Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create a Powerful, Text Portrait Poster

ASR: en

0:00:09.400,0:00:14.289
hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

0:00:12.190,0:00:17.289
I'm going to show you how to create a

0:00:14.289,0:00:21.090
powerful typographic portrait poster of

0:00:17.289,0:00:21.090
someone from a photo

0:00:23.430,0:00:28.180
open a photo of someone you'd like to

0:00:25.990,0:00:30.010
use for this project the result will

0:00:28.180,0:00:32.470
look best when your subject is facing

0:00:30.010,0:00:34.900
directly into the camera the photo can

0:00:32.470,0:00:37.660
be color or black and white if it's in

0:00:34.900,0:00:40.750
color desaturate it by pressing ctrl or

0:00:37.660,0:00:42.880
command shift you will make a selection

0:00:40.750,0:00:45.489
around the subject to separate it from

0:00:42.880,0:00:47.290
its background the method you choose to

0:00:45.489,0:00:49.900
make the selection should depend on the

0:00:47.290,0:00:52.180
characteristics of your photo for this

0:00:49.900,0:00:55.239
example I'll use the quick selection

0:00:52.180,0:00:57.699
tool if you're using this tool as well

0:00:55.239,0:01:00.280
its size should depend on the size and

0:00:57.699,0:01:02.830
resolution of your document you can

0:01:00.280,0:01:05.500
either drag the tool inside or outside

0:01:02.830,0:01:07.920
the subject for this example I'll select

0:01:05.500,0:01:11.010
the outside

0:01:07.920,0:01:14.070
to remove areas of the selection press

0:01:11.010,0:01:16.370
and hold alt or option as you drag over

0:01:14.070,0:01:16.370
those areas

0:01:22.230,0:01:28.520
invert the selection by pressing ctrl or

0:01:25.470,0:01:28.520
command shift I

0:01:29.070,0:01:35.890
click the refine edge button or go to

0:01:32.250,0:01:38.140
select and refine edge

0:01:35.890,0:01:40.480
I did an in-depth tutorial on refine

0:01:38.140,0:01:42.700
edge and I provided its link in the

0:01:40.480,0:01:46.700
video's description we're going to brush

0:01:42.700,0:01:50.320
around the hair to resize your brush

0:01:46.700,0:01:50.320
you can use the slider

0:01:51.810,0:01:58.229
check smart radius and increase the

0:01:55.350,0:02:01.549
radius a little bit

0:01:58.229,0:02:01.549
drag around the hair

0:02:05.690,0:02:10.649
and output it as a new layer with layer

0:02:08.450,0:02:12.610
masks

0:02:10.649,0:02:14.680
okay

0:02:12.610,0:02:16.630
the hair doesn't have to be perfect

0:02:14.680,0:02:19.420
we'll take care of the edges in a minute

0:02:16.630,0:02:21.569
make a new document by pressing ctrl or

0:02:19.420,0:02:25.950
command N

0:02:21.569,0:02:29.370
let's name it poster change the pixels

0:02:25.950,0:02:30.390
to inches and make its width and height

0:02:29.370,0:02:33.299
whatever you'd like

0:02:30.390,0:02:36.450
I'll make my posters height 16 inches

0:02:33.299,0:02:39.090
and its width 12 inches make its

0:02:36.450,0:02:40.560
resolution 300 pixels per inch if you're

0:02:39.090,0:02:43.230
ultimately going to print your poster

0:02:40.560,0:02:45.569
we'll make the background color black if

0:02:43.230,0:02:47.459
you are not working on a recent version

0:02:45.569,0:02:49.859
of Photoshop I'll show you how to make

0:02:47.459,0:02:52.260
it black in a minute if you are working

0:02:49.859,0:02:55.750
on a recent version open your background

0:02:52.260,0:02:59.380
contents choose other

0:02:55.750,0:03:01.680
and pick black then click OK on both

0:02:59.380,0:03:01.680
windows

0:03:02.280,0:03:09.770
if you are working on an earlier version

0:03:05.030,0:03:09.770
click Okay on the new document window

0:03:10.500,0:03:14.760
and press D to make your foreground and

0:03:13.020,0:03:17.220
background colors black and white

0:03:14.760,0:03:20.550
respectively since your foreground color

0:03:17.220,0:03:22.950
is black press and hold alt or option +

0:03:20.550,0:03:24.500
delete to fill your background with

0:03:22.950,0:03:27.680
black

0:03:24.500,0:03:29.860
to fit it on your canvas press ctrl or

0:03:27.680,0:03:33.160
command 0

0:03:29.860,0:03:35.830
open the face document and drag the

0:03:33.160,0:03:38.470
image up onto the portrait tab without

0:03:35.830,0:03:41.050
releasing your mouse or pen press and

0:03:38.470,0:03:43.780
hold shift as you drag it down onto the

0:03:41.050,0:03:46.060
background and release pressing shift

0:03:43.780,0:03:48.610
kept it centered on your background to

0:03:46.060,0:03:52.450
resize it open your transform tool by

0:03:48.610,0:03:55.360
pressing ctrl or command T go to a

0:03:52.450,0:03:58.150
corner and when you see a diagonal

0:03:55.360,0:04:01.770
double-arrow press and hold alt or

0:03:58.150,0:04:05.050
option + shift as you drag it out or in

0:04:01.770,0:04:08.440
to reposition it go inside the transform

0:04:05.050,0:04:10.930
and drag it continued until the face is

0:04:08.440,0:04:14.290
centered and fills the document then

0:04:10.930,0:04:16.840
press Enter or return to adjust the

0:04:14.290,0:04:19.510
brightness and contrast of the face open

0:04:16.840,0:04:20.109
your levels window by pressing ctrl or

0:04:19.510,0:04:22.220
command

0:04:20.109,0:04:24.830
L

0:04:22.220,0:04:27.080
adjust the input levels until the

0:04:24.830,0:04:29.060
shadows of the face are pure black and

0:04:27.080,0:04:32.300
the lightest parts are bright enough

0:04:29.060,0:04:34.670
then click OK

0:04:32.300,0:04:37.250
next we'll blend in the edges of the

0:04:34.670,0:04:40.970
hair with the background click the layer

0:04:37.250,0:04:45.410
mask to make it active and open your

0:04:40.970,0:04:46.850
brush tool open your brush picker we'll

0:04:45.410,0:04:50.990
take care of the brush size in a moment

0:04:46.850,0:04:54.080
make the hardness 0% and the opacity and

0:04:50.990,0:04:56.510
flow a hundred percent to make your

0:04:54.080,0:05:00.330
brush larger or smaller press the right

0:04:56.510,0:05:02.789
or left bracket key on your keyboard

0:05:00.330,0:05:04.199
brush all the areas of your subject that

0:05:02.789,0:05:06.330
you'd like to blend in better

0:05:04.199,0:05:09.180
doing this reveals more of the black

0:05:06.330,0:05:11.310
background through the layer mask we're

0:05:09.180,0:05:13.080
going to ultimately place our text on

0:05:11.310,0:05:15.750
the side of the face that's brighter

0:05:13.080,0:05:18.240
which in this case is the left side if

0:05:15.750,0:05:20.490
the light on your subject is evenly

0:05:18.240,0:05:24.210
distributed you can place your text on

0:05:20.490,0:05:26.940
either side go to view and make sure

0:05:24.210,0:05:29.819
rulers and snap are checked if they

0:05:26.940,0:05:32.280
aren't just click on them go to the

0:05:29.819,0:05:33.949
ruler on the left and drag out a

0:05:32.280,0:05:36.509
guideline to the center of your document

0:05:33.949,0:05:38.940
it'll snap in place because we have snap

0:05:36.509,0:05:42.380
checked if you don't see the guideline

0:05:38.940,0:05:46.330
press ctrl or command H

0:05:42.380,0:05:46.330
open your rectangular marquee tool

0:05:46.720,0:05:50.650
go to the top corner of the side of the

0:05:48.370,0:05:52.690
face that has less shadows drag a

0:05:50.650,0:05:54.820
selection over half of the document

0:05:52.690,0:05:58.390
making sure it snaps to the center

0:05:54.820,0:06:01.120
guideline click the new layer icon to

0:05:58.390,0:06:03.480
make a new layer in this empty layer

0:06:01.120,0:06:05.880
we'll fill the selection with black

0:06:03.480,0:06:10.410
assuming your foreground color is black

0:06:05.880,0:06:10.410
press alt or option + delete

0:06:11.249,0:06:18.180
deselect it press ctrl or command D

0:06:15.540,0:06:22.740
to hide the guideline press ctrl or

0:06:18.180,0:06:26.400
command H we're ready to add text open

0:06:22.740,0:06:30.030
your horizontal type tool open your list

0:06:26.400,0:06:33.180
of fonts and choose a sans-serif heavy

0:06:30.030,0:06:35.190
font I'm using American captain regular

0:06:33.180,0:06:36.840
if you'd like to use this font I

0:06:35.190,0:06:38.760
provided its link in the video's

0:06:36.840,0:06:41.310
description or project files

0:06:38.760,0:06:44.190
make it size between fifty two hundred

0:06:41.310,0:06:46.560
points and sharp

0:06:44.190,0:06:49.740
if the text will be on the left side of

0:06:46.560,0:06:51.960
your poster click the align right icon

0:06:49.740,0:06:55.790
if your text will be on the right side

0:06:51.960,0:07:01.490
of your poster click the align left icon

0:06:55.790,0:07:01.490
click the color box and pick white

0:07:03.470,0:07:08.090
place your cursor near the top middle of

0:07:05.930,0:07:11.020
your document and type out your first

0:07:08.090,0:07:11.020
two lines of text

0:07:12.400,0:07:17.050
to adjust the space between lines also

0:07:14.800,0:07:21.250
known as leading

0:07:17.050,0:07:23.009
go to window and character the character

0:07:21.250,0:07:27.129
panel will open

0:07:23.009,0:07:30.500
highlight your text and drag the leading

0:07:27.129,0:07:33.610
slider to the left or right

0:07:30.500,0:07:36.410
keep the space tight between the lines

0:07:33.610,0:07:40.100
click next to the last character of your

0:07:36.410,0:07:43.060
second line and continue to type out the

0:07:40.100,0:07:43.060
rest of your text

0:07:44.639,0:07:52.790
open your move tool and go to view and

0:07:48.439,0:07:55.310
click snap to deactivate it

0:07:52.790,0:07:56.660
drag your block of text so it's almost

0:07:55.310,0:07:59.300
touching the edge of the black

0:07:56.660,0:08:02.080
background to resize it open your

0:07:59.300,0:08:03.449
transform tool

0:08:02.080,0:08:05.909
and go to the

0:08:03.449,0:08:10.409
outside bottom corner and press and hold

0:08:05.909,0:08:13.069
shift as you drag it out then press

0:08:10.409,0:08:13.069
Enter or return

0:08:13.780,0:08:19.090
control click or command click on the

0:08:16.330,0:08:22.630
large T of your text layer to make a

0:08:19.090,0:08:24.610
selection of your texts shape click on

0:08:22.630,0:08:27.270
the eyeball next to the layer to hide

0:08:24.610,0:08:27.270
the text

0:08:27.319,0:08:33.440
make the black shape active and press

0:08:31.339,0:08:35.659
the Delete key on your keyboard to

0:08:33.440,0:08:39.339
delete the area inside the selection

0:08:35.659,0:08:39.339
then deselect it

0:08:39.460,0:08:43.900
if there were areas of the portrait that

0:08:41.830,0:08:47.110
are a bit hard to read I'll show you how

0:08:43.900,0:08:49.529
to make the words more legible make the

0:08:47.110,0:08:52.660
face active

0:08:49.529,0:08:55.690
and open your dodge tool

0:08:52.660,0:08:58.060
open the Dodge picker we'll take care of

0:08:55.690,0:09:01.810
the signs in a moment make its hardness

0:08:58.060,0:09:05.740
0% the exposure a hundred percent and

0:09:01.810,0:09:09.550
make sure protect tones is checked make

0:09:05.740,0:09:13.660
the range shadows and adjust the size of

0:09:09.550,0:09:15.910
your tool now brush over the areas you

0:09:13.660,0:09:19.830
want to brighten

0:09:15.910,0:09:23.970
this time make the range mid-tones and

0:09:19.830,0:09:27.689
brush over the same areas

0:09:23.970,0:09:32.189
open your brush tool and reduce its

0:09:27.689,0:09:34.759
opacity to 10% repeat brushing over

0:09:32.189,0:09:34.759
those words

0:09:34.970,0:09:40.100
continue to use the Dodge and brush

0:09:37.400,0:09:44.300
tools until those words are easier to

0:09:40.100,0:09:46.720
read next we'll add a thin border set in

0:09:44.300,0:09:50.620
from the edge of the poster

0:09:46.720,0:09:53.350
make layer 1 active and click the new

0:09:50.620,0:09:56.110
layer icon to make a new layer above it

0:09:53.350,0:09:59.640
fill it with any color I'll fill it with

0:09:56.110,0:10:03.630
a foreground color which is white

0:09:59.640,0:10:05.399
reduce the Phils opacity to 0% this

0:10:03.630,0:10:08.610
makes whatever is filling the layer

0:10:05.399,0:10:11.970
invisible but any effects that we add to

0:10:08.610,0:10:15.110
it will remain visible double-click on

0:10:11.970,0:10:18.510
the layer to open its layer style window

0:10:15.110,0:10:22.300
click inner glow

0:10:18.510,0:10:27.970
change its blend mode to normal

0:10:22.300,0:10:31.360
the opacity 40% and the choke a hundred

0:10:27.970,0:10:34.060
percent I'll make the size 70 pixels

0:10:31.360,0:10:36.070
however you may want to adjust this

0:10:34.060,0:10:38.600
amount depending on the size and

0:10:36.070,0:10:43.070
resolution of your poster

0:10:38.600,0:10:45.680
click stroke and make the size between 2

0:10:43.070,0:10:49.550
to 4 pixels less than the amount you use

0:10:45.680,0:10:53.770
for inner glow make the position inside

0:10:49.550,0:10:57.580
and change the blend mode to lighten

0:10:53.770,0:10:57.580
then click OK

0:10:58.590,0:11:04.920
this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

0:11:01.690,0:11:04.920
thanks for watching