Converting an image into a vintage movie poster
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| Start
by opening an image of model/actor. |
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| 1.
CREATING PARTIAL CUTOUT |
Using
polygon lasso tool select the background on right hand side of the model.
Press Delete. |
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| Duplicate
the layer and scale up significantly. Move this layer below all the layers
in layer order in layer palette. |
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| 2.
CREATING HAND PAINTED POSTER EFFECT |
| From
"Filter" menu select "Sketch>>Photocopy". Apply settings as shown. |
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| Change
the layer mode to "Soft Light". |
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| Using
eraser tool with soft brush settings erase the hard edges of model cutout. |
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| Change
the layer mode to "Luminosity". |
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| 3.
APPLYING TEXTURE TO CREATE VINTAGE LOOK |
| Press
Q to enable quick mask. From filter menu select "Pixelate>>Mezzotint".
Apply settings as shown. |
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| Press
Q again to disable quick mask. |
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| Create
a new layer and fill it with white color. Change the layer mode to "Overlay"
and opacity to 40%. |
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| Select
and merge all layers. Select burn tool and apply randomly. |
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| Duplicate
the layer and change the layer mode to "hard Light". |
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| As
we applied mezzotint using quick mask similarly we'll apply noise using
following settings. |
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| Change
the layer mode to "Overlay". |
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| Press
Q to enable quick mask. From filter menu select "Pixelate>>Mezzotint".
Apply settings as shown. |
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| Create
a new layer and fill it with white color. Change the layer mode to "Color
Burn" and opacity to 80%. |
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| Select
and merge all the layers. Using polygon tool create a torn paper style selection
on the edges of the image. Press Ctrl+J to copy paste the selection in a
new layer. |
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| Change
the layer mode to "Screen". Apply some drop shadow. |
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| 4.
REDUCING SATURATION TO GIVE A WASHED OUT LOOK |
| From
layer menu select "New adjustment layer>>Hue/Saturation".
Apply settings as shown. |
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