How do you make very sticky tape?

How to Make Sticky Tape in Photoshop

• Answer:

  Photoshop is a fun and productive image editing software that given that right amount of imagination can transform any ordinary image into something special. One fun tool in Photoshop is the sticky tape effect. This tool allows a user to make it appear that any image is being held up by sticky tape. Difficulty: Challenging Instructions Open the image to be sticky taped. Increase the canvas size to expose edges around the image. The increase can be any size but needs to be large enough to show the tape. To accomplish this, select image from the main menu, choose the canvas size and press the OK button. Experiment with the changes until the desired size is accomplished. Select the rectangle tool from the left side menu panel. Hold down the left mouse button and draw the rectangle until it resembles a strip of tape in size. Rasterize the rectangle. Choose the layer option from the main menu. Locate the rasterizing option from the layer menu and select rasterize layer. Change the opaqueness of the rectangle. Locate the layers tab on the bottom right-hand side of the Photoshop editing software. Change the opaqueness of the sticky tape from 100 percent to 49 percent by right clicking on the arrow icon and moving the slide button until it displays 49 percent. Alter the color fill of the sticky tape. Again locate the layers tab and choose the fill option. Select the arrow to the right hand side of the fill box. Move the slide button until the fill option displays 35 percent. Use the polygonal lasso tool from the left side panel to create the jagged edge that gives the appearance of torn edges. Make a straight edge with the tool on the side away from the sticky tape. On the other side make the jagged lines that resemble the edges of tape. Make sure that the jagged edges overlap the sticky tape on the end boundaries. Select the cut option from the edit menu. Move the sticky tape to the corner of the image to give the appearance that the image is taped to the canvas. Duplicate the sticky tape on each of the other three corners of the image. Select the layer option from the main menu and choose the duplicate option. After each duplication move the sticky to each corner and select free transform from the edit menu. Rotate each sticky tape until the desired effect is accomplished. Repeat until all four corners have the sticky tape effect. Tips & Warnings Tip: In steps 6, 7 and 8 make sure the auto select layers option is not selected. Otherwise Photoshop will not allow the user to move or alter the sticky tape.