Poster Presentation


This technique gives your work the layout of a professional poster, yet it's incredibly easy to do.

Step One

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Open the photo you want to turn into a poster layout.

Step Two

Go under the Image menu, under Resize, and choose Canvas Size. When the dialog appears, turn on the Relative checkbox, enter 1 inch for both the Width and the Height fields, and choose White in the Canvas Extension Color pop-up menu.

Step Three

When you click OK, an inch of white canvas space will be added around your photo.

Step Four

Now you're going to go back to the Canvas Size dialog under the Image menu, under Resize. Add another inch of white canvas but only to the bottom of your image. So, in the Canvas Size dialog enter 1 inch in the Height field, and then in the Anchor grid, click on the top-center anchor (which makes the area you're adding appear below the image).

Step Five

Click OK and an additional inch of white canvas area is added below your photo.

Step Six

In this extra inch of white space, you'll add some type. Press D set your Fore-ground to black, and then press T to get the Type tool to add your type (i.e., the name of your studio, the name of the poster, whatever you'd like). I chose the font Gill Sans MT in all caps at a size of 20 points. You'll want to add extra space between the letters, which gives the type an elegant look. To do that, when you're typing in your text, just put an extra space (or two if you like) between each letter using the Spacebar.

Step Seven

Once your type has been created and you have space between your letters (as mentioned in the previous step), press V to switch to the Move tool and position your type so it's centered below your photo.

Step Eight

Let's add a thin outside border. Click on the Create a New Layer icon in the top of the Layers palette, and then press Control-A to put a selection around your entire image area. Go under the Edit menu and choose Stroke (Outline) Selection. When the Stroke dialog appears, set black as your stroke Color, set the Width to 1 pixel, set the Location to Center, and click OK. Now you can press Control-D to deselect.

Step Nine

To make the outside border thinner and less obtrusive, go to the Layers palette and lower the Opacity setting for this layer to around 30%, giving you the final poster layout shown here.



The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
The Photoshop Elements 4 Book for Digital Photographers
ISBN: 0321384830
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 201
Authors: Scott Kelby

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