1. Start by opening a new file. I've used a small one in this example (about 250 x 150). Set the foreground color to a medium/light brown (#C8BE7E) and the background color to a light yellow (#F4F1DC)

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Add a new layer, Shift+Ctrl+N. Make a selection with the Rectangular Marquee Tool and go to File > Render > Clouds. Do not deselect.

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2. Go to the Channels palette

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and Save selection as channel (this will add an Alpha 1 channel). Deselect.

Go to Filter > Brush Strokes> Spatter... and set the Spray Radius to 10 and Smoothness to 5.

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3. Ctrl + Click on the Alpha 1 channel to make a selection and go back to the Layers palette.

Select layer 1. Invers the selection Select > Inverse (Ctrl+Shift+I) and hit the Delete button on your keeboard.

Deselect.

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4. Now for the last step.

Make sure you still have the same colors selected as in step 1.

Go to Filter > Sketch > Photocopy and set the Detail to 7 and Darkness to 8. If you are working on a larger canvas you might wanna try to use other settings.

That should do it!

Old Paper Tutorial: Final Result



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