How do you get this effect?

[jdeeesign]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002Y4TOM.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

I like the worn look on the blue border used here, but I'm not sure how to replicate textures such as these.

Is it just a texture scanned from some abstract object and then used as a mask? or is there a way to do this type of effect in photoshop with a solid border? I'm more of an Illustrator / InDesign guy, and am trying to learn some photoshop techniques.

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[Silence04]

you can download some 'grunge' brushes for photoshop that can create that effect.

or you can make your own 'grunge effect'... here how i go about doing it:
get a photo (textured surfaces work great).. covert it to grayscale, then give it a 'center source' inner glow of white... now flatten the image and do image>adjustments>threshold... and BAM, 'instant grunge border!'

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[subdriverswife]

Look through the recent posts on here. The worn/grunge look was covered recently and there were some good recs in there. :)

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[jdeeesign]

ahh thanks Silence! never knew what adjust threshold did! much appreciated