Looking for help with textures

[eccentric_giraffe]

Hey everyone,
I’m new to planet photoshop but have been fiddling with Adobe Photoshop 7 for about a year now.

I was hoping someone might be able to help me with textures. Today I came across an old postcard and decided I wanted to try and recreate its worn look on a digital photo. My final creation looks ok but I still think it’s missing something. It doesn't exactly look the way I wanted it to.

Here's what I ended up with.
http://i79.photobucket.com/albums/j125/eccentric_giraffe/IM000476copy6.jpg

I think one reason it's not quite right is the edges are too crisp and need to be warped a little. I know CS2 has that special tool but I only have APS 7 and can't seem to figure out how to ripple them a bit. Also the texture seems wrong. It looks more like someone crumpled it up into a ball instead of just being handled frequently.

Anybody have any suggestions?

Thanks
Sarah

[loj58]

there are tons of tutorials on the net to do worn paper edges, check the tut's on this site or on something like teamphotoshop.com, or even do a google search. As far as the texture is conscerned do you have a link so we can see what you were trying to duplicate?