The release of Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight has sparked a flurry of posters and images of Batman. What we're going to learn together here is how to use Photoshop to create a poster of Batman: The Rise of the Dark Knight.
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In this PS tutorial, you first create a template and use some basic filters and a spray brush effect. The PS technology used in this Photoshop tutorial is relatively simple and suitable for PS beginners ' learning practice.
First step:
Open Photoshop to create a new document with 2560x1600 pixels. Then search the web for a "bane" picture footage. Click here to download the Bane material.
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Step Two:
Using the Polygonal Lasso tool (L), pull out Bane's head.
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Step Three:
Copy Bane's head layer, then select Filter-Filter Gallery-Sketch, click Halftone Pattern, select 1 size, 43 contrast and dot pattern type. Make sure that you are using a black foreground color and a white background color.
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Fourth Step:
Search the web for a picture of the "Batman" logo and use it as Bane's eye.
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Fifth Step:
Create a new layer as a background, fill it with black, and place it below the other layers. Select the head layer of Bane and the Batman logo layer and combine it into one layer. Change the blending mode to filter color, and when needed, select image-Adjust-levels, add black and white to ensure no gray. Then, enter "RISE" text, font selection San-serif, kerning to 125.
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Sixth step:
Copy the background layer, hide one of the layers, then select the visible, merge it into the same layer, and then copy the layer. Then select the filter-Blur-Gaussian blur, using a 8.0 pixel radius.
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