Hope Poster Shepard Fairey

Hope Poster Shepard Fairey

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.  
    • You do not want full body
    • This can be a personal photo you took or from online

Step 2

Step 3

  • Go to Downloads on the computer
  • 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

  • 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

  • Right Click on the Layer
  • Covert to Smart Object

Step 7

  • Move your person photo unto the Obma Hope File
  • You can close your person file now

Step 8

  • Click on the Person Layer
  • Drag it under the Frame Layer
  • Your Person Layer will now be the second layer the frame ontop
  • STOP! 
    • Make sure the Frame Layer eye is on.  If it isn’t the rest of the steps will be confusing!  
    • The Frame Layer will ALWAYS be the Top Layer in this project

Step 9

  • Click Control T to make the person fit on the poster.  
    • You MUST take up most of the background
  • Do not worry if part of the Obama poster is showing.
  • STOP!  Make sure the Frame Layer eye is on, in case you missed the step above

Step 10

  • Click on the Background Layer
  • Click on the Box with the +
    • This will create a new layer (Layer 2)

Step 11

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

 

Step 12

  • Change the B: to 50

Step 13

  • With the Rectangle Marquee Tool
    • Draw over the left side of the photo
    • Stop where the red and blue background meet.
    • It’s ok if you draw over the bottom area a little

Step 14

  • Click 
    • Alt  Delete
  • This will turn the area behind the person Grey

Step 15

  • Go to Select- Deselect

Step 16

  • Return to the Color Picker
  • Change B:  to 25

Step 17

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

Step 18

  • Click   
    • Alt  Delete
  • This will turn the area behind the person Grey

Step 19

  • Go to Select- Deselect

 

Step 20

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

Step 21

  • Radius:10
  • Threshold: 10

Step 22

  • 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 23

  • Click on the Black/white circle at bottom of layers
  • Pick Channel Mixer
  • Click Monochrome (the little box above the color sliders to the left)

 

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****Stop NOW!  You do not want to LOOSE your work so we will quickly save it************

  • Go to File
    • Save AS
    • Save to computer

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Step 24

  • Make sure you are still on Person layer (layer 1)
  • Click on the Black/white circle
  • Pick Posterize
  • Make Levels: 3-6

   

Step 25

  • You are still 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

Click Select-Deselect

Step 29

  • Click on Black/White Circle (Adjustments)
    • Pick Gradient Map 

   

Step 30

  • A LONG Black tooooo 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 botton left little box

Step 33

  • Click on the Color Box

Step 34

  • Type at the bottom 
    • 00324D
  • Click OK

Step 35

  • Type
    • Location O

Step 36

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

Step 37

  • Click on the Color Box
  • Type e01825 for the color choice
  • Click OK

Step 38

  • Type
    • Location 25

 

Step 39

  • Click anywhere near the bottom to the right of the second box
    • This will create a third box
  • Click on Color
    • Type 7498A4
  • Location 50

 

Step 40

  • Click anywhere near the bottom to the right of the third box
  • Click on Color
    • Type FDE5A9
  • Location 75

 

Step 41

  • Click on the bottom White box that is at the far Right
  • Click on Color
    • Type FDE5A9
  • Location 100

You should now have 5 little boxes at the bottom going from

    • Dark Blue- Red- Light Blue- Yellow- Yellow

Step 42

  • Look at your Layers Pallet
  • Make sure the three adjustments are in the following order on the layers palete.  
      • Gradient Map 1
      • Posterize 1
      • Channel Mixer 1
  • Highlight the three adjustment layers
    • (Hold Shift Key and Click on each layer to select all of them)
  • Once  highlighted
    • Right Click
    • Group from Layers
  • Name it Adjustments
    • Click OK

 

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****Stop NOW!  Save your work again

  • Go to File
    • Save 
      • Make sure you are still saving as a PSD file and not a JPEG.

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Step 43

  • Click on Layer 1 (person layer)
  • Click on box with +
    • This will create a new layer (Layer 3)
    • This should be above the Person Layer

Step 44

  • Make sure you are on Layer 3
  • At the bottom of the tool bar make sure Black is the top color
  • Double click it so the color picker appears
  • Make   B:  50
  • This will give you a grey color

 

Step 45

  • Click
    • Alt  Delete
  • This will turn the background Blue and your photo will disappear

Step 46

  • Choose the Eye Dropper Tool
  • Click anywhere in the blue area
  • Make sure the top color box (bottom of Tool Bar) has turned Blue

Step 47

  • Go to
    • Filter
    • Filter Gallery
    • Sketch
    • Halftone Pattern
      • Size: 2
      •  
      • Contrast:  50
      • Pattern Type:  Line

   

Step 48

  • Go to
    • Window
    • Click on Channels
    • The channels box will open

Step 49

  • Be careful on this next step!
    • ONLY click on the words Alpha 1 
      • DO NOT click on the black box or box with eye 
  • Click Control
    • Hold Control down and click the mouse at the same time
      • This will make a little outline of the face appear

Step 50

  • At bottom of Layers Palete click on the White box with circle (Mask)
  • This will put a Mask on Layer 3 and the face will show up

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****Stop NOW!

  • We only have one small step left!
    • Save your work again
    • Go to File
      • Save 
      • Make sure you are still saving as a PSD file and not a JPEG

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Step 51

  • Pick the Eye Dropper Tool
    • Click on the light Blue area

Step 52

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

Step 53

  • Draw a Text box that fills up the entire Dark Blue area
  • In ALL Caps
    • Type in a word that relates to the person you picked (see examples at the top of the assignment)
    • You may NOT use the word HOPE.  You must pick something else!
      • Pick any bold style Font 
      • Make font size 225 
      • Click the 2nd little box of lines on the top right to center your word
  • You are NOT done YET.  Read step 54!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Step 54

  • STOP!  You will have to save your photo a different way!
  • When you are done go to:
    •  File
    • Save a copy
    • Choose JPEG