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How do you make the edges of an image look cut? I'm talking about an image such as the following taken from this webpage:

Cut image

The pages look like they are "torn" and it's like it's torn randomly (which looks very good) - does anyone know how to achieve this effect in photoshop?

Of rather, is there a program that allows a lay-person to create this sort of image?

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Do you actually require any solution to use Photoshop? If not, what OS are you using? – Daniel Beck Jun 17 '11 at 5:46
nop, i just need it to be do-able by anyone without a sense of design. I'm 32-bit windows vista sp2 home premium – Pacerier Jun 17 '11 at 15:40
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That one could have been done using Faststone capture where it is a "two" click option, just do the image grab, click edges and select torn, of course the edges are not the same so it could be a different screen capture program.

http://www.faststone.org/FSCaptureDetail.htm

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beautiful solution, though you'll agree it isn't real as in its too nicely torn – Pacerier Jun 17 '11 at 15:42
@Pacerier: I'm not sure what you think a "real" torn screen capture would look like... but maybe this would be a better solution for you? :) – Flimzy Jan 11 at 17:11
But in all seriousness, you could easily scan/photograph some real torn paper, and use that edge for your border with a minimum of Photoshop/Gimp work. – Flimzy Jan 11 at 17:12
@Flimzy lols ok – Pacerier Jan 11 at 18:35
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That effect can be done in any graphics editing program with basic capabilities. Cut away the part of the image you don't want, and use a jagged line. Then add a drop-shadow effect.

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i've really no idea how i could do that and make it look nice (look really torn) – Pacerier Jun 17 '11 at 15:41
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