{"id":389,"date":"2012-10-02T16:51:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-02T16:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=389"},"modified":"2020-11-17T12:44:48","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T17:44:48","slug":"old-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Old Paper Background Texture"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this Photoshop Effects tutorial, we'll learn how to  create a simple <strong>old paper texture<\/strong>, great for use as a scrapbooking background for displaying old, antique photos! I'll be using Photoshop CS5 here but any recent version of Photoshop will work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Here's what our old paper texture will look like when we're done:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-old-paper-texture.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop old paper texture effect.\" width=\"500\" height=\"513\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final result.<\/div>\n<p>And here's just one example of how it can be used as a  background for a photo layout:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-old-paper-background.jpg\" alt=\"Create an old paper texture background in Photoshop.\" width=\"488\" height=\"500\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A scrapbooking-style photo layout with the paper texture as the background.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<aside> <style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script> <\/aside>\n<aside>\n<p>This tutorial is from our <a href=\"\/photo-effects\/\" title=\"Learn Photoshop effects\">Photo Effects<\/a> series. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<section>\n<h2 class=\"sub\">How To Create An Old Paper Background Texure<\/h2>\n<h3>Step 1: Create A New Photoshop Document<\/h3>\n<p>Let's begin by creating a new document for our paper texture. Go up to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu in the Menu Bar along the top of the screen and choose <strong>New<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/file-new.gif\" alt=\"The New Document command in Photoshop.\" width=\"291\" height=\"129\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to File &gt; New.<\/div>\n<p>This opens the New Document dialog box. Enter the width, height and resolution you need. For this tutorial, I'll enter 1000 pixels for both the <strong>Width<\/strong> and <strong>Height<\/strong>, and I'll leave my <strong>Resolution<\/strong> set to <strong>72 pixels\/inch<\/strong>. If you're planning to print the final result, you'll probably want to enter width and height values in inches, and you'll want to set your resolution to 240 pixels\/inch or higher. Click OK when you're done to close out of the dialog box. Your new Photoshop document will appear on the screen:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-new-document.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop New Document dialog box.\" width=\"597\" height=\"341\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Enter the dimensions and resolution for your new document.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 2: Fill The Document With A Light Brown<\/h3>\n<p>At the moment, our new document is filled with solid white. Let's change the color. Go up to the <strong>Edit<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen and choose <strong>Fill<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/edit-fill.gif\" alt=\"The Fill command in Photoshop.\" width=\"264\" height=\"145\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Edit &gt; Fill.<\/div>\n<p>This opens the Fill dialog box. Set the <strong>Use<\/strong> option at the top of the dialog box to <strong>Color<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-fill.gif\" alt=\"The Fill dialog box in Photoshop.\" width=\"370\" height=\"257\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the Use option to Color.<\/div>\n<p>As soon as you select Color, Photoshop will pop open the <strong>Color Picker<\/strong> which is where we choose the color we want to fill the layer with. Select a light brown. If you want to use the same color I'm using, look for the R, G and B options (which stand for Red, Green and Blue) near the bottom center of the dialog box, then set the <strong>R<\/strong> value to <strong>211<\/strong>, <strong>G<\/strong> to <strong>178<\/strong> and B<strong> <\/strong>to <strong>140<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-color-picker.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop Color Picker.\" width=\"566\" height=\"385\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Choose a light brown from the Color Picker.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to close out of the Color Picker, then click OK to close out of the Fill dialog box. Photoshop fills the document with light brown:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/document-filled.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop document filled with light brown.\" width=\"386\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Photoshop fills the document with the chosen color.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 3: Add A New Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Click on the <strong>New Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-new-layer-icon.gif\" alt=\"The New Layer icon in the Layers panel in Photoshop.\" width=\"294\" height=\"240\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on the New Layer icon.<\/div>\n<p>Nothing will happen in the document window, but a new blank layer named Layer 1 appears above the Background layer in the Layers panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-layers-panel.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop CS5 Layers panel.\" width=\"296\" height=\"291\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A new blank layer appears.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 4: Apply The Clouds Filter<\/h3>\n<p>We're going to use this layer to add some texture to the paper. First, make sure your <strong>Foreground and Background colors<\/strong> are set to their defaults by pressing the letter <strong>D<\/strong> on your keyboard. This resets your Foreground color to black and your Background color to white, just in case they were set to something different. The reason we're doing this is because the filter we're about to run uses the Foreground and Background colors. You can see what the colors are currently set to by looking at the Foreground and Background <strong>color swatches<\/strong> near the bottom of the Tools panel:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-foreground-background-colors.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Foreground and Background color swatches in the Tools panel.\" width=\"71\" height=\"137\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Foreground (top left) and Background (bottom right) color swatches.<\/div>\n<p>With the Foreground and Background colors reset, go up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen, choose <strong>Render<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>Clouds<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/filter-render-clouds.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop filter render clouds.\" width=\"389\" height=\"141\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Filter &gt; Render &gt; Clouds.<\/div>\n<p>There are no additional options for the Clouds filter, so Photoshop will simply go ahead and run it, adding random \"clouds\" to the layer. Your document will look something like this:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-clouds.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop rendered clouds.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image after running the Clouds filter.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 5: Apply The Spatter Filter<\/h3>\n<p>Go back up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu and this time choose <strong>Brush Strokes<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Spatter<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/filter-brush-strokes-spatter.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Filter &gt; Brush Strokes &gt; Spatter.\" width=\"390\" height=\"206\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Filter &gt; Brush Strokes &gt; Spatter.<\/div>\n<p>This opens Photoshop's <strong>Filter Gallery<\/strong> showing a large preview of the effect on the left, with the Spatter options appearing in the top right corner of the dialog box. Drag the sliders for both the <strong>Spray Radius<\/strong> and <strong>Smoothness<\/strong> options all the way to the right so they're both maxed out:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/spatter-options.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Spatter filter options.\" width=\"282\" height=\"275\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Spatter options.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to close out of the Filter Gallery, at which point Photoshop applies the Spatter filter to the clouds, giving them more of a rough, textured look:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/clouds-spatter.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop Spatter filter applied.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The clouds after applying the Spatter filter.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 6: Change The Blend Mode To Overlay And Lower The Opacity<\/h3>\n<p>In the top left corner of the Layers panel, you'll find the <strong>Blend Mode<\/strong> option which by default is set to Normal. Change the blend mode to <strong>Overlay<\/strong>. This blends the clouds texture in with the light brown color on the layer below it. Directly across from the Blend Mode option is the <strong>Opacity<\/strong> option, set to 100%. This controls the transparency of the layer. Lower the opacity value down to around <strong>15%<\/strong> to give the texture a much more subtle appearance in the document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/blend-mode-opacity.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop layer blend mode and opacity options.\" width=\"306\" height=\"291\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the blend mode to Overlay and lower the opacity to around 15%.<\/div>\n<p>Your image should now look something like this:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/image-overlay-15.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop document, Overlay blend mode, Opacity 15%.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The texture now appears much more subtle.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 7: Add Another New Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Click once again on the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to add another new blank layer to the document. It will appear in the Layers panel as Layer 2:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/new-layer-icon-2.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop New Layer icon in Layers panel.\" width=\"287\" height=\"304\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Add a second new layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 8: Apply The Clouds Filter Again<\/h3>\n<p>Just as we did back in Step 5, apply the Clouds filter to the new layer by going up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen, choosing <strong>Render<\/strong>, and then choosing <strong>Clouds<\/strong>. A different cloud pattern will appear in the document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/layer-2-clouds.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop rendered clouds.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">A new clouds pattern is added to Layer 2.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 9: Apply The Cutout Filter<\/h3>\n<p>We'll use this second clouds pattern to add some stains to the paper. Go up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu, choose <strong>Artistic<\/strong>, and then choose <strong>Cutout<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/filter-artistic-cutout.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Filter &gt; Artistic &gt; Cutout.\" width=\"379\" height=\"133\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Filter &gt; Artistic &gt; Cutout.<\/div>\n<p>This again opens Photoshop's Filter Gallery, but this time with the options for the Cutout filter in the top right corner. Set the <strong>Number of Levels<\/strong> to <strong>4<\/strong>, <strong>Edge Simplicity<\/strong> to <strong>3<\/strong> and <strong>Edge Fidelity<\/strong> also to <strong>3<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/cutout-filter-options.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Cutout filter options.\" width=\"279\" height=\"325\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Cutout filter options.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to close out of the Filter Gallery. Photoshop applies the Cutout filter to the clouds pattern, which should now look something like this in your document:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-cutout-filter.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop cutout filter results.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The clouds after running the Cutout filter.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 10: Change The Blend Mode To Overlay And Lower The Opacity<\/h3>\n<p>As we did in Step 8, change the blend mode for the layer from Normal to <strong>Overlay<\/strong>, then lower the <strong>opacity<\/strong> of the layer, this time to somewhere between <strong>10-15%<\/strong> to reduce the intensity of the stains. I'm going to lower my opacity value to 13%:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/overlay-13.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop blend mode Overlay, opacity 13%.\" width=\"301\" height=\"290\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the blend mode to Overlay and lower the opacity value.<\/div>\n<p>Here's the document after adding the stains:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/image-stains.jpg\" alt=\"Subtle stains appear on the old paper.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The paper texture after adding subtle stains.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 11: Merge The Existing Layers Onto A New Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Hold down your <strong>Alt<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Option<\/strong> (Mac) key, then with the key still held down, go up to the <strong>Layer<\/strong> menu at the top of the screen and choose <strong>Merge Visible<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/layer-merge-visible.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop merge visible layers command.\" width=\"253\" height=\"146\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Hold down Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) and go to Layer &gt; Merge Visible.<\/div>\n<p>Normally, the Merge Visible command would have flattened all of our layers onto the Background layer, but by holding down the Alt (Win) \/ Option (Mac) key while selecting the command, we told Photoshop to merge the layers onto a brand new layer above them in the Layers panel (Layer 3):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-merged-layers.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop merged visible layers.\" width=\"288\" height=\"369\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The three existing layers have been merged onto a new layer above them.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 12: Select The Burn Tool<\/h3>\n<p>Select Photoshop's <strong>Burn Tool<\/strong> from the Tools panel, which we're going to use to darken the paper's edges. By default, it's nested behind the <strong>Dodge Tool<\/strong>, so click on the Dodge Tool's icon and hold your mouse button down for a second or two until a fly-out menu appears showing the other tools available in that spot, then select the Burn Tool from the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-burn-tool.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Burn Tool.\" width=\"189\" height=\"154\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Burn Tool, by default, is hiding behind the Dodge Tool in the Tools panel.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 13: Paint With The Burn Tool To Darken The Edges<\/h3>\n<p>Press the letter <strong>F<\/strong> on your keyboard to switch to the first of Photoshop's <strong>fullscreen modes<\/strong>, which will make this next step easier (pressing the letter F a couple more times will cycle through the various screen modes and bring you back to the document window later). With the Burn Tool selected, look up in the Options Bar at the top of the screen and make sure the <strong>Range<\/strong> option is set to <strong>Midtones<\/strong> and <strong>Exposure<\/strong> is set to <strong>50%<\/strong> (these are the default settings):<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/burn-tool-options.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Burn Tool options.\" width=\"681\" height=\"49\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The default Burn Tool options in the Options Bar.<\/div>\n<p>Then, with a large, soft-edge brush (the Burn Tool is considered a brush), paint around the edges of the paper to darken  (or &quot;burn&quot;) them. To change the size of the brush, press the <strong>left bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>[<\/strong> ) on your keyboard to make the brush smaller, or the <strong>right bracket key<\/strong> ( <strong>]<\/strong> ) to make it larger. To change the hardness of the brush edges, hold down your <strong>Shift<\/strong> key and press the <strong>left bracket key<\/strong> to soften them. Press the key a few times to set the brush edge hardness to 0%, which will give you the softest edges possible.<\/p>\n<p>For best results, keep the center of the Burn Tool's brush cursor in the gray pasteboard area surrounding the paper and only allow the outer edges of the cursor to pass over the paper. Passing over the same area again will darken that area even more. Here, I'm painting over a corner to darken it. Notice how the center of the cursor (the small target symbol) remains in the pasteboard area:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/darkening-edges.jpg\" alt=\"Darkening the paper edges with the Burn Tool in Photoshop.\" width=\"609\" height=\"456\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Keep the center of the brush cursor in the gray pasteboard area as you paint around the edges to darken them.<\/div>\n<p>Use the left and right bracket keys on your keyboard to vary the size of the brush as you paint around the edges to create a more random looking result. If you make a mistake and you're not happy with how your last brush stroke looks, press <strong>Ctrl+Z<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Z<\/strong> (Mac) to undo it, or press <strong>Ctrl+Alt+Z<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Option+Z<\/strong> (Mac) repeatedly to undo multiple strokes.<\/p>\n<p>I'll press the letter F on my keyboard a couple of times to switch back to the document window screen mode, and here's my image after darkening the edges:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/paper-burned-edges.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop burned paper edges with Burn Tool.\" width=\"439\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The edges after darkening them with the Burn Tool set to different sizes.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 14: Add Another New Layer<\/h3>\n<p>Click again on the <strong>New Layer<\/strong> icon at the bottom of the Layers panel to add another new layer, which will appear above Layer 3 in the Layers panel. Photoshop will name it... you guessed it... Layer 4:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/new-layer-icon-3.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop New Layer icon.\" width=\"286\" height=\"206\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Add another new layer.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 15: Fill The New Layer With White<\/h3>\n<p>Press <strong>Ctrl+Backspace<\/strong> (Win) \/ <strong>Command+Delete<\/strong> (Mac) on your keyboard. This is a quick way to instantly fill a layer with the current Background color, which in our case happens to be white. The document will temporarily appear filled with solid white:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/filled-white.gif\" alt=\"The Photoshop document is filled with white.\" width=\"386\" height=\"400\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The paper texture will temporarily be blocked from view by the solid white on Layer 4.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 16: Add Noise<\/h3>\n<p>Go up to the <strong>Filter<\/strong> menu, choose <strong>Noise<\/strong>, then choose <strong>Add Noise<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/filter-noise-add-noise.gif\" alt=\"Selecting the Add Noise filter in Photoshop.\" width=\"396\" height=\"161\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Filter &gt; Noise &gt; Add Noise.<\/div>\n<p>This opens the Add Noise filter's dialog box. Increase the <strong>Amount<\/strong> value to around <strong>120%<\/strong>, although the specific value doesn't really matter as long as you're adding lots of noise. Make sure the <strong>Gaussian<\/strong> and <strong>Monochromatic<\/strong> options are both selected at the bottom of the dialog box:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-add-noise.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Add Noise filter.\" width=\"363\" height=\"269\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Filter &gt; Noise &gt; Add Noise.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK to close out of the dialog box. Photoshop will fill the layer with noise:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-noise.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop noise.\" width=\"434\" height=\"450\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The image now filled with noise.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 17: Change The Blend Mode To Multiply And Lower The Opacity<\/h3>\n<p>Finally, to blend the noise in with the paper texture to give it a grainy look, change the blend mode of Layer 4 to <strong>Multiply<\/strong> and lower it's opacity down to around <strong>10%<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/multiply-10.gif\" alt=\"Multiply blend mode, Opacity 10%.\" width=\"300\" height=\"305\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Change the blend mode to Multiply and lower the Opacity value to 10%.<\/div>\n<p>And with that, our old paper texture is complete! Here's the result with the noise now blended in:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-old-paper-texture.jpg\" alt=\"Photoshop old paper texture effect.\" width=\"500\" height=\"513\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final old paper texture.<\/div>\n<h3>Step 18: Flatten And Save The Texture<\/h3>\n<p>Since we're done creating the texture and there's really nothing we can go back and change at this point, let's simplify things by flattening the file. Go up to the <strong>Layer<\/strong> menu and choose <strong>Flatten Image<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-layer-flatten.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop Flatten Image command.\" width=\"253\" height=\"118\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Go to Layer &gt; Flatten Image.<\/div>\n<p>This flattens all the layers onto the Background layer, which will make it easier to use the texture as a background whenever we need it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/old-paper\/photoshop-background-layer.gif\" alt=\"Layers flattened onto the Background layer in Photoshop.\" width=\"286\" height=\"225\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The texture has been flattened onto the Background layer.<\/div>\n<p>With the image flattened, save the file to your computer by going up to the <strong>File<\/strong> menu and choosing <strong>Save As<\/strong>. Give the file a descriptive name like &quot;Old Paper Texture.PSD&quot; and make sure you set the <strong>Format<\/strong> to <strong>Photoshop<\/strong> so you're saving a Photoshop document. This will keep the texture's image quality intact for later use.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<aside>\n<p>And there we have it! That's how to create an old paper background texture with Photoshop! 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