1. Create a new document with w=1200 pixels and h=1500
pixels
2. Select the top color picker and change # = cda040
3. Select the paint bucket and flood fill the background
4. Click the new layer icon at the bottom of the layers
palette
5. Set the top color picker = black set the bottom color picker = white
6. On the menu bar go to Filter>Render>Clouds.
7. In the Layers palette. Set the blending mode of this layer as ‘Overlay’ and reduce opacity to 35%.
8. Create a new layer, then go to Filter>Render>Clouds again.
9. On the menu bar go to Filter> Artistic> Dry brush and use:
Brush size = 6
Brush detail =6
Texture = 1
Click ok
10. On the layers palette change the blending mode of this layer to ‘Overlay’ and reduce its opacity to 10%.
11. On the layers palette change the blending mode to ‘Color Burn’.
12. Create a new layer; click the top color picker to # = cdc3b2
13. Use the any paint brush tool to create tears or rips on the page, use a very small brush size <10 pixels
14. On the tool bar select the smudge tool and rub over the tears you made so the edges are smoother
15. Create a new layer,
16. click the top color picker and select
white
17. click the Paint bucket and flood fill the
screen
18. On the menu bar go to Filter> Noise>
Add noise
Amount = 100%, Distribution = Gaussian, click OK
19. On the layers palette change the blending mode to ‘Multiply’ and
reduce opacity to 10%.
20. On the menu bar select layers>merge visible.
21. Change the top color picker to a dark brown. Choose the paint brush tool and then on the menu bar
click the down arrow and select default brushes>soft round 100 pixels; blending menu = color burn
22. Rub irregularly around the outside edge of the screen
23. Select the eraser tool & erase irregularly around the outside edge
24. On the tool bar select the T tool
25. on the menu bar select an old fashioned font like:
Blackadder ITC, Gothic, Lucida Calligraphy
26. type your first and last name in on the screen
27. save for web