Poster From the Words (tutorial)

Would you like to make your own cool musical poster? Ok, now I will teach you how to do this.

Ok, let’s start! Firstly we’re going to create a new document in Photoshop sized 500×500 px, all the default settings. After making your new document, fill the background layer with black color.


After that select the Horizontal Type Tool and place any text on all background as on my picture below. Use the color of #431a1a for this text:


Now rotate the text 45 degrees CW using Edit > Transform >Rotate:


After that set up the following font presets:


Now we have something like this:


Ok, time to find some appropriate picture to place it on our canvas. You can find it using Google search or feel free to use this picture. Copy this picture onto your canvas over the text layer (please don’t use images with small details or elements to make a good picture effect).


After that press Ctrl+J to copy the layer, then hide the copy (click on the eye, which indicates layer visibility) and go to lower layer. Select the lips area using the Polygonal Lasso Tool, then use Ctrl+Shift+I to invert selection and press Delete to delete selected part of image.


Remove the selection with Ctrl+D, after that go back to the hidden copy of layer and make it visible again. Ok now make selection from the text (Ctrl+right click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette) and press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert the selection, after that press Delete to clear image in selection.


Deselect image with Ctrl+D, now we should have something like this:


Now I would like to add some text to our poster. Get out the Horizontal Type Tool (just the regular one) and write out something like ‘DJ Music! Only best hits!’ on two lines with the same presets as background text. Use white color for words.


Now rotate this text 45 degrees CW using Edit > Transform >Rotate. Also move it a little bit as on picture below:


We are done! I like this musical poster so much! Thanks for reading this tutorial everyone, I hope you enjoyed it!

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Ruinous Brick Wall (tutorial)

In this Photoshop tutorial we’ll be designing ruinous brick wall effect.

First of all you’ll have to start by making a new document; in my case 500×500 pixels and fill it with color of #504C43.

After that apply Filter > Texture > Texturizer with similar settings to these:

To get the effect on the picture below:

Now apply one more Filter > Noise > Add Noise:

See the difference now:

Time to bring some picture on the wall. Select the Custom Shape Tool and choose any picture from the custom shape palette:

Select the color of #f8f1d5 and make the same print as below:

Then right click the Layer Thumbnail in the Layers Palette and select Raterize Layer:

Now apply the Outer Glow layer style to this layer:

You can see the result:

Ok, now create a new layer with Ctrl+Shift+N and merge it with previous to get all effects in one layer. Then change layer mode to Overlay:

Then I would like to bring this dog print more realistic view. For this effect get out the Eraser Tool and choose the next brush from the brushes palette:

Then do a little bit of clean-work on the shape to get result as on my picture:

Looks better the before, isn’t it? Ok, now I would like to make this print a little bit discolored and bring it old style view. For this effect use the Dodge Tool and the Burn Tool. Select the Dodge Tool (Brush: 80 px, Range: Highlights, Exposure: 30%.) at first and do a little bit of dodge-work on the shape:

The select the Burn Tool (Brush: 65 px, Range: Midtones, Exposure: 35%.) to make some parts darker as shown below:

Now it’s time for some more old style effects. I think it will be good to bring some splits on the wall. We can do it by using the Polygonal Lasso Tool. Create a new layer at first and then make the same selection as on picture below and fill it with black color:

Make a new one selection and fill it with black color again on the same layer.

Create the same split one more time.

Ok, now remove selection with Ctrl+D and duplicate layer using Ctrl+J to apply Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur with similar settings to these for the new layer:

After that mess with the layer mode & opacity/fill. I tried Soft Light with opacity of 55%.

So, the next step in our composing tutorial that we need to do is finding some appropriate brick wall texture. You can find it using Google search or buy some texture from stock photo resources or feel free to use my brick texture (get the texture). Copy this texture onto your canvas at first.
Now resize and duplicate the it a couple of times, and then combine it as below. Use the Eraser Tool (soft round brush about 25 px) to make texture borders edges when combine it.

Ok, go to the next step. Select the Poligonal Lasso Tool and select place for the future hole. After that press Delete to clear selected area. Our hole almost vizualizated, but as for me it will be more realistic with some shadow effects.

Remove the selection with Ctrl+D and after that apply the Drop Shadow and Outer Glow layer styles to this layer:

And the last one thing… I would like to bring some durty gradients to our stone wall. Go to the layer with stone wall, then get out the Burn Tool with moderate settings (Range: Shadows, Exposure: 10%.) and select the next brush from the standard Photoshop brushes palette:

Do a little bit of dodge-work on the wall:

To finish off the tutorial select the Dodge Tool with moderate settings (Range: Highlights, Exposure: 30%) and use the same brush to make a couple of light spots on the wall.

Well, we’re done for this tutorial! I hope it was useful for you. Good luck!

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Mix Cool Retro Curves Into Your Photographs (tutorial)

In Effects by Fabio

I'm a huge fan of James White's work. I love the way he plays with geometric elements and colors. It gives a retro feeling to the design, but at the same time he uses a modern approach. In an interview, he mentioned that he uses a Flash script to generate the vector shapes. Then he does the rest of the job in Illustrator and Photoshop.

Well, inspired by James's designs, I decided to figure out my own way of creating that type of effect in Photoshop. In this tutorial, I show you how to mix cool retro geometric shapes into your photos.

Step 1

Download the image at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/876777. Then place it in a new document in Photoshop. I used 1440px by 900px document size.

Step 2

Go to Layer>Layer Style>Color Overlay. Use Soft Light for the Blend Mode. Apply a Brown color (#8b5c01).

Step 3

Next, we'll create a brush that will be used to make the shapes. Select the Rectangle Tool(U) and create a black rectangle. Then go to Edit>Transform Path>Skew. After that, go to Layer>Rasterize. Use the image below for reference.

Step 4

Right-click on the thumbnail of the layer and choose Select Pixels. Then go to Edit>Define Brush Preset, and create a brush. Rename it to PSDTUTS. After that go to the Brushes Engine (Window>Brushes) and edit the PSDTUTS brush we've just created. Use the settings below.

Step 5

Create a new layer and go to Layer>Layer Style. Let's apply some styles to the layer. We will use Gradient Overlay, Drop Shadow, and Inner Shadow. After that, with the Brush Tool(B), click a couple of times to create some shapes.

Step 6

Right-click the layer on the Layers Palette. Choose Copy Layer Style. Then create a new layer. Right-click the new layer again. Now select Paste Layer Style. After that, with the Brush Tool, click a couple more times to create additional shapes.

Step 7

Repeat Step 6 again two more times.

Step 8

Select all layers we used to create the geometric shapes and go to Layer>Merge Layers. Then go to Edit>Transform>Rotate. After that resize the layer as shown below.

Step 9

Now go to Edit>Transform>Warp. Start moving the mesh in order to create a wave form. The idea is to make the lines pass in front and behind the legs. This adds to the dimensionality of the effect.

Step 10

With the Polygonal Lasso Tool(L), create a marquee selection of the leg you want to stay in front of the shapes. Then select the shapes layer, and go to Layer>Layer Mask>Hide Selection.

Step 11

Create a new layer above the shapes layer and right-click on it. Then select Create a Clipping Mask. After that, select the Brush Tool (B) and a basic brush with 0% hardness. We will create a highlight on the shapes layer. Click once where you want to start the line. Then while holding Shift, click where you want to finish the line. This will create a straight line with the Brush Tool. The Blend mode will be Normal with 60% Opacity.

Step 12

Repeat Step 11, but this time use black, and from another position. Change the Opacity to 40%.

Step 13

Create a new layer in front of all layers. Fill it with white. Then go to Filter>Noise>Add Noise. Use 4% for the amount. After that, change the Blend Mode of the layer to Multiply.

Step 14

Place another image in front of the other layers but behind the Noise layer. You can find the image I used at http://www.sxc.hu/photo/982364. Then resize the image and change the Blend Mode to Multiply.

Conclusion

One of the best features in Photoshop is the Brush Engine. We can create lots of effects using it. In this tutorial we used it to create rectangular shapes similar to those seen in James White's work. You can even use rounded corners or different shapes. Play with the effect and have fun.

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