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Wrinkled Up Paper Tutorial

October 1st, 2007 in Photoshop Tutorials by Richard Carpenter

Wrinkled Up Paper Tutorial

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BEFORE YOU START DOWNLOAD THE PATTERN FILE HERE
place it into your adobe directory E.G (C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CS2\Presets\Patterns).

Create a new document 500×500 pixels, select the color “d2d2d2″ then select the “rectangle tool” or press the letter “U” then draw out a rectangle. Make it look like a small A4 peice of paper. Now right click the layer that has been created and goto “blending options” and goto pattern overlay. then take the following steps.

1. click pattern overlay,
2. click the arrow next to the pattern selction
3. click the little arrow for extra options
4. click color paper

here is the image that the numbers corrospond to. (hope ive made easy enough to understand).

Now when the new set of patterns are loaded into photoshop scroll down and select the notebook pattern (see image below).

If you followed the above correctly you should have something like below.

Now lets add our wrinkles, create a new document 500×500 pixels select the color black and a light grey, then select the gradient tool. Change the mode to “difference”

Now just drag random gradients on your canvas all on the same layer till you get an effect like this.

Once you have a effect like above (baring in mind it wont be the exact same as mine) goto “filter > stylize > emboss” use standard settings. You should have something like this.

Now “right-click” your background layer and select “layer from background” and click ok to the box that comes up, now click the layer while holding the “ctrl” key on the keyboard, this will select it now copy “edit > copy” or “ctrl + c”.

Now divert back to you piece of paper your prevously made and click on the “SECOND” box on your layer whilst holding down “ctrl”.

This will select your paper, Now goto “edit > paste into” or press “shift + ctrl + v”. The new layer that has been created set the layer mode to “hard light”. Now give it a drop shadow and a black 1 pixel stroke and your done, it should look like this.

Heres just a little pile of paper i made using this tutorial.

About The Author

About The Author: Richard Carpenter

Hi im Richard Carpenter and im a freelance web and graphics designer from England. I am also a regular Blogger, Tutorial Writer, and owner of Photoshop Plus. You can follow me on twitter HERE. You may also view my portfolio HERE.

 

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46 Responses to “Wrinkled Up Paper Tutorial”

  1. Pisgah says:

    nice tut dude! thanks for this… i really needed it :D

  2. Nathan says:

    Not very realistic.

  3. Chad says:

    I disagree with Nathan, respectfully. The papers are not super realistic, but the effect – the whole point of the tutorial – is EXTREMELY realistic! Great use of a simple idea. A+

  4. sandeep singh says:

    thanxx for compliment

  5. Jamar says:

    Nice tut. I will this very soon.

  6. Ed says:

    Thanks a bunch. I used this on my site http://www.sorryexxon.com

    I can’t thank you enough! Very nice effect.

  7. Theeban says:

    yea, no bad it seems and thanks da machi……

  8. aman says:

    Don’t worry man
    u r genious

  9. Maria says:

    Cool tutorial…I tried and tried and tried and tried…and still stuck on this part here:

    ……………………………………………

    Now “right-click” your background layer and select “layer from background” and click ok to the box that comes up, now click the layer while holding the “ctrl” key on the keyboard, this will select it now copy “edit > copy” or “ctrl + c”.

    Now divert back to you piece of paper your prevously made and click on the “SECOND” box on your layer whilst holding down “ctrl”.
    ……………………………………………

    I really don’t get it…i give up! Will try another time…LOL I have Photoshop 7.0 and that part you mention >>>>layer from background” and click ok to the box that comes up <<<<<< I don’t have that… :( This is not easy to do! Do you have a similar tutorial using this version of photoshop? Please get back to me using my hotmail address…Thanks so much.
    Maria

  10. ADMIN says:

    basically when you double click your background layer your just unlocking it.! so it can be played with

  11. Mad Kakashi says:

    ooh, i’m using this for my website… my resume etc. :D ty ty.

  12. jovi says:

    “I disagree with Nathan, respectfully. The papers are not super realistic, but the effect – the whole point of the tutorial – is EXTREMELY realistic! Great use of a simple idea. A+”
    I agree with you,we have to appreciate it.that’s good!

  13. luisito says:

    hey maria

    i got confused too the first time,

    first in the new document you created with the gradient tool, all that is asking you to do, is unlock the layer, usually when u create a new document with a solid color as background, photoshop will lock the first layer with a lock, so the instructor was just telling u to unlock it that way u can copy it, u unlock it by just double click the layer and press okay on the box that apperas.

    once unlock , then u ctrl + click the layer to get the “marching ants” around the “that” layer and copy (ctrl +c or edit->copy).

    THENNN, u go “BACK” to your FIRST DOCUMENT you created (the one with the shape tool and grey color square in the begginig) and by having that layer selected, u ctrl + shift and v to paste it, or edit->paste into. once u do that, all u have to is change the layer mode from normal to hard light, that’s it.

    i find these step very confusing, u didn’t have to that, u could just create a new layer in the same document and do the gradient and emboss thing there on top of the layer and then apply the hard light, it still get the same effect, it just that it leaves some undesireable strokes around the edges but u can just erase it with the eraser and then …merge all layers and apply the shadow and stroke.

  14. luisito says:

    anyway…thanks for the tutorial, it was very helpfull and it looks realistic :-)

  15. Design Wannabe says:

    Very nice tutorial.

  16. You Know says:

    This tutorial sucks it does not even distort the text nad does not look realistic

  17. Terrence says:

    I’m having trouble at the part below.

    “and click ok to the box that comes up, now click the layer while holding the “ctrl” key on the keyboard, this will select it now copy “edit > copy” or “ctrl + c”.”

    I’m trying to copy the layer but the option is grayed out and won’t let me copy it and so I can’t paste the the layer into the paper. Any help?

  18. sss says:

    it s not the same pattern , a total waste of time

  19. deepika says:

    thanksa lot! i was lookin for this tut! upload more

  20. Adrock says:

    Good Tut – the only thing I’d offer to improve it would be to take the same gradient file (before the emboss filter was added) and save out as a PSD. Then bring in to the final comp as a Displacement map. It gives more realistic displacement to the lines on the paper.

  21. Buzz says:

    Nice tutorial, Thanks for posting

  22. Andrea says:

    Hi – thanks! This was quite easy – - CS5 has a few different wording of your actions, but I worked it out.

  23. Danny says:

    Great effect, thank you!

  24. Faye says:

    nice tutorial..thanks a lot! big help.. God Bless. =)

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  26. moke says:

    yes.. nice tutorial :)

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