Shopping CSS

Here's my technique for making rough edges in Photoshop. I don't remember seeing it online, but if you created it, give me a sign & I'll give you credit for it.

1) Set the blend mode to dissolve.
2) Create a new layer below and merge the two back together (flattens the dissolve effect)
3) Apply a small gaussian blur (around 1px)
4) Apply the "unsharp mask" filter (Amount:198%, Radius:1px, Threshold:0 levels)
6) BONUS: Flatten the whole image, convert to CMYK, nudge the channels to get a misprinted effect.

Now you've got fancy rough edges ala Frank Chimero!

I would be interested to know how you guys do it...

Hi-res: http://cl.ly/171t353A3u1j0D3F3Z1y

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Posted on Jun 4, 2011

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