making the edges of a photo/picture look torn or burnt,rust

[Ron Robbins]

Im trying to make the edges of a photo look like its ragged,can you help?
thanks Ron

[LeviFiction]

You mean like this - https://www.deviantart.com/levifiction/ ... -131686608

What I did for that, assuming I'm remembering correctly as this was posted 10 years ago. I used a stock photo of a torn piece of paper. Selected the outside and used that selection to mask out my image. Then used a blend mode (I want to say color) to make the photo look like it was actually on the paper and not floating above it. finally I used the burn brush over the edges to create areas of varying darkness for the burns. and of course a whole lot of other stuff, but the torn and burnt edges I used those steps.

Other options include just making jagged selections around the edges and deleting them or using a brushhead on the eraser tool. Or using masking with selections and the regular paintbrush to create the initial jagged edges. Then, using drop-shadow, for depth, and again the burn tool to burn the edges.

[Ron Robbins]

Not like the picture,more like the file I sent,if I sent it correctly. I will try your suggestion.

[Jean-Luc]

- Image / Picture Frame / Edge Rough 01 (Corel_09_043.FspFrame), Frame canvass, Frame Outside the image
- Removing the white with the Background Eraser Tool (could be done with The Magic Wand)
- My Transparency is set to pure red for better viewing
- Burn Brush, Opacity 50 and manually "burn" the edges
- Effects / 3D Effects / Drop Shadow

[Ron Robbins]

Thanks, work fine,except for the magic wand,leaning curve.

[Jean-Luc]

Here a video showing how I do:
http://ovh.to/cuieVmR

Pay attention when using the Paint Brush with Paper Texture: the Blend mode is set on HardLight.