I made some levels adjustments, and then selected several cracks, imported and traced them in Illustrator, then brought the resulting paths back into Photoshop to create custom shapes. I also used some sidewalk and dirt crack photos that I recently took around the house. I love vectors because they take such a tiny space on your hard drive and you can make them as huge or small as you want without loss of quality.

png files are 3600 x 3600 so you can just turn them into an overlay over your favorite paper. The preview doesn’t really do them justice, these are really cool. Download these cracks grungy Photoshop shapes for free and play with them to create interesting effects.

Play with layer styles, blend modes, opacities, and create some great grungy papers and elements! I also included the png files for those who can’t use the .csh for Photoshop or PSE. about half of the .The vector cracks can be used for example to make grungy backgrounds, to add an old vintage effect to your photos and so on. This Great set of Photoshop shapes includes 21 vector cracks!