if you want more or less white showing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak05.jpg
5. Now select the torn paper layer and the white under layer (in the Layers window, hold the CTRL button as you click each layer) and merge them (Layer> Merge Layers).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak06.jpg
7. Before you can drag your torn paper onto your layout you'll need to erase the excess paper on that layer (otherwise it will drag that, too, onto your layout). Click the Eraser tool, select a round brush with a hard edge, size it large, and start erasing the excess paper.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak07.jpg
8. Now making sure you are on the torn paper layer, select the Move tool and drag your torn paper onto your layout! :)
1. Open the paper you wish to tear. Drag it onto a black canvas sized 12x12 at 300dpi. This allows you to see the edge better once you start *tearing* it.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak01.jpg
2. Click on the Eraser tool and then click on the Brush drop down menu and select the brush that you want to use to tear your paper. I used one of the paint/spatter brushes as I think they work best.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak02.jpg**********http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak03.jpg
Adjust the size of the brush to how big you want your torn edge to be. Leave the opacity at 100%. This whole process is very open to whatever preferences you want. You can vary the brush size, spacing, opacity, even mix up different brushes to achieve your desired look. The beauty of digi is the Undo button so play around and try different techniques.
3. Now begin erasing on your paper to create your torn edge. In my example I used a pixel size of 240. I zoomed in so I could see the torn edge created as I erased. Drag your eraser to create your edge. You can start and stop, zig zag in and out, etc. to create your edge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak04.jpg
4. Now we are going to create the white under layer that shows when you tear real paper. Create a new layer and place it on top of the black background layer but under your torn paper layer. Click the Brush tool and choose another painter/spatter brush. Set the Color to white. Adjust the size of your brush (I used a larger pixel setting on this brush than I did the Eraser). Go to your new layer and begin dragging the brush alongside the edge of your torn paper. You can vary it so it's not perfect just as real paper tearing would be. Afterwards you can move the layer around a bit if you want more or less white showing.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak05.jpg
5. Now select the torn paper layer and the white under layer (in the Layers window, hold the CTRL button as you click each layer) and merge them (Layer> Merge Layers).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak06.jpg
7. Before you can drag your torn paper onto your layout you'll need to erase the excess paper on that layer (otherwise it will drag that, too, onto your layout). Click the Eraser tool, select a round brush with a hard edge, size it large, and start erasing the excess paper.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v352/smbogan2001/Freak/freak07.jpg
8. Now making sure you are on the torn paper layer, select the Move tool and drag your torn paper onto your layout! :)