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End result will look more or less like this. (with out my paper of course)

1. Start with a transparent canvas.
   
   
2. Set your primary color to D8D8D8 .
   
   
3. Draw a rectangle ( ) with the height of 25px and a width of what ever you like. (I used 100px)
   
   
4. Use the easer ( ) to cut out triangles on both ends. Like so...
   
   
   
   Zoomed in to show detail:
   
   
   
5. Set the primary color to C0C0C0.
   
   
6. Use the Outline Object plugin to make a border around the tape, using the settings shown here:
   
   
   
   
   
7. Use the feather plugin, with settings seen here:
   
   
   
8. Rotate the tape to 45 degrees using Zoom / Rotate ( ). You may have to expand your canvas first.
   
   
9. Now set the layer opacity to about 175.
   
   There's your Scotch Tape:
   
   
   
10. Now just put your paper or photo into a new layer under this one.

And if you want a more transparent tape or finer edges, see below for some variations:

By toe_head2001

pretty good! One suggestion: for the outlining step, try the "outline object" plugin with a width of 1px and a softness of 0. It'd speed that up a lot.

Really nice

here's mine

where do i search for opacity?

Press F4.
Double click the layer in the Layers window.
or press this button.

Here http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/index.html
And http://www.getpaint.net/doc/latest/en/LayersWindow.html
I recommend reading the whole thing.

I like it, it's a good addition if your trying to make a picture seem like its taped

Wow, I like this alot. I will post my result maybe soon..

Nice tutorial...

Great for making things stick

Hmm... A true sticky'd tutorial!
Wow that was bad!



I just quickly made something to add the tape... great tutorial!

What was that?

Thanks for the tut. I´ve been wondering how to make such a "tape effect". I tried it out, and also made the "paper" looks like it´s torn.

How do i create a transparent canvas