The document describes the steps taken to create a movie poster in Photoshop. It involved placing a background image, converting it to greyscale and adding effects like multiply and gradient to darken it. Text was added for the title, advertisement and credits using different fonts and styles like drop shadows. Sponsor logos were also cropped and color inverted to include at the bottom. The poster was finalized by locking layers and flattening the image.

1. Poster Tools Used
Background Image:
1. I firstlybeganbyopeningupPhotoshopandsettingthe canvastoA4 and internationalpaper.
2. I thenplacedthe image whichIhad savedwithinthe document,Ididthisbygoinginto
file>place>andselectingthe document
3. Once the documenthad beenplacedIsetthe picture to greyscale I didthisby goinginto
image>mode>greyscale.Ithenduplicatedthe layertoensure thatthe effectwhichIwasgoing
to inputwasable to be clearlyviewed.

2. 4. Afterdoingthis Ifoundthat thiseffectwasnotdark enoughtoportray the resultwhichI was
lookingfor.Itherefore foundthatIneededtoaddanothereffecttothe image,bylooking
througheach effectIdecidedthat “Multiply”
5. Lookingat the image I foundthatthe edgesof the imageswere still toolighttherefore todothis
I usedthe gradienttool andset the opacityto 87% so the gradientwasstill recognisable.
6. Once the image was finalisedIfounditwasappropriate tolockthe layersoit couldnot move.
7. I thenflattenedthe imagessoall the layerswill appearinone.

3. Title:
8. I thenneededtoinsertandcreate the title,todo thisI usedthe texttool.Selectingthe texttool
I typedinthe title of the film“Woodend”
9. I thenchangedthe fontto Myriad Pro andcolour a deepred.
10. To make the font contribute tothe horror effectgiven Idecided tomimicthe effectof blood
drippingbyusingthe smudge tool
11. NextIchose to add a shadowand a slightstroke tothe picture,todo I double clickedthe text
layerand firstlywentintothe dropshadow whichappearedinthe new window onthe side,Iset
the drop shadowto an opacityof 80%, the distance to20px, spreadto 1% and size to3px.

4. Advertisement:
12. I theninsertedthe ‘advertisement’above the title,todosoI usedthe same texttool andtyped
in“from the producersof parkside poltergeist”
13. Once thiswas done I changedthe fontto Trajan pro and the colourto white
14. I thenfoundthat the fontlookedquite plaintherefore Ifounditwasappropriate toadd a slight
drop shadow.Todo thisI followedthe same stepsasbefore bydoubleclickingthe layerand
addingthe drop shadowat an opacityof 75%
15. FinallyIplacedthistextabove the title and centreditsoit didnotlookout of place.
Credits:
16. To create the creditswhichwere insertedwithinthe posterIbeganbyonce again selectingthe
texttool and enteringall of the informationregardingthe credits.
17. I thenchangedthe fontso it was consistenttothe advertisementandtitle,alsochangingthe
colourto white ensuringthatitcouldbe visible overthe blackbackground.Ididnot feel itwas
essential toadda dropshadowas it wasthe credits.
18. I editedthe fontto Trajan pro thiswasso it didnot overpowerthe page andthe attentionwas
kepton the image andtitle andleftthe size at 24

5. 19. HoweverIreducedthe size of the wordsexcludingthe namesto 12 I didthisas it was a common
conventionusedinhorrorpostercredits
Sponsors:
20. Whenlookingtoimprove myposterI foundthatit lookedquite empty,thereforeIresearched
intootherpostersandfeaturesincludedwithinthis.
21. I decidedtoplace an image ontothe page of a range of sponsors,Icroppedthisimage soit was
onlythe firstthree logos.
22. Howeverthe logosthemselveswere blackandthe backgroundwaswhite,insertingthisontomy
postermade it lookveryunprofessional,toresolvethisIopenedthisintoanew documentand
invertedthe colours.
23. To remove the backgroundIusedthe magic wandtool to remove this.