Photoshop creates super cool poster effect

This tutorial is provided by the China Tutorial Network Dan Original

First look at the effect:

First: Select a picture to process.

The second entry is in standard mode edit state (the button on the last third line of the toolbar is Standard mode.) By selecting between two buttons, you can quickly switch between quick Mask mode and standard mode, or use the shortcut key Q.

Third: Click the Color box in the toolbar, pop-up Color Picker dialog box, set the foreground color.

Four new layer (Layer 1), fill layer 1 with the foreground color you just set.

V Change Layer 1 layer mode to "color", this is done to change the tone of the image, there are many methods, where the layer mode is used to view the effect without the shadow picture.

Sixth: Click on the toolbar, the color box in the upper right corner, toggle the foreground and background color (X), and then click the toolbar again color box, pop-up Color Picker dialog box, choose Light gray. (Here is the grey custom)

Seventh create a new layer (Layer 2) again, and fill in the selected light gray. There's a reason to choose grey here, he is different with white directly mixed, their color level values are different, we can try, a white canvas add noise and (each) gray canvas add noise after the effect, to see the color level changes are not the same, here on the unknown solution.

Eighth: Perform menu > Filter > Noise > Add noise, adding miscellaneous points in light gray to make dry point feel.

Nineth Pop-up Add Noise dialog box, in the number of input appropriate values, distribution, select the average distribution, check the monochrome.

Tenth add the Variegated Layer 2 effect.

11th: Change the layer blending mode of Layer 2 to color depth.

12th: Duplicate a background layer as a background copy. and enter in Quick Mask mode edit (Q).

13th: Use the Gradient tool (G) in the toolbar to pull the gradient from the middle of the image to the background color black with a radial gradient.

14th: The image has a layer of red transparent layer effect, this is the mask effect. A quick mask channel also appears automatically in the channel panel as you enter mask edit.

15th: This shows the rapid mask and channel RELATED links. Click on the small black triangle on the right side of the channel floating panel to pop up the hidden menu. "Quick Mask Options" It is with the channel panel, visible mask and channel connection, this is why we are talking about the channel also mentioned the Mask problem, mask and channel relationship, it is an indispensable part. Masks and channels are also black to white 0-225 of the color-order principle, is a black-and-white art.

16th: If the reader does not like the mask effect of this reddish color, in addition to selecting quick Mask options, you can also double-click the edit in Mask mode button on the Quick Mask Channel or toolbar, and a Quick Mask Options dialog box appears, choosing the color you like in the Color box. You can also set the appropriate opacity so that you can clearly observe the underlying image while maintaining a certain mask area.

17th: Click the "Edit in Standard Mode" button on the toolbar. The system automatically generates the masked image selections generated by the radial gradient. After entering the standard mode edit state, the quick Mask channel in the channel panel disappears automatically, but the mask image selection does not disappear and remains unchanged. This is not the "quick" mask. That is, a so-called "temporary channel".

18th: Go back to the layer board, select the background copy, keep the selection unchanged, press DELETE to delete the image in the selection.

19th: Make the background map visible, and then change the background copy of the layer blending mode is the difference. Gives the image a sense of focus.

20th: Make all the images visible, view the image effect. At this time the poster basic image effect and feeling are roughly out. In order to achieve a sense of weirdness. Here you can make the image processing light, according to the situation to adjust itself. Below to enter a deep step adjustment. Let the picture become breathable point, now the screen is a bit depressing. -_-!!

21st: Copy the background layer again as a background copy 2, and hide the other layers so that you can observe the effect of the current image making. This time we're going to make the layers more space-sense.

22nd: Use the Gradient tool (G) in the toolbar again to pull the gradient in the distance from our nearest eye, from the previous color white to the background black (from the center of the eye to the corner). The eye is not covered area, the other part is covered area.

23rd: Double click the "Edit in Mask Mode" button to eject the Quick Mask Options dialog box and change the "masked area" color to "selected area".

24th: After the confirmation of the image of the not covered area of the eye into a covered area, the color area has also become an area not covered. (This is to explain the conversion of the Mask version adjustment)

25th: Click the "Edit in Standard Mode" button on the toolbar to automatically generate an image selection in the eye.

26th: Execute the Counter command (shift+ctrl+i).

27th: Select the background copy 2 layer, delete delete the image in the selection.

28th: Display background image and background copy, and change the layer blending mode of background copy 2 to filter color. Make the image have a "center" bright spot, pull out the sense of space before and after.

29th: Show full layer effect. At this point, the image level of the eye position is prominent, showing a sense of space. The following details of the processing of the production.

30th: Choose a suitable brush, create a new layer (layer 3) in the screen painting. Make a sense of scratch.

31st: Create a new layer (layer 4), select a class to adjust the brush to the appropriate size, directly with the mouse in the screen scribble.

32nd: Create a new layer (layer 5), choose a brush just adjust to the appropriate size ("[" Brush number of small "]" brush like a number of large, directly with the mouse in the screen to smear the approximate shape. (If you have the condition to use the stylus to write a more flashy font or to spend time using the path to sketch here only requires a casual effect)

33rd: Create a new layer again (layer 6), load the selection of layer 5, Execute menu > select > Modify > Expand, and expand the selection to 18 pixels. (Can be arbitrarily customized does not require full consistency).

34th: Execute menu > select > Feather with a feather radius of 35 pixels. (Can be set flexibly).

35th: Keep the selection unchanged and fill it, change the layer blending mode to lighten, pull out the contrast.

36th: Use the Text Tool (T) in the toolbar again to enter a line of text.

37th: Select the stroke in the layer style, stroke the text you just entered, and set the opacity to 50%.

38th: After the stroke effect, so that after the stroke, changed the size of the text, stroke thickness does not change, will not produce hair teeth, different from editing > stroke.

39th: In order to make the picture composition is full, then in the upper part of the page also enter a line of text, select a promotion mottled font.

40th: Finally make a comprehensive adjustment, the final completion of the effect as shown in the picture. A picture of the poster effect is complete.