Stoney wrote: Courtney and Rusty,
Thanks for your replies. I think my sons and their family will enjoy the photobook if I ever get it off the ground.
Courtney, I think I am looking for aged wrinkly looking paper and the same paper or another paper with burnt edges. My plan is to use that paper as the background and using a displacement map put say a map of the area where a descendent lived on the paper. I would vary maps with pictures of the towns, relics of the period, etc. These pages would serve as a lowered opacity backgrounds.
Then place the pictures on that page.The commercial photobooks are so bland even with the various themes they have.
Any help with sources of papers and or suggestions on what I have in mind would be appreciated.
Thanks.....Stoney
Hi Stoney,
I think your ideas are very good and will create a fine photo book. I thought finding crinkled aged paper would be easy; I know I've downloaded similar things. But my searches haven't really turned up much after all. Searching is the hard part, I know what you want is out there.
I've downloaded these aged looking papers, and they are free:
http://princess-of-shadows.deviantart.c ... s-79040200To get a crinkled, wrinkled texture, I would do it yourself if you can't find one online. Just fold and crumple up a piece of paper, smoothe it out, and then either photograph it or scan it. Blend it in to add the texture to your background paper.
Here's a paper with burnt edges, although you may get better results doing the burning yourself and photographing or scanning.
http://edlyshideout.spaces.live.com/blo ... !165.entryYou'll have to show us one of your pages when you get one done!
Courtney