HOLIDAY POSTER DEMONSTRATION

Finished Poster

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Process:

Gather Research Images by print material (scanning), by digital photography (down load images into JPG files), by internet research (download PICT and convert into Photoshop JPGs)

1. Scanning

2. Digital Photos

3. Internet Research

Create a Folder (go to FILE) on DESKTOP. Label.

Google. IMAGE

Capture images by pulling image to desktop over folder on MAC.

Go to Photoshop. Click Browser (File)

Select image you want.

Save as JPG in folder.

TO create a Poster ...

1. Open a new document in Photoshop.

File/New

Switch Pixel to Inches

Width 10, Height 16

Resolution 300dpi for Finished Poster, 150 working, 72 draft

Ruler document. View. turn on

2. Add color

Use Guide lines to lay out.

Tool on Marquee. Place cursor in ruler margin and drag to desired area.

Select area you may want to color. Use marquee within guide area to make active.

To select color. Go to color box in tool box or use color table. Find desired color and clilck on to make active.

Click on Paint Bucket in tool bar. Move bucket to active area and click. Note in top bar FOREGROUND and OPACITY

To adjust Color, you have many options.

ADJUSTMENT

Try Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, Brightness/Contrast.

3. Add Images

Make certain your JPG files in your research folder are the same dpi as your base document.

Click on jpg. Go IMAGE. Click on Image Size. DPI. YOu can adjust the size of the JPG in this box by converting Pixels to INches. Note Percentage. Note Constraint Proportions.

You make want to work on your image before importing it to the poster blank.

Open you image.

Click APPLE A (select all) or SELECT ... All

Click APPLE C (copy) or EDIT ... copy

Click APPLE N (new document) or FILE ... New

Click APPLE V (paste) or EDIT ... paste

Change color, change sizes, change texture, add layers, Distort,

COLOR

Marquee the area you want to change. Hue/Saturation. or Color Balance. or Brightness, etc.

Change Sizes. Marquee area. APPLE T or EDIT ... Free Transform. Once ON, pull down EDIT to Transform. Note Rotate, skew, distort, perspective. enlarge, etc.

TEXTURE. Marquee area. FILTER ARTISTIC. Experiment.

LAYERS Think about using multiple pieces of tracing paper and put one on top of each other. Layer can have opacity. Using the Layer tool bar in WINDOWS, you can adjust and change order.

4. Add Text

Text Tool in Bar

Click on CHARACTER in WINDOW. Note Type, Font, Tright T down, Color

Type and clilck CHECK in top bar.

Layer text. To change size and font, you need to check or approve previous text. Create a new NEW LAYER ... Layer new. Activate this in the Layer Bar. Then click on Text tool and adjust in Character box.

5. Custom images or print. In the case of the HOLIDAY POSTER, I used the title from the film. I printed it in true size by copying the layer to a new document. Click on the active layer in the LAYER BAR. Go to LAYER in top bar. DUPLICATE LAYER. Pull Down Menu to NEW. OK.

I printed this out and redrew. Scanned at dpi desire.

ROTATE Document.

IMAGE ... Rotate Menu CW.... Clock Wise CCW Counter Clock Wise Arbitrary.

Adjust position by using Guide for guide line. APPLE T Transform and twist. CHECK to approve.

SAVE

COPY Image. APPLE A,C.N

At the NEW DOCUMENT Prompt, Click on BACKGROUND CONTENT Menu : TRANSPARENT

Increase the Contract. IMAGE, ADJUSTMENT, BRIGHT

or APPLE L (level) or IMAGE, ADJUSTMENT, LEVEL

SAVE

Using MAGIC WAND TOOL from bar. Click on area you want to eliminate. Note tolerance (32 standard) Use the + tool to zoom IN or the - tool to zoom out. Or APPLE + or APPLE -. This enables you to clean up your work.

Use the Polygonal Tool to select. Marquee area you do not want. APPLE X for DELETE or EDIT ... cut.

Use the Eraser Tool to delete. Note BRUSH for harshness/softness and master diameter. Note opacity,

SAVE at psd, not JPG. PSD in format is a working layer. JPG in format flatten all layer and add a white background.

Here I eliminate pencil outline by using SATURATION ... light

I created a drop black shaddow by LAYER... Duplicate Layer in same document, not new one. Make this layer active. SATURATE ... dark. Then move layer with MOVE TOOL. Change layer order.

SAVE

Duplicate White Layer.

Select Color in bar. Paint Bucket.

COMBINE LAYERS LAYER ... MERGE VISIBLE. ... do not FLATTEN.

IMPORT TITLE to poster document by Drag Tool into document. Or, APPLE A, C on Title Image. Then click on poster dcoment. APPLE V and the title will be imported. Move to desired position. Use Guide Lines to help position. Use Move Tool.

To get rid of guides, either physically drag them back into the margin, or VIEW ... Clear Guides.

SAVE by going to FILE, Save AS. in this box, click on SAVE COPY. BACK UP FILE so you can continue to play with your poster.

GOOD LUCK.