I've started using this site called Lista

I have something up for auction there too!

more free stuff on Listia

If you sign up through either of my links, you get free credits and I do too!

This tutorial is written using GiMP on a Macintosh computer. Things might be different with other programs, but idk, lol.

Open up a new canvas, however large you want your texture to be. I'm doing a timeline texture for FB's timeline cover photo so I've set mine to 850x315

Next, use the bucket tool to fill your canvas with some shade of grey

create a new transparent layer

Next, using a lighter shade of grey, pick a brush and apply it to the new transparent layer

create a new transparent layer above this one and repeat using varying shades of grey

keep repeating the process of creating new transparent layers and applying brushes in varying shades of grey and white til you get something you like. You may also want to mess with the opacity of some layers to get your desired effect.

now merge all your layers down to 1

save your new image as a .png, or .jpg

and tada! Texture created!!!

(feel free to snag this texture free, but please remember to leave some love if you do!)

Hope this helps!

xoxo

Ok so here's how it goes!

Open a new canvas

open as layers and select your mask

go to colors and select invert colors

should look something like this ^ now

go to layers, transparency, color to alpha

make sure the color it's removing is "white" and click "ok"

now you have a transparent mask! yay!

Now we add the photo or paper!

open your photo or paper as a new layer

it might be necessary to resize the photo or paper so do that (make sure the chain is linked as to not distort the image!)

select your mask layer again

go to layers, transparency, and select alpha to selection

make your photo/paper layer active again

go to select and click invert

go to edit and click cut

make the mask layer invisible or just delete it entirely

& tada!!! should have something like this (saved as a .png for transparency)

Hope this helps! xoxo