Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create the look
of crumpled paper from scratch. Before we begin, if you haven't already subscribed to my channel,
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tutorials. Create a new document by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + N or by going to File and New. Make the
width 1920 pixels, the height 1080 pixels, and the resolution 150 pixels per inch. If the color
box isn't white, open the background contents list and click white. Click "Create" or press
Enter or Return. We'll unlock the layer so we can modify it. Change its Blend Mode to "Difference".
Check your foreground and background colors. If they aren't black and white respectively, press
"D" on your keyboard. If the colors are inverted, press "x". Open your Gradient Tool. At the top,
are the gradient fill options. We can either click the reflected gradient or the diamond gradient
since they'll both work for this effect, however, I prefer the diamond gradient. Make the Mode:
Difference and the opacity 100%. Place your cursor outside the document and drag your tool across
at any angle. Then, release. Continue to make multiple passes at various angles until there's an
interesting complexity of intersecting tones. The more passes we make the more crumpled our paper
will be. We'll convert it into a Smart Object so we can modify it non-destructively. To do this,
click the icon at the upper, right and click "Convert to Smart Object". Go to Filter,
Stylize, and Emboss. Make the Angle: 135 degrees, the Height: 6 pixels, and the Amount: 200%.
Go to Filter, Blur, and Gaussian Blur. Blur it 1.5 pixels.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and click "Levels".
Make the Input black level amount: 30,
the Input midtone amount: point 9, and the Input white level amount: 150.
Shift-click Layer 0 to make it active as well and convert the two layers into one Smart Object.
Open your Rectangular Marquee Tool. Drag out a rectangular selection approximately this size.
We'll center it by going to Select and Transform Selection. Go to View. If Snap isn't checked,
click it to activate it. Drag the selection until it snaps to the center. It'll snap in
place because we have "Snap" checked. Press Enter or Return to accept its position. We'll
convert it into a quick mask by pressing "Q" on our keyboard. Open your Polygonal Lasso Tool
and place your cursor on a corner of the quick mask. Click and drag the tool at slight angles
to points where your paper is creased. Make sure your paths stay inside the quick mask. Continue
to make connecting paths at slight angles. Connect the tool back to the first point to complete the
path. You'll see a small circle added to the tool icon to let you know the path is complete. Release
your mouse or pen which converts the path into a selection. Invert the selection by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd + Shift + i. We'll fill the inverted selection by pressing Alt or Option + Delete.
Press "Q" on your keyboard which does two things: it hides the quick mask and inverts the selection.
Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer mask of the selection. We'll make a new
layer under it by Ctrl or Cmd-clicking the New Layer icon. We'll fill it with 50% gray
by pressing Shift + the F5 key at the top of your keyboard to open the Fill window.
Open the Contents list and click "50% Gray".
Make the paper layer active and press Ctrl or Cmd + T to open your Transform Tool. Go
any corner and press Alt or Option as you drag it in approximately this much. Go to
a bottom corner and press Ctrl + Alt + Shift on Windows or Cmd + Option + Shift on a Mac as you
drag it out to about here. Go to any corner and size it to fit the document comfortably. Then,
press Enter or Return. Lastly, we'll add a shadow at the bottom of the paper.
Make a new layer under the active layer. Open your Brush tool and Brush Picker. Pick a soft,
round brush. The size is 30 pixels, the Hardness is 0%, and the Opacity and Flow are both 100%.
Place your cursor so the middle of it is halfway on the edge of the paper and just inside the
corner. Press and hold the Shift key as you drag across the brush tool to just inside the
opposite corner. Pressing Shift kept our cursor perfectly horizontal. Reduce its opacity to 25%.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!