In this Adobe Photoshop tutorial we're going to create an old document with stains and dirt. This tutorial is best suited for beginners. This can also be implemented in CS2.the first step is to create the basic shape. Open up a new document with 800 X 600 Pixels. Click on the Create a new layer icon in the layers palette to add a new layer.
Select the Rectangular Marquee tool and draw a rectangle like this. Double click on the foreground color in the tool bar marked with red in this screenshot. In the Color Picker window pick a color equal to red.
Select the Paint Bucket tool and fill the rectangular selection with the current foreground color. Select in the menu Select / Deselect to remove the current rectangular selection.
The second step is to create stains. In this section we're going to use Photoshop to add two random stains to our poster. You can paint them by hand using a brush. Click on the Create a new layer icon in the layers palette to add a new layer and rename it Medium Color by double clicking on its name. Select the Paint Bucket tool and fill the layer with the current foreground color. Add a mask to this layer by clicking on the Add layer mask icon in the layers palette.
Press the letter D on your keyboard to make your fore- and background color white and black. Go to the menu and select Filter--> Render --> Clouds.
Return to the menu and select Image --> adjustments --> Levels. Move each of the three sliders to the same location below the histogram (the sliders should overlap)
It depends on your personal preference and the result of the clouds filter where you want that location to be.
Keep an eye on your document window to figure out which location gives you the preferred result.
Now let's make the borders of the colored areas in layers Dark Color and Medium Color slightly softer using the following steps. Click on the layer mask of the Dark Color layer to make it active. In the menu select Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur and enter a value of 2 pixels for the Radius and click OK.
Click on the layer mask of the Medium Color layer to make it active. In the menu select Filter --> Blur --> Gaussian Blur and enter a value of 2 pixels for the Radius and click OK.
Thus you will arrive at a background of an old document. Now add your statements using the "Old Age" or "Adam" fonts for better effect, and use a color which best suits the document or your poster.
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