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Friday, December 23, 2011

Poster from the Words

Poster from the Words

Note: Original tutorial published on Photoshopstar.com had too many errors. Being one the most popular tutorials, tutorial was rewritten and now published.

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Step 1

First we are going to create a new document in Photoshop with 1000×1000 pixels with all the default settings. Fill the background layer with black color.
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Step 2

Select Horizontal Type Tool and place any text (white color, caps on) filling all background as you can see below. Only use one text layer.
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Rotate text 45 degrees CW by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate.
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Step 3

Open photo and copy it to our canvas over text layer. Go to Edit > Free Transform and resize photo to something similar to what I have.
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Select text from text layer (Ctrl+left click on text layer thumbnail in layers). Press Ctrl+Shift+I to invert selection. With selection active, select photo layer and press Delete to clear selection contents.
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Press Ctrl+D to deactivate selection.
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Apply Image > Adjustments > Brightness/Contrast.
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Step 4

Create a new layer. Select Horizontal Tool (Arial, white color, 55px) and write something like “DJ Music!”. Create a second new layer and write “Only best hits!” (Arial, white color, 25px).
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Rotate text 45 degrees CW by going to Edit > Transform > Rotate on both layers.
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Apply Layer > Layer Style > Blending Options > Outer Glow to both layer to make it more readable.
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Final Image

Poster from the Words
This tutorial is now finished and you got a great effect!

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