Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to design and create
a vintage, Bauhaus poster. The Bauhaus movement, which began in 1919, was the most influential
modernist art school of the 20th century. The hallmarks of Bauhaus design are its simplified,
geometric forms and the bold, visual balance of positive and negative space. This tutorial
is in 2 parts. In Part 1, we'll set our text and modify the shape of some characters and
in Part 2, we'll complete our poster with bold, geometric shapes and lines. I provided
this paper texture that you can download. Its link is in my video's description or project
files Make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Remove its color by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd + Shift + U. Change its Blend Mode to "Color Burn". Click the Adjustment Layer
icon and click "Levels". Make its Input Midtones: 1.22. If your foreground and background colors
aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard". Make the background
active and open your Horizontal Type Tool. Pick a font that's in the Bauhaus genre. I'm
using "SquareFont Regular". I provided links to all the fonts used in this tutorial. I'll
make its size 440 points, its Aliasing: "None" and "Left Alignment". Click on your document
and type your first character. Open your Move Tool and make a copy of the text layer. Double-click
the copy to highlight it and type your second character. Open back your Move Tool and drag
it off the first character. As before, make a copy of it, open your Move Tool and double-click
the copy to highlight it. Type your third character, open your Move Tool and drag it
off the second character. Continue these steps until you've typed in your main text. Next,
we'll convert each character into a Smart Object, so we can add filters and replace
the characters if we want to at a later point. Click the icon at the upper, right of the
Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object". Repeat these steps for each character. Once
you've converted all the characters into Smart Objects, scroll to the top and make the paper
texture active. Click the lock icon to lock the layer. This prevents the layer from being
modified. Click "View" and make sure "Snap" is checked. If it isn't, just click click
on it. Next, we'll reposition each character. To save time, instead of clicking on each
layer to activate it, check "Auto Select". This will automatically activate each character
as soon as we click on them. Continue to reposition each character, so they visually line up in
an interesting arrangement. Next, we'll extend some of the characters vertically and horizontally.
Press "z" to open your Zoom Tool and drag it over an area of your text that you'd like
to extend. Press "v" to open your Move Tool and click on that character to activate it.
Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail of the character to make a selection of the character's
shape. Open your Rectangular Marquee Tool and press and hold Shift + Alt on Windows
or Shift + Option on a Mac as you drag over a section of the character that you want to
extend. This will create a selection of only that part of the character. Press Ctrl of
Cmd + J to cut and copy that part onto its own layer. Open your Move Tool. If the space
between the two letters isn’t long, press one of the arrow keys on your keyboard to
slide the shape in the direction you want it to go. In this case, I'll press the Up
arrow. If the space is long, I'll show you what to do in a minute. To reposition the
image on your canvas, press and hold the Space bar and drag your document. Click the next
character you want to extend and make a selection of its shape. As before, open your Rectangular
Marquee Tool and intersect the part of your character you want to extend. Cut and copy
that part to its own layer. Open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T. In this
example, I want to extend the part up onto the letter "A". To extend the Transform, go
to the middle of the side you want to extend and when you see a vertical, double-arrow,
just drag it. Scroll more if you need to. Then, press Enter or Return. Continue these
steps for each character you want to extend. To save space in the Layers panel, let's place
all of your characters and theirs extended parts into a folder. To do this, scroll to
the bottom character and make it active. Scroll to the top part and Shift-click on it to make
all the characters & parts active that comprise your text design. Press Ctrl or Cmd + G. I'll
name the folder, "Text & Lines". Change the Blend Mode to "Multiply". Next, we'll add
a secondary line of text in another color. Open your Horizontal Type Tool and change
the size to 100 points. You can always adjust the size later if you want. Click the color
box and pick a color you like. Since I already know the color I want, I'll type it into the
hexadecimal field: AC463A. Once you pick your color, click OK or press Enter or Return.
Click on your document and type out your text. Open your Move Tool and reposition your text.
Next, I'll add vertical, black text. Since the text will be be black, I'll place it into
the folder that contains black text and lines. The reason for this is we're going to ultimately
make modifications to all the elements that are just black. I'll open the folder and click
the top layer within the folder. The vertical text will be placed above this layer. I'll
click the "Vertical Type Tool" and for its size, I'll type in 55 points. I'll click the
color box and pick black. Then, click OK. Click on your document and type out your text.
Another way to move it is to place your cursor just outside your text and drag it. For your
next line of text, choose another font. Click your Move Tool and open your Horizontal Type
Tool. Click on your document and pick another font in the Bauhaus genre. I'll use "Movie
Letter Regular". I provided its link, as well. I'll make its size: 213 points and type out
my text. In Part 2, we'll add bold, colorful, geometric shapes and lines to complete our
Bauhaus poster. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!