Poster From the Words

Poster From the Words

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.

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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:

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

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After that set up the following font presets:

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Now we have something like this:

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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).

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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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Return home. Published Jan 9th, 2009 under Graphic Design.
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16 responses

Skech said:January 9th, 2009

Big thx 4 this tutorial! :)

david.7.x said:January 10th, 2009

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

pbjstat said:April 18th, 2009

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.

jawwad said:April 22nd, 2009

confused at step mentioned……

mgiu5 said:May 4th, 2009

crap tut dat step ruined evrytin rly wanted to know how to do it :( !!

mgiu5 said:May 4th, 2009

found out how just need to hold alt between face and text layers!!

shuchita11 said:May 5th, 2009

Hey david thankx bro. for your comment…becoz of your comment. I done my pic.
A big thankx to all

Lindy said:May 21st, 2009

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.

fit said:June 13th, 2009

I still can’t get it to work.
Help …… :(

Lindy said:July 3rd, 2009

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

shmess said:July 11th, 2009

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 said:July 26th, 2009

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!

hi said:July 26th, 2009

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!

edwardj7337 said:August 24th, 2009

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

davidposso said:December 3rd, 2009

oH GREAT, I LOOVE IT… COOL TUT

moslma said:February 9th, 2010

Thanks very much