How to Create a Worn Paperback Cover Effect in Photoshop
In this tutorial, you'll learn how to create a worn and torn paperback overlay and then apply this realistically to your cover. I'll also show you some tricks for making artwork look more printed, with printing artifacts, such a halftone pattern, dust and scratches.
Through this project you'll learn about some lesser known blending modes including linear light, exclusion and divide.
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For a scanner, this is similar to the one I used for scanning the paperback covers: https://amzn.to/4fdZ8BJ
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