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This lesson demonstrates how to create, modify and apply a scratchy border brush. To work along exactly, you are welcome to download the start image Here. Unzip the file and open the image onto Photoshop’s workspace.
Layers/Blend Modes Tutorials
Brush Tutorials
Undo and Navigation Steps
Two ways of undoing steps are from the top menu, Edit then Step Backwards.
Alternatively, click a previous snapshot in the History Palette.
Navigate (zoom in and pan) your image using the Navigator Palette,
or the Zoom Tool. 
Activate The Hand Tool by tapping the Spacebar, keeping the Spacebar pressed, pan your image in the usual way. 
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Open your start image onto Photoshop’s workspace, and extend its grey workspace by dragging out one of its corners.
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Now, open a New document, and set the following attributes.
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Then press your keyboard’s D key, to set the default Foreground and Background colours.
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From the toolbar, activate the Brush Tool.
And enter the following Wax Pencil brush attributes, into its Options bar. (Wax Pencil can be located within the Dry Media brushes group).
Tip
Quickly resize your brush by tapping the square bracket keys.
After you have set the correct brush, you are ready for the next step.
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Now, using your mouse - (or graphic pen), draw black scratches onto your white document, leaving a scratch-free border - as illustrated below.
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If you prefer, scan scribbles and open them onto Photoshop’s workspace.
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From the top menu, choose Edit then choose Define Brush Preset. In the subsequent Brush Name dialogue box, enter a unique name for your brush, then click OK.
7/ Randomise Your Scratchy Brush
The next steps will customise your brush; therefore, ensure the Brush Tool is active - then from the top of your keyboard, press F5. This displays the following Brushes dialogue box - and you will notice that the brush application looks flat - and repeats itself.
To personalise the brush, subsequently creating a randomised, scratchy effect; click open the corresponding (left-side) tabs, as indicated by the dialogue boxes below, and change them in accordance with my screen captures.
Notes
As you alter your brush settings, keep an eye on the brush example at the bottom of the dialogue box - noting how each setting effects the look, opacity and application of your brush. For personal results, always experiment with the Brush Presets settings.
Shape Dynamics
Scattering
Other Dynamics
After you have modified your brush, you are ready for the next step.
8/ Saving Your Modified Brush
To save your modified brush, from the bottom of the Brushes dialogue box, click the following Create new brush icon.
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And from the subsequent Brush Name dialogue box, enter a new (unique) name for your brush - or suffix the name already there with the word Final. Then click OK.
Congratulations, you have created and (temporarily) saved your scratchy border brush. Link Here to learn how to permanently save your brush to Photoshop’s Brushes folder.
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Press F6 to close the Brushes dialogue box, and close the scratchy document.
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Now, press your X key to swap your Foreground and Background colours - making White the Foreground colour.
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Then activate your photograph, and scroll to the bottom of your brush thumbnails, and
double-left-click to activate your final Scratchy Border Brush.
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Resize your scratchy brush as necessary by tapping the square bracket keys; and begin to paint your white scratchy border; building up the effect slowly.
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After you have created your border, duplicate the background layer by pressing Ctrl then A. Then Ctrl then J.
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Working on the duplicated layer, (Layer 1), apply your brush over central areas you wish to distress.
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Then fade the scratches by lowering the top layer’s Opacity.
 
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Now, from the top menu, choose Layer then choose Flatten Image.
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Then press Ctrl then U. In the subsequent Hue/Saturation dialogue box, click a tick into the Colourise tick box, and set the following Hue and Saturation settings, then click OK.
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From the top menu, choose Filter then choose Sharpen, then select your choice of Sharpening filter. Sharpen Images Tutorial. I chose Smart Sharpen. Then finish by saving your work.
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