How to Add a Paper Cut Effect in Your Photos.

How to Add a Paper Cut Effect in Your Photos.

 INTRO  

 This simple paper cut effect is a great way to add some texture and a fun 3D effect. It is a fairly easy process that can be completed within a few minutes.

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 Outline 

1. What is a paper cut effect?

2. How to get the paper cut effect in your photo.

3. Paper cut effect on a portrait.

4. Paper cut effect on a landscape.

5. How to get the paper cut effect on a black and white photo.

Conclusion: Adding a paper cut effect to your photo will add a tantalizing effect to your photo.

1. What is a paper cut effect

It looks like a paper cut out, but it's done digitally from start to finish. ... A paper cut out effect tries to achieve the look of several superimposed layers of paper to create depth in a design. Cutting paper has proven to be a highly versatile technique in advertising, pop-up

Section 1: What is the paper cut effect

If you have looked at a profile picture of somebody and have tried to identify what's holding the picture together (the hair, the background, the face) you'll have noticed the large, thick center area where it's very hard to make out where the layers start and stop. This area is called the "foreground". Now, since people's faces have a finite number of hairs all of them are mapped out in an almost round shape within a circle (don't worry there's a detailed tutorial on how to calculate that here).

If you see someone's profile and are asked to pick a member of the party, the "outer" and the "inner" boundaries (or sides) become very blurred because you are only seeing a single picture where the surface is actually covered by a single "sub-surface".

How to create a paper cut effect in photos

You can do this with Photoshop using this technique called Paper Cut.

1. Prepare your images by erasing any extraneous bits of material, such as scratches or dirt from your lens.

2. If you haven't already, click on the "Layer Mask" icon in the top left corner of your menu bar.

3. Select your layer mask (press CMD+A).

4. Go to "Select Size" on the top menu.

5. Select "100%" or "1000%" and set the size to 100% or 1000%.

6. Go to "Preferences" and under the Masking section, select "Overlap" (press CMD+O).

7. Click OK.

8. Go back to your image and highlight the image that you want to see in white.

9. Select the "Recolor By" option.

10. You'll see an overlay of your original image. Go to Layer > Adjustments > Overlay.

11. Go to "Select Size" on the top menu.

12. Click OK.

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Where do I get the best examples of the paper cut effect?

There are many videos on Youtube, but if you want to be 100% sure of the precise technique, I'd suggest looking up Susan Hay on Instagram. She is the go-to for this technique.

More on that below.

Again, I have something to say about the origin of the technique (watch this video on how we decide what to do on the Instagram feed). And a suggestion (which might work). But these are two totally separate subjects.

How to create the paper cut effect…

The first thing to do is decide what you want your paper cut effect to look like. On the Instagram feed, we can give it different looks using different filters, but in a design, we want one consistent look.

Here are a couple of examples:

Two very similar examples.

Where can I find tutorials on how to create a paper cut effect in Photoshop?

Flickr has the best tutorial, and is great for beginners.

Photoshop

There are several Photoshop tutorials on YouTube that you can get started with.

Photoshop Express

Here's an excellent, free Photoshop tutorial for Paper Cut Effect.

Photoshop Rocks!

There are several great Photoshop videos to watch. This tutorial is great for beginners.

PaperCutBrush Tool

Paper Cut Brush Tool has two videos that are free.

Photoshop guru David Aragon has some great tutorials to watch on YouTube, and this one is excellent.

Photoshop Memory Maker

This tutorial was made by online scrapper, photo enthusiast, and creative dude - Andy Wiley.