Once you’ve selected all of the sky, press Command-I to Inverse the selection. On the toolbar, select the Magic Wand Tool (W) and select the sky portion of the image. Make sure you have the Layer Mask selected. Let’s start by working on the sky section. We need to open it separately.Ĭlick on the Layer Mask button to create a new Layer Mask. Make sure you are not dragging it into the document. 3. How to Edit the Snowboarder Image Step 1 Double click on the Group 1 folder to change the name I renamed it Slopes. Drag these two layers towards the Create New Group button.
To keep the layers tidy, select the ski slope layer and the Adjustment Layer. This particular image is composed of blues and cyans. On the Properties panel, move the color stoppers to tweak the color intensity. To open the Properties panel, click on the Layer Thumbnail. This way, we won’t compromise the rest of the poster. A clipping mask is useful when we want to apply a Fill Layer or Adjustment Layer only to the layer below. The shortcut for this is: hold down Option, hover over the layer until the arrow pointing down appears, and click. Select the new Black & White adjustment layer, and Right Click > Create Clipping Mask. On the Layers panel, click on Create a New Fill or Adjustment Layer > Black & White. This is helpful when we are using multiple images in a poster where the colors don’t go together. To neutralize the image, we’ll add an Adjustment Layer. I know I want to add text to the top and bottom on the slopes, so I'll try to leave these two sections as clean as possible.
In the image below, I want the slope details to be concentrated in the middle section. Using the Move Tool (V), move the image anywhere you desire. Make sure you are selecting the smart object thumbnail and not the layer mask. This is useful when you want to keep the position of the layer mask but want to move the image. This will unlink the image from the layer mask. On the Layers panel, click on the link button between the thumbnails. On the Layers panel, make sure you are selecting the Ski slopes image. Select the first two columns from the left.
On the toolbar, select the Marquee Tool (M). Step 2Īctivate the guides by pressing Command. Don’t worry about the placement-we will play with that later. Head over to the control bar and activate the Maintain Aspect Ratio button. 2. How to Edit the Ski Slopes Image Step 1ĭrag the Ski slopes image into the Snowboarding Poster document. Select a black color in the Color Picker option window. On the Layers panel, click on Create a new Fill or Adjustment Layer > Solid Color. Let’s set the horizontal guides to 533 px and 1066 px. Let’s set the vertical guides to 254 px, 508 px, 762 px, and 1016 px. In the New Guide option window, select Vertical and set the guide to 254 px. Experimenting with grids is a great way to create an unusual layout. This means that we will divide the poster vertically into five sections and horizontally into three sections.
Step 3įor this poster, we will create a 5:3 grid (width x height). To activate and deactivate the guides, press Command. Click OK.ĭo the same for the other sides of the document by subtracting 70 px from the final size. On the New Guide option window, select Horizontal and set the guide to 70 px. Press Command-R to bring up the rules around the document. Set the Width to 1270 px and Height to 1600 px.
You'll also need the following resources:ĭownload the images and install the font, and you are ready to start! 1. Setting Up a New Photoshop File Step 1
If you don't have the software, you can download a trial from the Adobe website. Are you ready to get started? What You Will Need We will also learn to use layer masks and adjustment layers to edit images. In this tutorial, we will create a powerful typographic poster by using grids.