Poster From the Words
09. Jan, 2009 
19 Comments
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 my 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!
Big thx 4 this tutorial!
i think you meant a left click lol i took me a while to figure it out btw nice tut.
“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.”
change to Ctrl+left click
and first select the girl layer with ctrl+left then dont let go of ctrl and then left click on the text again
then do the rest… lol
I’m confused. When I select the text, inverse, and Delete, it says that I need to rasterize the layer. should I?
Also, when I rasterize the layer, then Deselect, It doesn’t look like you say it should.
david.7.x said:”and first select the girl layer with ctrl+left then dont let go of ctrl and then left click on the text again
then do the rest… lol”
So you forgot to put something in, and even by reading his post I’m still confused. can you PLEASE fix the mistakes?? I’m sooo confused.
confused at step mentioned……
crap tut dat step ruined evrytin rly wanted to know how to do it
!!
found out how just need to hold alt between face and text layers!!
Hey david thankx bro. for your comment…becoz of your comment. I done my pic.
A big thankx to all
Thanks to David, he gave me the clue. This is how I did it. You need to be on Text layer, then Ctrl+left click on girl thumbnail, don’t let go of Ctrl, so still holding Ctrl, left click on Text thumbnail, let go of Ctrl, then left click on girl thumbnail again. Select-Inverse-Delete. Ctrl+D to deselect.
I still can’t get it to work.
Help ……
To fit who posted June 13, I’m willing to help you if you’re willing to give me a way of contacting you. I made notes on the tutorial as I worked through it. Mine turned out the same as the author’s sample. I’ve done several samples now with different images, all came out right.
Lindy
Im really confused with the inverting step and would really like to know how to do this……im doing it on a mac computer so i think its a bit different cause ive tried so many things and cant work it if someone could help please……
HI!
this poster looks amazing! I tried to copy it however i got stuck on the step it seems everyone got stuck on-
selection and inversion of text.
i followed what
david.7.
and
Lindy
said, however it still is not working.
when i followed their instructions, my girl just got deleted and when i clicked in the text, it asked me if i wanted to rasterize.
any help would be appreciated!
Thanx loads!
OH MY!
i just did it!
note to those who were having problems-
make sure your mouth layer is first, then your gorl,
AND THEN the text!
Thanx for this amazing tutorial!
I need some serious help with this!
Is the girl layer first or second and do I need to have it all selected?
yahoo
edwardj7337@yahoo.com
email me
oH GREAT, I LOOVE IT… COOL TUT
Thanks very much
Uhh!
Im still confused!
every time i Ctrl+left on the layer window it comes up with the same thing when you right click on the layer window as well.
helllppp
LINDY could you please help me? Please contact me: tiagoum at aeiou.pt because i can’t figure how to make this work
Hey! Do any of you guys know about a good site to find some pics to use in Photoshop, like the one above?
Or any good phrase to google for.
Nice tutorial, got it done and it looked great. Thanks!