Old Burnt Paper Photoshop Tutorial
Hey folks,
In this tutorial, we’re gonna draw an old burnt paper with photoshop. This is a step by step tutorial for beginners! if you have anything to add, please write a comment!
Let’s start:
1. File > New:
Width: 450 pixels
Height: 300 pixels
Background contents: White
2. Press M and make a selection like the following:
3. Choose the following colors :
Foreground: 7b6b32
Background: dcd08e
4. Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N).
5. Filter > Render > Clouds. You will have the following:
6. Filter > Noise > Add Noise… and set the following settings:
7. Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. And set the following settings:
8. You will have something similar to this:
9. Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options… and add the following effects:
Drop Shadow:
Inner Shadow:
10. You will have something similar to this:
11. Now press E to select the eraser then select the following brush and edit the settings:
12. Erase the edges of the paper to have something similar to the following:
13. Finally, press T to select the Text tool and select an old handwriting font. I have chosen the “Berthold Script”! And write some texts… Here’s the final result:
Or you can use other techniques to embed a photo in the paper:
I hope that you did find this tutorial friendly…
Stay Tuned
I am Elie El Khoury, from Lebanon (Byblos), Woopra co-founder & CIO, Web & Software Developer, Designer, Guitarist, Mac user and the worst blogger on earth! 
