This tutorial will teach you how to create rolled and folded corners, which can be used to embellish page corners, to creatively mat your photos or to roll the corners of your actual photos. This tutorial assumes you are familiar with the basics of using Photoshop Elements, including opening and setting the size and resolution of new documents, selecting tools, moving file windows within Photoshop Elements, zooming in and out, and creating and reorganizing layers.

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1. Open a new document. For this tutorial, I’m creating a photo mat for a 5×7 photo, so my document size is 6×8, with a resolution of 300dpi. If you are creating a roll from the paper that will be your page background, create a file in the size you would like your finished page to be.
2. Open the file containing the paper you want to create your rolled paper from. I’m using a background paper called “Faded Denim” from my The Blues paper pack. You should now have two files open. Move the file windows so they are side to side and you can see both.
3. Select the Move tool from your toolbar. Left-click on the paper image, hold your mouse button down and drag the paper into your rolled corner document window. If the paper you have chosen is larger than the document size you are using for your rolled corner, you will notice when you zoom out that there are dotted lines showing in the grey space around your rolled corner document. The dotted lines show the dimensions of your paper, and if you left-click on the paper and hold your mouse button down, you can move the paper around until the portion you would like to use is showing in your document window. To remove any extra paper from outside the document window, click Select > All from the main menu. You will notice that dotted lines, often referred to as “marching ants” appear around the outer edge of your rolled edge document window. Click Edit > Crop and your document will be trimmed to include only what is showing inside the document window.

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