Paper

[LiO]

I want to make a paper similar to this. I can´t find anything about it. Can anyone help me PLEASE...

[Diana]

Hi LiO,

You should be able to easily make grungy backgrounds with grunge brushes. There are many of them online to download free. Here are some of the brushes I like:

Grunge Brushes
http://hawksmont.com/blog/photoshop-brushes-grunge-part-1/
http://scully7491.deviantart.com/art/Typographic-Grunge-Brushes-30565921
http://getbrushes.com/photoshop/grunge/xarliebs-grunge-brushes.php
http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/brushes/6.htm
http://www.photoshopbrushes.com/brushes/11.htm
http://xbstock.deviantart.com/art/xbgrunge-03-35520285
http://moments.misplaced.co.uk/media/brushes.php
http://sdc.shockwave.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm?event=extensionDetail&loc=en_us&extid=10 45030
http://www.brushes.obsidiandawn.com/sets/waterstains.htm

Here's a tutorial for making textured backgrounds. It's for Photoshop, but can be done in Elements.
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/tuts/fake_real_txtr/index.html

Here are some of that author's Ready-Made Textures:
http://veredgf.fredfarm.com/textura/index.html

This is How I Make Grunge Backgrounds


Start out with a new blank document….File > New > Blank File…enter the dimensions and resolution you want your paper to be.

Create a new blank layer and fill it with a color...Edit > Fill Layer...choose a color.

Add some noise….Filter > Noise > Add Noise – about 5%

Get the Dodge tool. This tool is nested with the Sponge and Burn tool. If you don’t see it, right click on the icon square directly above the Foreground/Background color chips.

Assuming you have downloaded and installed some grunge brushes, open the brush picker menu and select a grunge brush. I used one of Hawksmont’s grunge brushes.

After picking your grunge brush with the Dodge tool, resize the brush to a large size, and in the options bar, set the Dodge tool Range to Midtones, and Exposure to about 20%.

Stamp and stroke around on your color layer to lighten areas here and there. You can change the brush to a different shaped grunge brush and continue lightening until you like it.


Now get the Burn tool, which is in the same set of tools, set it to Midtones and about 35% Exposure, and use it with different grunge brushes to darken areas as you wish, by stroking and stamping over the layer.


Note: In addition to using grunge brushes, you can use other shape brushes with the Dodge and Burn tool to lighten or darken with different shapes if you like.

Now create a new blank layer above the color layer to start adding more grunge.

Example:


Get the Brush tool and select a dark grey or black Foreground color.

Using grunge or other types of brushes of your choice, lower the Opacity a little and start stamping or stroking on the blank layer to get the effects you want for your background.

You can paint with different brushes on several new blank layers using dark or light colors if you like, then lower the opacity of the layers where the effect is too bold.

If you get an effect on one layer you don’t like, just drag it to the trash bin in the layers palette and start with a new blank layer.

My final grunge background:


Hope this helps. If you need more help, send me a Personal Message.


Diana

[Chuck S.]

Diana, great instructions! Have you put a copy of them in the new Tutorials subforum?

[Diana]

Thanks, Chuck. I'll put a link to it there.

Diana

[kimi_boo]

Great Job Diana!!

[kimi_boo]

Well.. I was bored so I tried. Mine didn't come out anything like the original.

I can't seem to do light papers.

Here is mine anyway...

[Diana]

Hey, thanks for trying that, Kimi. I like seeing other people's takes on the same theme. I love the 100% original barcode. How did you make the little scalloped edge, is that a brush?

Diana

[kimi_boo]

Diana... it's a brush. I think I got it at Scrap Girls. It is in a set called Henna. (I think)

I will have to double check tomorrow.
I still don't get how you got the paper light? I just can't do it. All my papers tend to come out dark.
I have used the burn tool on papers often, never thought to use the dodge tool. I will have to read your instructions more carefully and try again.

[lisabee]

Diana,
thanks very much for these instructions, will have a try at this later

Lisa

[LiO]

Thank you so very much.
You really made my day.....I do appreciate that you made such an effort för me.

Next week I will try this out.

I´m so exited.