Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to create a powerful
poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Episode 7. This tutorial is in 2 parts. In Part 1,
we'll create a background filled with stars, galaxies and the basic Resistance Insignia
and in Part 2, we'll add dimension to the insignia , add text and dramatic lighting.
Before we begin, you can get the most current
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per month. Click the link in my video's description to get the discount. I provided a Photoshop
file for you to download, so you can follow along. It includes the Rebel Resistance emblem and
a brushed steel texture. With the emblem hidden, make the texture active and go to Filter,
Distort and "Polar Coordinates". Tick "Rectangular to Polar" and click OK. To help blend in the
top center, open your Rectangular Marquee Tool and drag a selection over it approximately this wide.
Go to Edit and Fill. Choose "Content Aware" and click OK. To deselect it, press
Ctrl or Cmd + D. Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the emblem to make a selection of its shape.
Invert the selection by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + I. Unlock the background and press
the "Delete" key on your keyboard to delete everything outside the selection. Then, deselect it.
Let's add more contrast to our emblem. Press Ctrl or Cmd + L to open Levels. In the
Input Black field, type in 48 and in the Input White field, type in 230. Then, click OK.
Create a new document by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + N. Make its Width: 672 pixels, its Height:
870 pixels and its Resolution: 150 pixels per inch. The Color Mode is RGB and 8 bits
per Channel. Click the small box to open the Color Picker and pick black. Then, click OK on both windows.
Make 3 copies of the background by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J three times.
Name the top layer, "Large Stars, the one under it, " Stars" and the next layer, "Border".
Hide the top layer and make the "Stars" layer active. Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise".
Make the Amount: 30%, Gaussian and Monochromatic. Then, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Go back to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur. Make the Radius point 3 pixels and click OK or
press Enter or Return. Open Levels by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + L. In the Input Black field,
type in 100 and in the Input White field, type in 200. Then, click OK.
Make the Large Stars layer visible and active.
Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise". This time, make the
Amount: 100% and click OK or press Enter or Return. Go back to Filter, Blur and Gaussian Blur.
Make the Radius: 1 pixel, press Enter or Return and open Levels. Make the Input
Black Level: 150 and the Input White Level: 175.
Change the Blend Mode to "Screen".
Changing the Blend Mode to Screen makes the larger stars show through to the smaller stars. This
gives our space image more depth. Let's place the 2 star layers into a folder. Shift-click
on the Stars layer to make it active, as well, and press Ctrl of Cmd + G. Name it "Stars"
and reduce its opacity to 40%. The stars will look very faint, but they'll brighten later
once we add the cloud filter and brush in color. Make the "Border" layer active and
reduce its "Fill" to 0%. Reducing the "Fill" to 0 makes whatever is inside the layer invisible,
but it won't affect the layer styles that we add to the layer. They'll retain their
visibility. Double-click the thumbnail of the Border to open the Layer Style window.
Click "Stroke". Click the color box and pick: Black. Then, click OK. The Size is 15 pixels
and the Position is "Inside". Click "Inner Glow". Click the color box and pick: White.
Then, click OK. Make the Blend Mode to "Linear Dodge", the Opacity: 20% and the Source: "Edge".
The Choke is: 100% and the Size is: 15 pixels. Then, click OK.
Make the Stars folder active
and click the New Layer icon twice to make 2 new layers. Name the top layer "Clouds"
and change its Blend Mode to "Color Dodge". Go to Filter Render and Clouds. Make "Layer
1" active and name it "Colors". Open your Brush Tool and Brush Picker. Make the Size:
600 pixels, the Hardness: 0% and the Opacity: 10%. Click the foreground color and pick a
color you like as the first color you'll brush in over your stars. Then, click OK. Gently
brush over them. Click your foreground color again and pick another color. Feel free to
brush over your other colors to create subtle gradients. Brush in as many or
as little colors as you want to create an image you like. Make the "Clouds" layer active
and click the New Layer icon to make a new layer above it. Name it "Lens flare".
Fill it with black by pressing Shift + F5 key at the top of your keyboard to open the
"Fill window". Open the fly-out list and click "Black".
Change its Blend Mode to "Screen".
Go to Filter, Render and Lens Flare. Make the Brightness: 125% and the Lens Type: 50-300mm
Zoom. Drag the lens flare approximately a quarter of the way down from the top and click OK.
In Part 2, we'll complete our Stars Wars Episode VII poster.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!