2. The first step to creating my
ancillary text poster, was to set
up a new project in Photoshop,
to do this I went to File, then
selected new which brought up
a menu to custom my project
to my settings and as I was
creating a poster I had to
adjust the settings to a poster.
These setting were width at 24
inches, height 36 inches,
resolution 72 pixels and
background contents
transparent. This then gave my
a platform to create my advert
poster, as shown above this is
the original image I used for
the main image, to get this as a
new layer on my template I
simple went to file again then
open and selected the image I
wanted to use, which then
appeared as a separate layer to
the template as shown circled
above.
To move the image on the template, I simply dragged the
bar shown circled on the screen shot over to the bar next
to it and it would simply appear on the template page as
a new layer. Then to adjust the new image to the size of
the template to fit the settings of the poster, I simply
went to Edit, selected Transform then scale and adjusted
the image to the right size.
3. For the main effect on my image I wanted to adjust the opacity of the image so I
could, overlap a layer of roses on top of the image so they would stand out. To do this
I simply went to adjustments on the right hand side shown on the screen shot. I
selected the black and white adjustment layer tool that allowed me to create a layer
on top of the image of black and white and then change the scale to how much black
and white effect I wanted on the image.
4. For the title of the album, I wanted the font to stand out so I went to a website called
DaFont and selected this font shown in the above screen shot. To get this image into
Photoshop I simply screen shot the selected area around the title and then opened it up in
Photoshop through File and Open which then created a new layer in the same way as the
main image. Then to transfer the title across to the poster, I simply just wanted the letters
and the black background without the white, so I used the quick selection tool allowing me
to select areas I want to keep. Once I had done this I used the rectangular marquee tool to
grab all my selected text and move it to the poster by simply selecting the move tool and
hover it over the poster bar at the top. Once the text was on the poster I had to once again
adjust the scale and size of the title by doing this I went to edit, selected transform and
scale and adjusted the title to the appropriate size.
5. For this effect of the tear in the poster, I think I went about doing it the long way round
but the simply way round for me. So I went to Google images and searched ‘tear’ which
then gave me the image shown above which I then saved as a picture to my documents
and opened it up in Photoshop which then also opened as a new layer. To select the
picture I simply used the quick selection tool once again and the move tool to bring it
across to the poster where it then created a new layer as shown in the screen shot
above. To match the black and white effect of the poster I had to follow the same steps
as mentioned about the adjustment panel on the main image. Similarly to the rest of the
new layers on the poster I had to change the scale of the layer to fit within the poster.
6. Finally my finished product as shown to
the left, I managed to create in Adobe
Photoshop using the skills and tools I
have mentioned throughout the slide.
Other tools I have also used to to
create my poster is the Type Tool, to
add all the additional information on
the poster. Overall I found creating my
poster quite a simple task because of
my previous experience with
Photoshop, however after audience
feedback and my own analyze of all
three of my texts I believe this is the
weakest text created.
