Letter Portrait Photoshop

Letter Portrait Photoshop

 

 

Photograph 

  • Pick a High Resolution Side Profile Photo 
    • Google
      • (Person’s name) Side Profile photo 
        • The photo must be from the Side and not straight ahead. 
          • This may be full body or just their head
      • High resolution photos work best
  • Warning! 
    • Not every photo you choose will work for this project.  You may need to pick a couple different ones.
NO
 
YES
 
 
Photoshop

Step 1: 

  • File-New
    • 10 Inches width
    • 10 Inches height
    • Resolution 72
  • Background Color is WHITE

Step 2: 

  • Select the Text Box
    • Draw a box covers 3/4 of the page

Step 3:  

  • Type the Initial of the Person you picked
    • This can be from their First name or Last name or their character
  • Font Size
    • Between 500-700
      • If the font is to big or two small change the size
  • Font Style
    • Pick any Style
  • Font Color
    • Black looks best but you may pick any color

Step 4: 

  • Open the image of the person
    • With the Quick Selection tool
      • Select around the person

       

Step 5: 

  • When you are done selecting the person
    • Click Select and Mask
    • Near the bottom of the new box that opens
      • Smooth 15
      •  Contrast 10%
      • Click OK

          

Step 5: 

  • Move the person onto the letter 
  • Reduce the opacity on Layer 1 so that you can see the letter through it
  •  Click
    • Control T to make the person bigger or smaller
  • Move the person so that part of their face is coming out of the letter
    • You may also have parts of their body coming out of the letters
  • Increase the Opacity back to 100% before going to Step 6

 

Step 6: 

  • Layer 1
    • Right click
      • Create Clipping Mask
        • The photo will now be in the letter

 

Step 7: 

  • Right click on Layer 1 again
    • Duplicate Layer

 

Step 8: 

  • Right click on the Layer 1 Copy 
      • Release Clipping Mask

 

Step 9: 

  •  Reduce the opacity on Layer 1 Copy so that you can see the letter again
  • Add a Mask (bottom of layers pallet)

 

Step 10: 

  • Select a Paint Brush
    • Make sure its Black
  • Paint out parts of the person that is between parts of the letter
    • If you make a mistake, flip brush to white and paint it back in 
      • You want to see what the letter is so don’t take out to much or to little

Step 11: 

  • Increase the Opacity to 100%

  • Flatten the Image

  • NO logo

Step 12: Adding the name of the Person 

  • Click on the Text Box tool and draw a box  below the letter/image
    • Type the first name of the person
      • Make sure the font size isn’t to big or small
  • Click on the Textbox tool again
    • Draw a second box underneath the person’s first name
      • Type the person’s middle or last name
        • Change the font size so that it is smaller then their first name