Photoshop Lessons and Tutorials

Open a new photoshop document with the following sizing below:

Select the paint bucket tool from the tools palette.

Use the following color: #da680a to fill the background layer.

Create a new layer on top of the background layer and name it “Stripes”.

Choose the custom shape tool:

Now choose this shape (or something close) :

Use the following settings with the color :#f8d2b2

You will have this:

Use the following layer style (lighten with 45% opacity) on the “Stripes” layer:

Create a new layer and call it “white box”.

Select the rectangular marquee tool

and make a selection on the “white box” layer like this:

Fill the selection with white.

Use the following settings for the opacity: 50%

Repeat the same technique with a smaller selection on the bottom:

Select the single row marquee tool from the tools palette.

Choose black for the foreground color.

Make 2 single row selections each, at the bottom of the white box at the top, and at the top of the white box at the bottom. Fill with black.

Now select an image of a model. (you can search google for an image)

After removing any backgound from the model image, copy and paste into the poster document.

Use the following layer style on the model:

You will have this:

Now it’s time to add your Logo to the top left hand corner of the Poster.

(I make up logos as I go, but you can use your own logo)

Now add your text.

I used the following blending options:

Add the rest of your text in a similar way.

Finished: