Red ring - newspaper ad 1

[SteveHigh]

Hello

I am trying to achieve that effect we sometimes see where someone has circled a newspaper ad - occasionally in red ink or with a red pen so that it stands out.

My question, therfore, has two parts. How, once I have scanned in an image of, say, a newspaper page, do I achieve that 'torn out' look (ragged edges/creases). And then, how would I draw a red loop around the 'ad' which attracted my attention?

Many thanks.

Steve

 

[apepp]

...here is a good one for torn edges:

http://www.mayhemstudios.com/Tutorial_Steps/torn_edges.html

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...for the red loop I would use a stroked path, stroked with a brush set the color of the brush to red and thick enough, add a multiply or overlay mode to that layer so that the paper comes through a bit...

Andrew

 

[apepp]

...sorry i put overlay above, i meant opacity...

Andrew

 

[SteveHigh]

Great link, Andrew and thanks, too, for your suggestions.

Steve