Shred a foto look?

[Batistuta]

Hi,

I'm new to this forum and a new bee to Gimp.
I want to created a picture thats looks likes it have been shredded (right word?) out of a newspaper, you with rough edges etc. And then a shadow under it. How shall i do this, is there any masks or filters that have this feater.
Regards
Roger

[staun]

(moved to tutorials, since this can most likely be solved by a simple tutorial by someone creative )

[rich]

I thought there would be many tutorials but I didn't find much other than a not-very-adaptable PS tutorial.

For Gimp there are a couple of scripts that might do.

A jagged edge script.
http://registry.gimp.org/node/20292

and an Antique Photo Border Script
http://registry.gimp.org/node/9329

or you can do much the same with a grungy brush and the eraser tool (which is what I do). see for a comparison.

http://www.imageno.com/pfpb5sfh57ohpic.html

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After I wrote this I saw that you also wanted a drop shadow so here is my attempt at a 2 minute 'how-to'. As with anything gimp-ish there are many ways to do 'anything/everything' so just experiment.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t331xGc81v8

best of luck.

[rich]

I had another look for torn paper tutorials and if you search for 'photoshop +torn paper' then there are plenty. They tend to fall into two catagories, drawing a ragged edge as a selection then applying filters or using brushes (and applying filters). The first requires a bit of artistry and the second has photoshop parameters not easily duplicated in Gimp.

Going for the second option, I played around with making some animated brushes which worked fairly well with the eraser tool, jagged but not exactly 'torn paper'

My solution, 'Occams Razor' - simple is best. Two large 'torn edge' brushes to use with the eraser tool. One vertical and one horizontal made from genuine torn paper which I scanned. Scale them up or down and nibble away at the edges. For an angled brush there is the brush-transform script, (much adapted by various people) If you hunt through the 'meet-the-gimp' forum, its there somewhere.

a sceen shot of what you might expect.
http://www.imageno.com/1uc6n874usripic.html

If you want to use the brushes I made & the brush-transform script they are on my rapidshare account.
http://rapidshare.com/files/413875241/torn_paper.zip.html (103 KB)

The brushes go in your local brush folder and the script in you local script folder.
Remember that the brush is not really a brush, it is a 'stamp' to be used with the eraser tool.

[Batistuta]

I had another look for torn paper tutorials and if you search for 'photoshop +torn paper' then there are plenty. They tend to fall into two catagories, drawing a ragged edge as a selection then applying filters or using brushes (and applying filters). The first requires a bit of artistry and the second has photoshop parameters not easily duplicated in Gimp.

Going for the second option, I played around with making some animated brushes which worked fairly well with the eraser tool, jagged but not exactly 'torn paper'

My solution, 'Occams Razor' - simple is best. Two large 'torn edge' brushes to use with the eraser tool. One vertical and one horizontal made from genuine torn paper which I scanned. Scale them up or down and nibble away at the edges. For an angled brush there is the brush-transform script, (much adapted by various people) If you hunt through the 'meet-the-gimp' forum, its there somewhere.

a sceen shot of what you might expect.
http://www.imageno.com/1uc6n874usripic.html

If you want to use the brushes I made & the brush-transform script they are on my rapidshare account.
http://rapidshare.com/files/413875241/torn_paper.zip.html (103 KB)

The brushes go in your local brush folder and the script in you local script folder.
Remember that the brush is not really a brush, it is a 'stamp' to be used with the eraser tool.

Tank you very much for your time and effort I have looked truth the examples and now i can do it myself.
Tanks again