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How to Create a Realistic Paper Tear in Photoshop

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In this tutorial, I'll show you how to recreate the effect used in the poster for the horror film Smile 2. You'll learn how to create a realistic tear effect using filters built into Photoshop, how to create drop shadows and how to add grunge and texture to titles.  

The font used for the titling is Serif Gothic, which you can find here: https://font.download/font/itc-serif-gothic-2

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