Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I’m going to show you how to create a colorful, triple-exposure poster from one photo.
Open a photo you'd like to use for this project.
If you'd like to use this one, I provided its link in my video's description or project files.
The first step is to separate our subject from its background.
There are many ways to do this.
For example, in CC 2020 or later, unlock the layer and open the Properties panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Properties.
Click "Remove Background".
Photoshop automatically isolates our subject and places a layer mask of it thereby hiding
or masking out the background.
Another way is to open your Quick Selection Tool
and click "Select Subject". This creates a selection around our subject.
If you need to add to the selection, drag your tool inside of your subject.
To remove areas outside the selection, press and hold Alt or Option as you drag over those areas.
A third way is to open the Object Selection Tool and hover it over your subject.
When you see a pink outline around it, click it.
If you're using this photo, for your convenience, I already created an accurate selection of
this subject that we can use.
To access it, open your Channels panel.
If you don't see it, go to Window and Channels.
Ctrl or Cmd-click the thumbnail of Alpha 1 to select its shape..
Open back the Layers panel and click the layer mask icon to make a layer mask of the selection.
We'll convert it into a Smart Object, so we can modify it non-destructively.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right and click, "Convert to Smart Object".
We'll create a new document by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + N or by going to File and New.
You can make its width and height size you want.
For this example, I'll type in1920 pixels for is width and 1080 pixels for its height . I'll make its resolution: 150 pixels per inch.
The color mode is RGB and 8 bits per channel.
Make the background: black. If it isn't black, just click the color box and when the Color Picker opens, pick black.
Then, click Create or press Enter or Return.
Open back your subject.
We'll drag it onto our new document.
If your Move Tool isn’t open, press “V on your keyboard.
Drag it onto the tab of the new document.
Without releasing your mouse or pen, drag it down and release.
We'll make 2 copies of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J twice.
If you want the same colors as I'm using, name the top copy: green,
the middle copy: red, and the original layer: blue.
Hide the green and red layers and double-click and empty area of the blue layer to open its Layer Style window.
Under Advanced Blending, you'll notice the Red, Green, and Blue channels are checked.
Uncheck the red and green channels which will show just the blue channel of our subject.
Hide the blue layer and make the red layer visible.
Double-click an empty area of this layer to open its Layer Style window.
Uncheck the green and blue channels.
Hide the red layer and make the green layer visible and double-click an empty area of
this layer to open the Layer Style window.
Uncheck the red and blue channels.
Next, we'll adjust the size of each of the layers.
Hide the green layer and make the blue layer visible and active.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + T to open the Transform Tool.
At the top, make sure the chain-link icon is active between the Transform's width and height.
This links them together.
Hover your cursor over the "W" or the "H" and when it changes into a scrubby slider,
drag it to the left or right to decrease or increase its size.
Then, drag it into a position you like and press Enter or Return.
Remember, you can adjust its size and position of any of the color layers at any time.
Make the red layer visible and active.
Let's flip it horizontally. Go to Edit, Transform, and "Flip Horizontal".
Open your Transform Tool and adjust its size by dragging the Scrubby Slider to the right or left.
Position it and feel free to overlap it with the blue layer.
Notice, the overlapping area is a different color.
Depending on which channels are overlapping with each other will determine what kind of color appears.
Make the green layer visible and active.
Open the Transform Tool, adjust its size and position
and make sure you leave room for the text.
Before we add the text, let's make a thin outline border surrounding the inside perimeter of our document.
To do this, click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
We'll fill it with black, but before we do, let’s check our foreground and background colors.
If they aren't black and white, press "D" on your keyboard.
If they're inverted, press "x".
Since black is our foreground color, press Alt or Option + Delete.
Double-click the layer to open its Layer Style window.
Click Inner Glow.
If the box isn't white, click it and when the Colo Picker opens, pick white.
The Blend Mode is Normal, the Opacity is 100%, and the Noise is 0.
The Technique is irrelevant in this case.
The Source is Edge, the Choke is 100%, and the Size is 24 pixels.
The contour is linear, and the range is 50%.
Click Stroke.
The color is black, the Size is 22 pixels which is 2 pixels less than the Inner Glow.
The Position is Inside, the Blend Mode is Normal and the Opacity is 100%.
Open the Channels panel and Ctrl or Cmd-click the thumbnail of any of any of the channels
to select the shape of the thin, white border.
Open back the Layers panel and drag Layer 1 to the Trash since we don't need it anymore.
Click the New Layer icon to make a new layer.
We’ll fill the selection with white and since our background color is white, press Ctrl or Cmd + Delete.
De-select it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D and let's name it, "Border".
Open your Horizontal Type Tool and invert the colors, so white is our foreground color.
Open the Type Picker and pick a font you like.
If you’d like to use the same font I’m using, its name is “Breamcatcher”.
I provided its link as well.
I'll make its size 168 points, however, feel free to make it any size you want depending
on the font you choose and the number of characters in your text.
Make the aliasing Smooth and I'll align it to the left.
Click on your document and type out your text.
To adjust the space between the lines of text, known as "leading", highlight the lines and
press the F5 key at the top of your keyboard or go to Window and Character.
Drag the tracking icon to the left or right.
To adjust the space between all your characters, known as "tracking", drag the tracking icon to the left or right.
If you want to re-adjust the tracking of any line of text, highlight that line and either
drag the tracking icon or press and hold Alt or Option and left or right arrow key on your keyboard.
To reposition the text,, open your Move Tool and move it,.
To add text below it, Ctrl or Cmd-click the New Layer icon to make a new layer below the active layer.
Open your Type Tool and apply the same methods to adjust the size, position, and tracking
for your additional lines of text.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!