Paper cut effects for Photoshop

Cardboard & colored paper: paper cut effects for Photoshop

Want to make a paper cut in Photoshop? It's easy with these 10 mockups. Insert your lettering or graphic shape - the program will automatically create the sleek, beautiful colored paper or cardboard effect. Perfect for logos and advertising banners, for example!

10 paper cut effects for Photoshop: Papercut made easy!
Display your texts and graphic shapes on colored paper and cardboard
It's that simple: insert text and graphics, Photoshop does the rest of the editing
Ideally suited for lettering, price badges and logos, for example

First snap, then cut: Load the digital scissors into the program and create beautiful paper-cutting effects in just a few clicks.

Details

Usable with:
content: 10 Assets/Templates
Licence: private and commercial Rights of use

Examples of use

5 different colored paper effects created with Photoshop

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From single-layer paper to relief-like texture: these 5 colored paper effects are in!

5 different cardboard effects created with Photoshop

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Pure cardboard or a grunge texture on top? These are your cardboard effects:

Colored paper effect created with Photoshop

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Example: Easy to use - insert your graphic shape and let Photoshop do the rest.

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Example: You can of course combine the effects in a composition.

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Example: Use the paper effects for eye-catching lettering!

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Example: Just text and a frame before. Afterwards a real wow effect!

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Photoshop instructions: How to use the paper cut effects

Use our smart objects for paper cut effects to transform your lettering and graphic shapes into colored paper or cardboard in just a few clicks. Open the desired PSD file in Photoshop. Double-click on the smart object. Insert your texts or graphic shapes there. Now save the smart object - and Photoshop will create the effect automatically. Matthias Petri explains exactly how to proceed in this Photoshop tutorial.

Colored paper effects

Paper cut in Photoshop: Colored paper effect

Your logo as colored paper? Your lettering in a paper cut? Use this Photoshop effect to easily create such visualizations. To do this, open the smart object in the PSD file and insert your text or graphic shape. After saving the smart object, Photoshop automatically creates the colored paper effect. In this visualization, the program transforms your content into coloured paper in the classic way.

Paper cut in Photoshop: Colored paper effect with shadows

Paper cut in Photoshop: Colored paper on crumpled paper

Paper cut in Photoshop: Colored paper effect with depth structure

Paper cut in Photoshop: Colored paper effect with pyramid structure

Cardboard effects

Paper cut in Photoshop: cardboard effect

Your logo or lettering made of cardboard? Use this Photoshop effect to easily create such visualizations. To do this, open the smart object in the PSD file and insert your text or graphic shape. After saving the smart object, Photoshop automatically creates the cardboard box effect. In this visualization, the program transforms your content into cardboard in the classic way.

Paper cut in Photoshop: two-step cardboard effect

Paper cut in Photoshop: white paper on cardboard

Paper cut in Photoshop: grunge structure on cardboard

Paper cut in Photoshop: cardboard effect with cut-outs

Details of the content

Your lettering and graphics: put them in the smart object and show your edge!
To display your lettering and graphics as colored paper or cardboard , you would have to painstakingly add textures to them and create corresponding effects. This can take time. It's quicker with our paper-cut mock-ups!

Colored paper & cardboard: Open Photoshop, double-click, insert, save - done.

You can create the colored paper and cardboard effects with the contents of this package in just a few clicks and in a short time. Open the PSD file with the desired visualization in Photoshop. Double-click on the prepared smart object. Insert your lettering and graphic shapes into it. Now close the smart object and save it. Photoshop will automatically apply the effect to your original letters and graphics.

Surprisingly versatile: more than just paper and cardboard!

The mockups initially provide you with two variants that display your text and graphics in the classic way as colored paper and cardboard . There are also many other visualization options available to you: How about colored paper on white paper that was previously crumpled and now has a crumpled structure? Or an effect with your logo in paper white on cardboard? Photoshop automatically creates all this and more for you , including the necessary effects for a three-dimensional effect.