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How to Turn a Silhouette into a Movie Poster in Photoshop

Nucly • Photoshop and Creative Design Training via YouTube

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This tutorial demonstrates how to create a film poster using just one silhouette brush bundle in Photoshop, inspired by Tom Ruddock's "The Draw" poster style. Learn to utilize shape layers and mask properties for creating glows, apply layer styles to add three-dimensional depth to flat silhouettes, and implement a single gradient map for flexible color adjustments. The 33-minute guide covers building a ground plane, creating a triangle portal, adding the subject, designing titles, applying color effects and film grain, and setting up a smart object workflow that allows for easy silhouette swapping without redoing work. Sample brushes are available for download, with timestamps provided for each section including introduction, file setup, ground plane creation, portal design, subject placement, titling, color effects, and conclusion.

Syllabus

00:00 Introduction
30:11 Getting Started file setup, guides, filling in background
01:37 Building the ground plane
06:54 Creating the triangle portal
01:27 Adding the Subject
21:48 Titling
26:20 Color and Film Grain
30:24 Conclusion

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Nucly • Photoshop and Creative Design Training

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