Text Perspective Shadow Effect In Photoshop

In this Photoshop text effects tutorial, we'll learn how to create a popular, classic effect by giving text a perspective shadow as if a light source behind the text was casting a shadow onto the ground in front of it. I'll be using Photoshop CS5 throughout this tutorial, but any recent version will work.
Here's what the final result will look like:

The final "perspective shadow" text effect.

Old Paper Background Texture In Photoshop

In this Photoshop effects tutorial, we'll learn how to create a simple old paper texture, great for use as a scrapbooking background for displaying old, antique photos! I'll be using Photoshop CS5 here but any recent version of Photoshop will work.
Here's what our old paper texture will look like when we're done:

The final result.

And here's just one example of how it can be used as a background for a photo layout:

A scrapbooking-style photo layout with the paper texture as the background.