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Add a folded paper and vignette effect in Gimp
In this Gimp tutorial I will show you how to add a folded paper texture to a photograph and how to add a simple and subtle vignette effect on top.
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Open a photograph you want to add a folded paper texture to.
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... go to your original photo and press Ctrl + V to paste the folded paper texture.
In the menu click Layer, Transform and choose Rotate 90° clockwise.
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We need to resize re folded paper layer so it will fit the photograph.
Choose the Scale Tool.
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Click the folded paper texture and start resizing it by dragging on the squares so it will fit your photograph.
Click Scale.
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Now set the Mode of the paper layer to Screen, Opacity to about 70, then right click the paper layer and choose To New Layer (see picture).
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This is it for the folded paper photo effect, let's now add a subtle vignette effect as well.
Press D to set the black foreground color.
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In the menu click Layer and chose New Layer... (Shift + Ctrl + N for a keyboard shortcut).
Choose the Foreground color as a Layer Fill Type and click OK.
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Choose Soft light for the new layer's Mode.
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Right click the new black layer and choose Add Layer Mask...
Choose the White (full opacity) option and click Add.
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This is how your layers should look like at the moment.
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Choose the Ellipse Select Tool ...
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... and make a selection similar to mine.
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Choose the Bucket Fill Tool ...
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... and click into the selection.
Mind you, foreground color needs to be set to black.
The selected area should now become a bit lighter than the rest.
In the menu click Select and choose None (Shift + Ctrl + A for a keyboard shortcut).
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In the menu click Filters, Blur and choose Gaussian Blur...
Set the Blur Radius accordingly to the size of your photograph. Mine was pretty big so I decided to go with the 210 px blur radius.
Click OK.
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Only thing left to do is to set the vignette layer opacity to about 40 ...
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... and you are done!
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