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I read this article about how to make a torn paper effect. So I tried the code below, but some errors arise.

\documentclass[a4paper,11pt,twoside]{book}
\usepackage{lipsum}   % To generate test text
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage[margin=1cm]{geometry}% for screen preview
\usetikzlibrary{decorations.pathmorphing,calc,shadows.blur,shadings}

\newcounter{mathseed}
\setcounter{mathseed}{3}
\pgfmathsetseed{\arabic{mathseed}} % To have predictable results
% Define a background layer, in which the parchment shape is drawn
\pgfdeclarelayer{background}
\pgfsetlayers{background,main}

% This is the base for the fractal decoration. It takes a random point between the start and end, and
% raises it a random amount, thus transforming a segment into two, connected at that raised point
% This decoration can be applied again to each one of the resulting segments and so on, in a similar
% way of a Koch snowflake.
\pgfdeclaredecoration{irregular fractal line}{init}
{
  \state{init}[width=\pgfdecoratedinputsegmentremainingdistance]
  {
    \pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{random*\pgfdecoratedinputsegmentremainingdistance}{(random*\pgfdecorationsegmentamplitude-0.02)*\pgfdecoratedinputsegmentremainingdistance}}
    \pgfpathlineto{\pgfpoint{\pgfdecoratedinputsegmentremainingdistance}{0pt}}
  }
}

% define some styles
\tikzset{
    paper/.style={draw=black!10, blur shadow, every shadow/.style={opacity=1, black}, shade=bilinear interpolation,
        lower left=black!10, upper left=black!5, upper right=white, lower right=black!5, fill=none},
    irregular cloudy border/.style={decoration={irregular fractal line, amplitude=0.2},
        decorate,
    },
    irregular spiky border/.style={decoration={irregular fractal line, amplitude=-0.2},
        decorate,
    },
    ragged border/.style={ decoration={random steps, segment length=7mm, amplitude=2mm},
        decorate,
    }
}
\tikz{
    \node[inner sep=1em] (A) {#1};  % Draw the text of the node
    \begin{pgfonlayer}{background}  % Draw the shape behind
        \fill[paper] % recursively decorate the bottom border
        \pgfextra{\pgfmathsetseed{\arabic{mathseed}}\addtocounter{mathseed}{1}}%
        {decorate[irregular cloudy border]{decorate{decorate{decorate{decorate[ragged border]{
                                (A.north west) -- (A.north east)
        }}}}}}
        -- (A.south east)
        \pgfextra{\pgfmathsetseed{\arabic{mathseed}}}%
        {decorate[irregular spiky border]{decorate{decorate{decorate{decorate[ragged border]{
                                -- (A.south west)
        }}}}}}
        -- (A.north west);
\end{pgfonlayer}}
}{%
\tikz{
    \node[inner sep=1em] (A) {#1};  % Draw the text of the node
    \begin{pgfonlayer}{background}  % Draw the shape behind
        \fill[paper] % recursively decorate the bottom border
        \pgfextra{\pgfmathsetseed{\arabic{mathseed}}\addtocounter{mathseed}{1}}%
        {decorate[irregular spiky border]{decorate{decorate{decorate{decorate[ragged border]{
                                (A.north east) -- (A.north west)
        }}}}}}
        -- (A.south west)
        \pgfextra{\pgfmathsetseed{\arabic{mathseed}}}%
        {decorate[irregular cloudy border]{decorate{decorate{decorate{decorate[ragged border]{
                                -- (A.south east)
        }}}}}}
        -- (A.north east);
\end{pgfonlayer}}
}}

\begin{document}
\noindent
\tornpaper{
\parbox{.9\textwidth}{\lipsum[11]}
}

\noindent
\tornpaper{
\parbox{.9\textwidth}{\lipsum[15]}
}

\noindent
\tornpaper{
\parbox{.9\textwidth}{\lipsum[5]}
}
\end{document}

The reports are:

  • You can't use 'macro parameter character #' in restricted horizontal mode. \node[inner sep=1em] (A) {#
  • Package pgfkeys Error: Choice 'bilinear interpolation' unknown in choice key '/tikz/shade'. I am going to ignore this key. \fill[paper]
  • Missing \begin{document}. \end{pgfonlayer}}
  • Too many }'s. }
  • You can't use 'macro parameter character #' in restricted horizontal mode. \node[inner sep=1em] (A) {#
  • Package pgfkeys Error: Choice 'bilinear interpolation' unknown in choice key '/tikz/shade'. I am going to ignore this key. \fill[paper]
  • Too many }'s. }}
  • Undefined control sequence. \tornpaper
  • Undefined control sequence. \tornpaper
  • Undefined control sequence. \tornpaper

What is the problem?

Thank's in advance!

  • 4
    Go back and check the answer you referenced: it was setting up a macro called \tornpaper which had one argument. You've deleted the macro definition, keeping its contents: all your various errors follow predictably from that. – Paul Stanley Jan 16 '19 at 23:14
  • 2
    I confirm what @PaulStanley is saying: if you use the correct, i.e. complete code, and replace, as pointed out in this comment shade=bilinear interpolation by shading=bilinear interpolation, the code works find. (According to what I find the result is great also without any bilinear interpolation.) –  Jan 17 '19 at 04:03
  • Thank you both!!! I didn't notice the missing \def\tornpaper#1{% \ifthenelse{\isodd{\value{mathseed}}}{ from the code or the problem with shade=bilinear interpolation. Thank you!!! – Kώστας Κούδας Jan 17 '19 at 06:04
  • 4
    I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because the problem related to a typographic error and the substance was already dealt with fully in an answer linked in the question. – Paul Stanley Jan 17 '19 at 07:51
  • OK. Should I delete this question? – Kώστας Κούδας Jan 17 '19 at 07:54

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