Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. I'm going to show you how to transform a photo
into a newspaper image, as well as how you can make a custom headline for it. You can
also change the photo and headline quickly and easily. I photographed this image that
we can use for the background, as well as a shape that we'll place our photo into. The
link to this Photoshop file is located in my video's description or project files. Open
a photo you'd like use to place into the newspaper. It can be color or black and white. I downloaded
this one from Shutterstock.com. To get the best results from the filters that we'll be
using, we need to make the photo's resolution 300 pixels per inch. To do this, go to Image
and Image Size. Type in 300 pixels per inch for its resolution. If the file size of your
photo becomes way too large like this example, first make sure the chain-lick icon is on
and then type in a lower amount in either the width or the height. Doing that decreases
the file size dramatically. Then, click OK. To fit it back onto your canvas, press Ctrl
or Cmd + 0. Next, we'll convert it to a Smart Object, so we modify it non-destructively.
Click the icon at the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
To place the photo into the newspaper template, press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag
the photo onto the tab of the template. Without releasing your computer mouse or pen, drag
it down onto the newspaper and release. Press Ctrl or Cmd + G to place the photo into a
folder. When a layer is indented, it means it's inside a folder. Open your Channels panel
and Ctrl-click or Cmd-click on thumbnail of the black and white shape to make a selection of it.
Open back your Layers panel and click the Layer mask icon to make a layer mask of
the selection next to the folder. Now, all the layers that are and will be in the folder
will be confined to inside the white area of the Layer Mask. Think of a layer mask as
a stencil. White reveals and black masks out. Make your photo active. Go to View. If "Snap"
is checked, click on it to deactivate it. This makes it easier to move and position
our photo, so it won't try to snap to anything. To increase its size,
press Ctrl or Cmd + T. Go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow,
press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it out. To reposition it, just drag the
image. Then, press Enter or Return. Let's add a thin border surrounding it. Make the
folder active and click "fx" icon. Choose "Stroke". Make the Size 9 pixels, the Position:
Center and the Opacity: 65%. Then, click OK.
Make your photo active and change its Blend Mode to "Luminosity".
This makes your photo monochromatic and blends its lightness values
to the newspaper's color. If your foreground and background colors are white and black
as in this example, we need to invert them. The fastest way to do this is to press "x"
on your keyboard. Or, you can click this curved, double-arrow icon or click this small icon
next to it. Go to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Open your "Sketch" folder and click "Halftone Pattern".
Make the Pattern Type: "Dot" and its Size and Contrast: 6 each. Then, click OK.
Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise". Make the Amount: 15%, Gaussian and Monochromatic.
Click the Adjustment Layer icon and choose "Exposure". To restrict the adjustment layer
to effect just the photo and not all the layers below it in the Layers panel, click the Clipping
Mask icon. The adjustment layer slid to the right to let us know that it's now clipped
to the one layer below it. "Exposure" lets you adjust your image's levels with three
sliders: Exposure will adjust mainly the highlights of the image, Offset adjusts mainly the mid-tones
and Gamma will adjust mainly dark tones.
For "Exposure", type in minus 0.2...for "Offset", type in +.01...and for Gamma Correction, type in + 1.4.
Next, we'll give our image a more newspaper-like quality. Click the New Layer
Layer icon to make a new layer. Go to Filter, Render and Clouds. Increase its size by opening
your Transform Tool. Click the chain-link icon to link the width and the height of the
Transform. In either field, type in 300%. To accept it, click the checkmark at the top.
Go to Filter, Pixelate and Mezzotint. Choose "Coarse Dots" and click OK.
Change the Blend Mode to "Overlay" and reduce its opacity to 40%. We're ready to add the headline. First,
let's save space in the Layers panel by clicking the small triangle to close the folder.
Open your Horizontal Type Tool and pick a font. I'm using "Aparajita Bold". I'll make its
size: 80 points, "Smooth" and Center alignment. Click the color box and in the Brightness
field, type in 7%. This gives us a very dark grey color. Then, click OK. Click above the
center of the empty area and type out your headline. To adjust the space between the
lines of text, also known as "Leading", highlight your text and go to Windows and Character.
The "Character" panel will open. Slide the "Leading" icon to the left or right until
the space between the lines is to your liking. Then, you can close the Character panel. Open
your Move Tool to reposition your text. We'll convert the text into a Smart Object, so we
can edit or replace the text without having to redo all the effects. Click the icon at
the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object". Go to Filter, Blur
and Gaussian Blur. Type in 2 pixels and click OK. Go to Filter, Noise and "Add Noise". Make
the Amount: 40%, Gaussian and Monochromatic. Then, click OK or press Enter or Return. To
resize and stretch your text, open your Transform Tool. When you see this message, just click
OK. It's just letting us know that the Smart Filters will be temporarily turned off as
you're using the Transform Tool. Go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow,
press and hold Alt or Option + Shift as you drag it out or in. Continue to manipulate
the text, so it fits snugly into the space. Since the right edge of the newspaper is curving
down slightly, let's skew the text to better match the newspaper's angle. Go to Edit, Transform
and Skew. Go to the middle of the right side of the Transform and drag it down until it
matches the angle of the line on the newspaper. Then, press Enter or Return.
Next, I'll show you how to quickly replace the photo. Open your folder, scroll down and double-click
the Smart Object to open it. If you're working on a version earlier than CC, open a photo
you'd like to use to replace the one you have and drag it into the Smart Object document.
If you're working on Photoshop CC and have updated it to version 14.2, you can go to
File and "Place Embedded". Locate and click the new photo. Then, click "Place". Size the
photo and press Enter or Return. Close the tab of the Smart Object and when you see this
message, click "Yes" to save the changes. The Smart Object automatically updated with
the new photo and instantly applied all the effects to it. To resize it, open your Transform
Tool and as before, when you see this message, click OK. Size and position it to your liking
and press Enter or Return.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!