photographic image tear effect

[Guest]

How do you create this effect?

[Chuck Uebele · Accepted solution]

Lots of ways to create the tear. You could actually photograph a torn paper - a dark coated white paper would be best to then isolate the tear. You could use the pen tool or the polygon lasso tool to draw the shape of the tear, or you could create a brush with a rough shape and jitter to create the tear. The rest is just standard masking and desaturating one of the layers.

[Bojan Živković · Accepted solution]

Among many other solutions you can also find tear image/vector on Adobe Stock.

Once you have image or vector you can use Photoshop to mask image and create final effect with black and white part in the middle. For this particular effect I will recommend to you use layer or clipping masks. If you need more help please do not hesitate to ask more question in this thread.

[c.pfaffenbichler · Accepted solution]

Filter > Render > Clouds can be used to create a synthetic rough edge (see the two screenshots). 

 

 

[Guest]

Thanks a lot. But there's a problem.Did I do something wrong?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Try the Blend Mode »Hard Mix«.

[Guest]

I did, but I can't. I'm so sorry, but I still don't understand. Is it right to put colors in the cloud layer?

[c.pfaffenbichler]

And do not clipping mask the Clouds-Layer to the gradient if the gradient utilises transparency. In my example the the blurred Smart Object was a lack rectangle on a white background.

[Guest]

Ah, it's finally working. Thank you so much.

[c.pfaffenbichler]

There are several options to edit the result, Curves Layers under the Hard Mis-Layer or blurring the Hard Mix-Layer for example.

 

 

 

[Chuck Uebele · Accepted solution]

Use "Clouds difference" NOT "Clouds."

[Guest]

Thanks for letting me know!