Photoshop Movie Poster

This fictional movie poster was designed to incorporate three current actors, one deceased altering from black and white photo to color, several background images, and utilizing multiple photoshop techniques to acheive a dynamic result.

Techniques:

1. Import Title from Illustrator
2. Elvis Color Photo created from Black and White
3. Grain Effects applied to Rene Color
4. Noise Effects applied to Javier Color and Elvis Color
5. Filter Gallery, Texturizer applied to Tom Hardy
6. Unsharp Mask applied to Elvis Color
7. Layer Style Effects: Stroke, Outer Glow, and Drop Shadow applied to all Actor Color photos
8. Adjusted Opacity on Javier B/W, Gun, Elvis B/W, Rene B/W, Maze, Skyscraper Museum and Scratches on White
9. Blending Modes Used: Multiply- Javier B/W;
Soft Light- British Museum; Overlay- Gun; Hard Light- Rene B/W;
10. Hue-Saturation Layer Adjustment On Javier Color, Rene Color, and Elvis Color
11. Levels Adjustment Layer On Javier Color, Rene Color, and Elvis Color
12. Layer Style Effects: Drop Shadow and Outer Glow to Title, Actors and Teaser Text
13. Layer Mask: applied on B/W Javier, Elvis, and Rene to mask out backgrounds
14. Layer Mask: to enhance eyes on Javier Color, Elvis Color and Tom Color

4 Actors:

1. Tom Hardy
2. Javier Bardem
3. Rene Russo
4. Elvis Presley (died 1977)

Original Images:

1. Tom Hardy
2. Javier Bardem Color
3. Javier Bardem B/W
4. Rene Russo Color
5. Rene Russo B/W
6. Elvis Presley B/W to Color
7. Elvis Presley B/W
8. Gun and Bullets
9. Maze
10. British Museum
11. Skyscraper Museum
12. Scratches on White

1. Tom Hardy

2. Javier Bardem

3. Rene Russo

4. Elvis Presley

5. Javier Bardem, Black and White

6. Rene Russo, Black and White

7. Elvis Presley, Black and White

8. Gun and Bullets

9. Maze

10. British Museum

11. Skyscraper Museum

12. Scratches on White