Mini tut on Photoshop folds

[Ascension]

1. We're going to need some guides so make sure that the ruler is visible (at the top of the screen click on View then click on Rulers). Click on the ruler at the left side of the screen, hold the mouse button down, and drag towards the middle of the image...it should snap once you get near the middle. Do the same except from the top.

2. Click the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Start in the very middle where the two guides come together, click, hold, and drag towards the top left. Now create a new layer, name it whatever you want but I'm going with “folds”. Reset the colors to black and white.

3. If you see the Paint Bucket Tool, right click on it and change to the Gradient Tool. At the top left of the screen you will see some options for the gradient. The first option looks like a small window with a gradient in it, it should be black on the left and white on the right. If you click on the little arrow to the right of the window another window will pop up with a bunch of gradients in it and you will see that this gradient is called “foreground to background”...change this to the second one (called “foreground to transparent”).

4. Let's start with the black color. Position the cursor somewhere on the center horizontal guide. Click the mouse button and hold it down, drag upwards – if you hold down the shift key on the keyboard it will drag straight up and not off to the side.