How Do You Make a Folded Paper Effect in Photoshop?
Have you ever seen a really cool image that looks like it's made out of paper? Maybe it's a mock-up of a poster or an ad for a new product. Whatever it is, you can bet that the person who created it used Photoshop to give it that folded paper effect.Creating the folded paper effect in Photoshop is actually pretty easy. All you need is a copy of Photoshop and a few minutes to spare. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create a simple folded paper effect using nothing but Photoshop's built-in tools.
First, open up a new document in Photoshop. I'm using a document size of 500x500 pixels, but you can use whatever size you like.Next, create a new layer and fill it with white. We'll be using this layer to create the folds.
Next, grab the Rectangle Tool from the Tools palette. Create a small rectangle somewhere on the canvas. It doesn't have to be perfect, we'll be distorting it anyway.
With the rectangle still selected, go up to the Edit menu and choose Transform > Distort. This will bring up a grid over your rectangle.Drag the corner nodes of the grid to distort the shape of the rectangle into something that looks more like a fold. When you're happy with the shape, hit Enter or Return to apply the transformation.
Now we need to add some shading to make our fold look more realistic. Go up to the Layer menu and choose New > Layer Style > Gradient Overlay.This will bring up the Gradient Overlay dialog box. Click on the gradient preview to bring up the Gradient Editor dialog box.
For the gradient, we want to use two colors: a light color for the highlights and a dark color for the shadows. I'm using white for my light color and black for my dark color.Drag the light color stop (the white one) over to the left side of the gradient preview and drag the dark color stop (the black one) over to the right side. Then click OK twice to close both dialog boxes and apply your gradient overlay layer style.
Your fold should now look something like this:
To add more folds, simply create another rectangle shape and repeat steps 3-6 until you're happy with your design. When you're finished, your image should look something like this:Conclusion:
As you can see, creating a folded paper effect in Photoshop is easy! Just grab some rectangles and start distorting them into folds.Add some shading with gradient overlays and you're done! Give it a try yourself and see what cool creations you can come up with.
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