Hope Poster Shepard Fairey - CVHS Photography

Shepard Fairy Hope Poster Inspired

Project and Template from Blue Lightning TV Photoshop

Step 1

Choose a HIGH RESOLUTION Photo of a person from the chest up. NO full body
- This can be a personal photo you took or from online

Step 2

If you are in my class, go to Canvas- Files- Shephard Fairy-Hope Poster
- Download template

Step 3

Open the Hope Poster Template file in Photoshop
- You will have two layers when you open it
  - Background and Frame
    - Make sure that both layers have the eye on

Step 4

Open the person photo
- Quick Select around the whole person

Step 5

On the Layers Pallet
- Click on the White box with a Circle (Mask)
  - This will delete the background around the person

Step 6

Move person photo unto the Obama Hope Template
- Close the person file from photoshop

Step 7

Click on the Person Layer
- Move it under the Frame Layer
  - Person Layer will now be the 2ND layer

Step 8

Click Control T
- Make person fit on the poster
  - The Head of the person needs to touch the top or go under the yellow bar
    - Bottom of the Photo MUST go slightly under where the Dark Blue box starts
      - It does not matter if the sholders touch the sides or go under the yellow line

Step 9

Click on the Background Layer
- Click on the Box with the +
  - This will create a new layer (Layer 2)
    - Move Layer 2 BELOW the person layer

Step 10

Click on the Rectangle Marquee Tool (second from top in tools bar)
- Click on colors at the bottom of the tools bar
  - Make sure the two boxes are black and white!

Step 11

Double click on the top black color
- The Color Picker will open
  - Change the B: to 50
    - Do not change anything else

Step 12

Pick the Rectangle Marquee Tool
- Draw a rectangle over the left side of the photo
  - Stop where the red and blue background meet

Step 13

Click
- Alt Delete at the same time
  - This will turn the area behind the person Grey

Step 14

Go to
- Select
  - Deselect

Step 15

Double click on the Black and White color boxes
- Color Picker will open
  - Change B: to 25

Step 16

With the Rectangle Marquee Tool
- Draw over the RIGHT side of the photo
  - Start where the red and Grey line meet

Step 17

Click
- Alt Delete at the same time
  - This will turn the area behind the person Grey

Step 18

Go to
- Select
  - Deselect

Step 19

Click on the Person Layer (Layer 1)
- Go to
  - Filter
    - Blur
      - Surface Blur

Step 20

Radius:10
Threshold: 10

Step 21

With this step you do NOT want to lose the features of the persons face. Play with the sliders until you get the look you want.
Go to
- Filter
  - Filter Gallery
    - Artistic
      - Cutout

Step 22

Click on the Black/white circle at bottom of layers
- Pick Channel Mixer

Step 23

Click Monochrome ( little box above the color sliders)
- Project will turn black and white

Step 24

Make sure you are still on Person layer (layer 1)
- Click on the Black/white circle bottom of Layers Pallet
  - Posterize
    - Make Levels: 5

Step 25

Must still be on Layer 1 (person layer)
- Click the Magic Wand Tool
  - Anti-alias is checked
    - Contiguous is unchecked

Step 26

With the Magic Wand Tool
- Click on the 2nd Lightest Grey color on the person’s face
  - You will see these areas selected with marking ants

Step 27

Go to
- Select
  - Save Selections
    - Click OK

Step 28

Go to
- Select
  - Deselect
    - Ourline will be gone

Step 29

Click on Black/White Circle at bottom of layers(Adjustments)
- Pick Gradient Map

Step 30

A LONG Black and white bar will show up under Properties
- (If your Gradient Map does NOT go from Black to White like the example do not worry about it.)

Step 31

Double Click on the Gradient Map bar

Step 32

A new bar will pop up
- Click on the little box at the botton left of the graph
  - Nothing will happen

Step 33

Click on
- Color

Step 34

At the bottom of the color box type
- 00324D
  - Click OK

Step 35

Location O

Step 36

Click anywhere on the bottom of the color bar
- This will create a new box
  - It does not matter what color this is right now

Step 37

Click on the Color
- Type e01825 for the color choice
  - Click OK

Step 38

Location 25

Step 39

Click anywhere to the right of the second box
- This will create a 3rd box
  - Click on Color
    - Type 7498A4
      - Location 50

Step 40

Click anywhere to the right of the third box
- Click on Color
  - Type FDE5A9
    - Location 75

Step 41

Click on the bottom White box ( far Right)
- Click on Color
  - Type FDE5A9
    - Location 100

(You should now have 5 boxes at the bottom going from Dark Blue- Red- Light Blue- Yellow- Yellow)

Step 42

Go to Layers Pallet
- Make sure the three adjustments are in the following order on the layers palete!!!!!
  - Gradient Map 1
  - Posterize 1
  - Channel Mixer 1

Step 43

Highlight the three adjustment layers
- (Hold Shift Key and Click on each layer to select all of them)
  - Once they are all highlighted
    - Right Click
      - Group from Layers
        Click OK

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Step 44

Pick the Eye Dropper Tool
- Click on light Blue background

Step 45

Click on Frame Layer (top layer)
- Click on the T (text box)

Step 46

Draw a Text box that fills up the entire Dark Blue area

Step 47

Font
- Eras Bold ITC
  - Font size between 150-200 (depending how long your word is)

Step 48

To the Right of the font size
- Click 2nd box of lines

Step 49

Put the Cap Lock on
- Type in a word that relates to the person (see examples at the top of the assignment)
- You may NOT use the word HOPE. You must pick something else!
  - Flatten Image

You are NOT done YET. Read step 50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Step 50

Go to
- Filter- Filter Gallery
  - Texture
    - - Texturizer
        Scaling 50%
        Relief 2 – 3 (depending on how much texture you would like)

STOP! You will have to save your photo a different way!
Flatten Image
Go to:
- File
  - Save a copy
    - Choose JPEG