Text Poster Effect Photoshop Tutorial

Text Poster© Denizignko 2014

INSERT THE PICTURE. CHECK FOR RESOLUTION. MINIMUM RESOLUTION IS 200 PIXELS/INCH

FOR COLORED PICTURES, APPLY “HUE AND SATURATION”. HIT CTRL U. SET THE SATURATION TO “-100”

CREATE A NEW LAYER FOR BACKGROUND. FILL IT WITH WHITE COLOR. SHIFT F5, SELECT “WHITE”

CLICK ON “SELECT” ON THE MENU BAR, SELECT ON “COLOR RANGE”.

SELECT “SHADOWS”. THEN HIT “OK”.

CREATE A NEW LAYER, HIT “SHIFT F5”, FILL THE LAYER WITH BLACK.

GO BACK TO “SELECT”,”COLOR RANGE”AND SELECT “MIDTONES”.

CREATE A NEW LAYER, FILL IT WITH BLACK. USE “SHIFT F5”, SELECT “BLACK”.

THEN HIDE ALL THE FACE LAYERS.SELECT “TEXT” TOOL, SELECT THE WHOLE AREA OF THE WORKSPACE.

SELECT ON “CHARACTER”, LOCATED AT THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE WORKSPACE. (IF IT IS NOT THERE, GO TO “WINDOW”,SELECT “CHARACTER”)

SET THE VALUES FOR THE CHARACTER. LIKE FONTS, FONT STYLE. FOR THIS ONE, WE ARE USING ARIAL,BLACK WITH 24PT SIZE.

CLICK ON “PARAGRAPH”. SELECT ON THE “JUSTIFY” BUTTON.

THEN INSERT SOME RANDOM TEXT ON THE WORKSPACE.

THEN DUPLICATE THE TEXT LAYER, “CTRL J” THEN RENAME THE TWO TEXT LAYERS AS ”MIDTONES” AND “SHADOWS”

HIDE ALL THE LAYERS, SELECT ON “MIDTONES” TEXT LAYER, CHANGE THE CHARACTER SETTINGS. CHANGE “BLACK ” TO “REGULAR”.

THEN HIDE ALL THE LAYERS, SELECT ON “MIDTONES” FACE LAYER. HIT “CTRL A” AND “CTRL C”

SELECT ON “MIDTONES” TEXT LAYER,CLICK ON MASK LOCATED BELOW.

HOLD ON “ALT” BUTTON IN YOUR KEYBOARD,CLICK ON THE “MASK” TO SELECT THE MASK OF

“MIDTONES” TEXT LAYER

THEN HIT “CTRL V” TO PASTE.

HIT “CTRL D” TO DESELECT, THEN “CTRL I” TO INVERT.

THEN CLICK ON THE EYEBALL OF “MIDTONES” TEXT LAYER.

DO THE SAME PROCEDURE FOR “SHADOW” FACE LAYER. CLICK ON THIS LAYER, HIT “CTRL A” AND “CTRL C”

GO TO “SHADOWS” TEXT LAYER, THEN ADD “MASK”.

HOL ON “ALT” KEY, CLICK ON THE MASK, THEN HIT “CTRL V”

SAME THING, “CTRL D”(DESELECT), “CTRL I” (INVERSE)THEN CLICK ON THE EYEBALL OF “SHADOWS” TEXT LAYER

THEN CLICK ON THE EYEBALL OF “MIDTONES” TEXT LAYER. HIT “CTRL SHIFT ALT E” TO MERGE VISIBLE LAYERS. THEN HIDE ALL

THE LAYERS EXCEPT THE MERGED LAYER.

FOR ADDING SOME COLOR, CREATE A NEW LAYER. FILL IT WITH “GRADIENT” TOOL.SET THE LAYER MODE FROM “NORMAL” TO “LINEAR DODGE”

ADD YOUR SIGNATURE. THEN SAVE YOUR WORK. SAVE TWO FORMATS. PSD FILE AND PNG FILE.