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.
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!
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9 responses
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 ……