: Photoshop: create realistic text on paper? How can I make a realistic text on paper just like this: Or this: I first remove that text, and place mine, but that text doesn't appear as the

@Margaret771

Check this:



Own text has a random font, but a solid black color. It was at first distorted by warping to simulate lens barrel distortion (=curved line) Then it was skewed to simulate a tilted watching direction.

A copy was made just below. The copy is in layer "Bad text", It has following quality downgradings:


gaussian blur
dark magenta color (Image > adjustments > Hue&Saturation > colorize)
added monochrome noise


The solid text is made a half transparent. Here's a closer look:

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@Ogunnowo857

Have you tried adding noise in photoshop? That helps a lot. I would also try giving it some blur. The perspective is also different from your reference photo but without seeing the reference photo I don't think I would have noticed

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@Ravi4787994

Try reducing the opacity to 90-95%, apply bit of blur to make the edges less sharp, a bit of noise to introduce some grain and make the fills less flat.

Also by editing the Layer style (right click your text layer and choose the first option) you can apply a Gradient Overlay, which (if done properly) can also add some realistic shading with the right settings.

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