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Movie Poster Effect


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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Movie Poster Effect Tutorial: Final Result



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