> I'm using SnagIt for this. You can use the feature at the time you're doing > the capture or when you edit the image. > > It's in the Effects > Edge Effects menu, and one of the choices is Torn Edge. > From here you can select which edge (top, bottom, left, right), the "torn" > size, background color and shadow if you want that depth, etc.
Everyone seems to be missing the fact that Gillian is seeking a tool that can do a torn edge effect across the middle of a graphic ("like you ripped a piece of the graphic out of the middle"), not along eny of the outside edges. Just saying...