Uneven Edges
Software : Photoshop CS2
Level : Advance

Concept: The lesson is designed using Adobe Photoshop. We have used selections, different combination of image editing tools and filters for most of the effects. Photoshop comes up with lots of the options and scope for experiment is much more than you can imagine. We wish to encourage you to use different options and tools to get better output. The lessons and techniques described need to be followed as a guideline to achieve the effect.

1. Open Photoshop. Open the image to apply uneven edge border.

2. Select Rounded Corner Tool from the toolbox (marked red in the fig.).

3. Keep "Paths" option selected as shown in the fig (marked in green).

4. Drag the rounded corner rectangle in the middle of the image as shown the the picture.

5. Go to Path Tab and click "Load path as a selection" to convert the path into selection.

6. Go to Channels tab. Create new channel. Fill white color and deselect the selection with CTRL+ D.

7. Filters > Brush Strokes > Spatter
Spray Radius: 10
Smoothness: 4

8. Go to Layers Tab and create new layer. Keep the new layer selected.

9. Select > Load Selection (Select Alpha1 from channel drop down and check Invert)

10. Fill white color using Alt + Del. and deselect with CTRL + D.