ibdreamy wanted to know how to get the "notebook effect".
So I came up with the following tutorial.

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001.

Find an image
Create new a 100x100 sized file
Drag your image into that section
Press Ctrl+T and use the transform tools to resize your image

002.

Drag this texture to the side of your icon

003.

Place this texture on a new layer and then set it to multiply
Move both of the textures so the line up

004.

Create a Black and white gradient map adjustment layer and set it to softlight

005.

Create a selective colour layer with the following settings

Reds: -100cyan +100yellow
Yellows: +100cyan +100yellow
Whites: -100yellow
Neutrals: -12cyan

006.

Now make a colour balance layer with the following settings

MIDTONES: -32 -29 -14
SHADOWS: +4 -12 -15
HIGHLIGHTS: 0 0 +13

007.

Place this texture on multiply

008.

Add Text. I used the typeface P22 Stanyan Bold @ a point size of 15.08 and tilted it.

And that's it!
I hope you found that useful.
And just below are some paper textures to try out.



Download @ box.net