Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. The 1960s were the heyday
of psychedelic music posters. Due to the popularity of the tutorial l I did for THIS
poster,I'll show you how to make another
using different techniques.
The Size of this document is 1280 by 720
pixels...
with the resolution of 150 pixels per inch.
Let's make the background black.
One way to do this is to press, Shift
plus F5.
and choose, black.
Open your horizontal type tool
and choose a font.
I'm using "Victor Moscoso", which I provided a link to. If you'd like to use
it,
the link is located in the video's description or project files.
Choose a Size of 30 points...
Crisp...
Left alignment...
and white for the color.
Click on your document type out your top line of your text.
Click on your Move tool to reposition it just inside the top, left corner.
We want to enlarge the line of text
to the right edge of your document.
To do this,
open your transform tool...
by pressing Ctrl + T on a PC
or Cmd + T on a Mac.
Go to the lower, right corner...
and when you see a straight, double-arrow...
press and hold, Shift
as you drag it to the right of your document...
and press, Enter or Return.
Open back up your Type tool...
and type out your second line of text.
Click on your Move tool...
to reposition it...
to the lower, left of your top line.
Open your transform tool, again...
and drag the lower right corner...
to the right of your document.
Continued to add text until your poster is filled from end to end.
Let's consolidate all the text layers into a folder.
To do this,
Shift-click...
on the bottom text layer...
to highlight
all the text layers...
and press, Ctrl or Cmd + G.
We'll name the folder,
"Text".
Make a composite snapshot of your image
by pressing Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on a PC
or Cmd + Shift + Opt + E on a Mac.
Make a copy of it...
by pressing, Ctrl or Cmd + J.
Go to Filter...
and Liquify.
I'll make the brush size, 700.
You may want to use a different amount if your document's size and resolution
differs from this one.
Click on the "Bloat" tool.
Go to the center of your image...
and press and hold down your cursor...
until you have a large circular shape in the middle.
To accept it,
click, OK.
Click on the new layer button...
to make a new layer.
Open your elliptical marquee tool...
go to the center...
press and hold Shift + Alt on a PC...
or Shift + Opt on a Mac...
and drag out a circular selection
approximately the size of the circle.
We'll fill the selection with black.
If your foreground color isn't black,
click on the small, overlapping box icon.
Press, Alt + Delete on a PC...
or Opt + Delete on a Mac.
Delete the selection by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + D.
Press, "V" to open your Move tool to reposition it to cover most of the
extraneous text in the circle
that's too illegible to read.
Ctrl- click or Cmd-click on the thumbnail to open back up its selection...
and go to, Select...
and Save Selection.
Then, click OK.
Open your Pencil tool...
and make the size...
50 pixels with the Hardness of 100%.
Press, "Z" to open your Zoom tool...
and drag across an area of the circle to zoom in closer.
To move your image in the window,
press and hold the Space bar...
and move your image.
To reduce the size of your pencil,
press the Left bracket key on your keyboard.
Now, draw over the letters within the circle that are too hard to read.
Press and hold the Space bar and move it to see more of your image.
To fit it back onto your screen,
press Ctrl or Cmd + 0.
We'll merge these two layers by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + E.
Click on the new layer button...
to make a new layer.
Open your Gradient tool and click on the Gradient bar.
to open the Gradient editor.
Click on the lower, left "stop"...
and the color box.
Pick a color for one end of the gradient.
Click, OK...
and click on the lower, right "stop"...
and pick another color.
Close a gradient windows and choose a Gradient type.
For this example,
I'll choose the Linear gradient, but feel free to experiment with all of them.
For this gradient,
I'll go to the top, middle of my document...
and press and hold, Shift...
as I drag down to the bottom...
and then, release.
Change your blend mode
to "Exclusion"...
To make the colors more vibrant.
Click on the adjustment layer button and choose, "Vibrance".
Click on the clip-to-layer button.
to clip this adjustment layer,
so it affects only the one layer beneath it.
Slide the Vibrance all the way to the right.
Open a photo you'd like to place into the poster.
If it's in color...
desatutate it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + U.
To get it into your poster document,
press, "V" to open your Move tool...
and darg it up onto the tab of the poster.
Without releasing your mouse or pen,
drag it down onto your image and then,
release.
If your photo is clipping like the adjustment layer, press and hold Ctrl + Alt + G on a PC...
or Cmd + Opt + G on a Mac...
to UN-clip it.
Open your Channels panel...
and Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on the circle...
to make a selection of its shape.
Open back up your Layers panel
and click on the layer mask button
to make a layer mask of the selection next to the photo.
Click off the chain link.
This allows us to re-size or move
either layer independently of the other.
Click on your photo to make it active...
and open your Transform tool...
to see the entire transform on your screen.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + 0.
Click inside the Transform to move it.
Re-size and position the photo until it fits comfortably inside the circle.
Then, press, Enter or Return.
Fit your document back onto your screen.
Make your adjustment layer active...
and Shift-click on the gradient to highlight it, as well.
Make a copy of the two layers
and drag the photo below the copies.
Make the top adjustment layer active
and click on the clip-to-layer button to UN-clip it.
Make the gradient copy active...
and this time, clip it to the photo using the same keystrokes as before.
Go to, Edit...
Transform and Flip Vertical.
Let's add a paper texture to the poster.
First, we need to make a composite snapshot.
Make the top layer active...
and press Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E on a PC or Cmd + Shift + Opt + E on a Mac.
Go to Filter...
and Filter Gallery.
Open your Texture folder...
and click
Texturizer.
The texture is "Sandstone"...
the Scaling is 50%...
the Relief is, 4...
and the Light...
is from the Top.
Then, click OK.
To brighten your entire poster,
invoke
Auto-levels...
by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + Shift + L.
To shift the overall colors of your poster and do it non-destructively,
click on the adjustment layer button
and choose Hue Saturation.
Slide the Hue to the right or the left...
to create a myriad of color shifts.
Have fun recreating an authentic-looking 1960s, psychedelic music poster!
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!