How to Create a Grunge Background in Photoshop

A tutorial on recreating a 007 movie poster in Photoshop. It demonstrates how to combine grunge textures, cutout imagery, color grading, shadows, and title text into a composite.

Syllabus

- Our goal for this tutorial.
- Setting up your Photoshop workspace
- ‍♂️Adding a grunge texture.
- Using a gradient in a layer mask.
- Adding color using gradient maps.
- Place embedded to bring in background text.
- Adding a texture to just one layer and fixing colors.
- ⎅ Adding guides to keep your image organized.
- Bringing in a RAW file
- ✍️Cutting out a subject using the pen tool.
- Easy selections with the quick selection tool.
- Adding our cut out subject to the composite.
- Color grading with Curves to merge elements together.
- A neat trick for adding highlights.
- Adding a shadow to a subject.
- Adding the movie title and other text.
- Final thoughts