2015
Digital Tutors
Simeon Elson
2:32
English

In this Photoshop tutorial, we'll learn how to create a stylized poster.
We’ll start by masking out the guitarist's backdrop using the quick selection tool and the refine edges features. Next, we'll to set up the poster to the required size and add bleed margins, then explain why they are needed for print projects such as this.
We'll also explore how to produce cool crowd silhouettes from stock photos using channel selections. After this, we'll execute a dynamic stylized look for the guitarist using a combination of both the posterize and threshold adjustments. We'll then effectively add mixed media elements to the composition.
Finally, we’ll add text to the final composition by using Typekit to select new fonts that fit the poster design before finally administering texture to the text to add more drama to the piece.
By the end of this Photoshop training, you’ll be more comfortable working with the various elements in your own concert poster.

1 Introduction and project overview
2 Establishing the mood of the poster and selecting the guitarist
3 Completing the quick selection
4 Administering threshold and posterize effects to the guitarist
5 Poster file presets and bleed margins
6 Forming a crowd silhouette
7 Completing the channel mask
8 Applying the crowd silhouette
9 Finalizing the crowd composition
10 Interlinking mixed media elements
11 Continuing the compositional elements
12 Creating energy around the guitarist
13 Implementing gradient and texture to the background
14 Generating a powerful under lap to the guitarist
15 Employing copy to the poster
16 Finishing the copy arrangement
17 Adding lighting and final cleanups

Download File Size:2.6 GB

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