I seriously LOVED Sissy Sparrows' tutorial last week and know that it's not something that PSE users can do... so I wanted to show you a technique for getting a similar effect in PSE, using the tools you have. The outcome won't be the same but I think you'll really love what you can do in PSE!!! First, I opened a paper that had some creases in it and one of the paint elements from the kit. Second, I rasterized the paint layer, this is called "Simplify Layer" in PSE. (I also changed the blend mode to "multiply" but you don't need to do that...) Third, choose the eraser tool in your tool bar and several options will come up... choose something grundy and not solid to make it look more natural... Fourth: Choose your brush and then click it on our paint layer to erase that area of the paint There are several options already in Photoshop... so these next steps are optional. You can upload some brushes from the store, they are called ABR files. I am using the new add-on by Sissy Sparrows in this. You will click the little triangle in the upper right corner of the brushes pop-up and the scroll down to "replace brushes" and then find the ABR file you want to load. Next, you want to click on the little brushes tin looking icon in the upper tool bar... this gives you some more options like changing the angle of the brush. When I look at the paper, there are creases in the paper. When you fold a paper you will lose the paint over those creases in real life... so I want to erase over those creases to make it look more realistic to the underlaying paper. The brush I chose was a vertical line... since there are some horizontal creases in the paper, I wanted to change the angle to erase along those lines too and the one that looked like a wrinkle and ended up being around 75%. Play around with angles and sizes and opacity until you are happy with it. Have FUN playing!!! Here's a Before and after: BEFORE: AFTER:
I don't use PSE but the techniques are still good to know. Thanks for the tutorial and the inspiration.
