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I don't know if there is an easier, or a better method for doing this but this is the way I have figured out, and use for digital folding. I must admit that I do prefer the imperfect real paper corners that have been photographed, or scanned in and used as templates, but you might want to start with the purely digital folds if you prefer.
1. Start PSP Open two papers
The paper that will be the top (main) one Ctrl+A = to select all, Ctrl+C = copy. Make the ¡§under¡¨ paper window active by clicking on it Ctrl+L or Edit>Paste as New Layer from the drop menu on the top. Now in the layer palette you should have two layers
2. With the top layer active, choose the lasso out of your tools „³ freehand selection and point to point setting, no feathering, no smoothing
like in this example.
3. Select a corner of a desirable size and position. When you are happy with your selection hit the Ctrl+X to cut it out, and Ctrl+L to insert it as a new layer. You will now have the three layers like this
4. With the top Layer active go to Image >negative image
This will dramatically change the colour of your corner, thus make it more visible to you.
5. Now on the contrast coloured corner layer perform two actions: Ctrl+M (Mirror) and Ctrl+I (Flip), or go through the menu of Image >Mirror, Image >Flip, see here
6. Hit the key to choose the move tool. Move the corner until you are happy with its position. If it is the single fold you are after, you may stop here and apply the drop shadow now. If you would like to venture with me into making it a double fold, go back to step 2. the same way find your lasso again, use the same settings, pick a smaller triangle and cut that out, and paste it as yet another layer.
 
7. With the Raster 4 now active, apply the mirror combination again Ctrl+M, then select deform tool by hitting the key ¡§d¡¨ on your keyboard. Now turn the corner over so that the two long sides of the corner look like they share the same line.
8. Repeat the step 4: Image >Negative image. Now you are ready for the drop shadows.
On the top layer I tend to make the shadow go towards the corner, with the mid opacity, and mid blur. But you will have to play with it until it looks just right for you.
9. Go down a layer in the layers palette, (yellow corner layer in my case)
You need to drop the shadow yet again. The new shadow should really go in the opposite direction.
Well, this would do, if you like military precision, and if your folded paper page can look like that anyway. Mine never does, so now we will employ the warp tool with the small grid, I used 20x20 in this case, and then gently push the squares around the corner to distort the image ever so slightly and soften the angles of your corner to create a pleasing effect.
It might take a few attempts, but persevere, and remember the Ctrl+Z key combination or Undo button. Now look what we get.
I am still not quite pleased with the result, so will try again.
For this tutorial I used zinzilah¡¦s own blue papers. For the better understanding of bending the images in PSP, see Tracey Renemo's tutorial Bending photographs.
Enjoy!
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