Final poster creation
- 1. Final Poster Creation Omar Rasoul
- 2. Main Image Here is the first step I took it was finding the original main image I had taken and then identifying the area of the image I was taking as well as the process to clean it up and in this case remove any visible blemishes from the subjects face. Here this was done using the spot healing brush and what I had to do was remove the three visible blemishes on that area of the subjects face using said tool. As we can see the end result is a virtually blemish face and specifically the area of the subjects face we intend to remove.
- 3. Main Image Here is where we begin the process of removing this area of the subjects face. As can bee seen I used the quick selection tool in order to highlight said area and remove it from the main image. The navigator tool was enabled throughout this process to allow me to smoothly zoom in and out whilst doing this as at some points for the accuracy to be maintained the size of the tool would have to be put all the way down and the section of the image would have to be zoomed in to be able to view it on the pixel level and more accurately get the closest outline possible to be able to remove this area perfectly without having the outline of hair be a visible problem.
- 4. Eyes/Blood This is a selected image from online (seen in source table) and was mainly intended for use to input characters eyes above as well as be used as something that looks like blood that has been wiped away. To achieve this outcome first I went to the blending options and then on the section titled “this layer” lower the black levels to remove the black background and keep the red section of the image. Next I went to the bevel & emboss section and after enabling it changed thew depth and the size (428% & 7px respectively) in order to receive a thicker look to the blood as if there is a lot of it that someone possibly tried to wipe away as well as make it look slightly more natural on a surface and not out of place like a 2d layer on another 2d layer which leads me to my next stage. Here I added inner shadows to the image again to add to a more natural and realistic look to the blood as well as help it look more natural against the background again this was mainly done through changing the size and depth of the shadow as well as changing the angle of the shadow to -53 degrees again to help it look more natural against the background.
- 5. Eyes/Blood In this step I mainly aimed remove the eyes from the original image to be able to use the layer multiple types strictly as a layer meant to be wiped away blood. The way in which I achieved this outcome was through the use of the clone stamp tool to duplicate the certain shades of red as accurately as possible as well as to be able to cover up the eyes and eyebrows that were once there.
- 6. Eyes/Blood Now at this stage it was all about getting the exact colour for the gradient change for the subjects face before the merge that would blend the eyes and overall section of the subjects face to the “wiped away blood” as seen in my drafts that I have previously done for this project. The way in which I was able to achieve this exact colour fill that I would be able to use later on for the gradient of the subject’s face was the eyedropper tool which samples a colour from an image and after sampling the colour from the layer of blood I would be able to use it for the gradient.
- 7. Eyes/Blood In this step I began applying the gradient to the section of the subjects face that I had chosen. The way in which I went about achieving this was using the quick selection tool I highlighted the layer containing the subjects face and after this I went to the section at the bottom right where I was able to find the option for colour fill and after doing the colour fill to cover the subjects face I went to the layers section and pressed the drop box that previously said normal and switched it too the option “linear light” achieving the transparent effect so we can still see the subjects face whiles maintain the colour that blend with the layer of “wiped away blood”
- 8. Eyes/Blood Here after reviewing the gradient change I had decided it looked a bit too soft and wouldn’t necessarily blend fully well with the layer of blood so then I went to the layers option and then selected the filter gallery where I had a range of different features to give the image a more stylistic look. The style I ended up selecting from the filter gallery is the one called “poster edges” as it left the main images of the subject with a harder more distressed look as well as highlighting certain facial features and blemishes left giving the main image a harder and more emphasised look.
- 9. Merge B A Here I mainly wanted to balance the lighter shades the filter from the filter gallery caused and balance them with the shade of red the blood is and then when we come to use the smudge tool to blend it will look more natural and match the shade of red we see. As can be seen I used the burn tool mainly around the eyes and all around and all around the edges they were used very heavily in order to bring us to the closest shade that when smudged would match the background well, it was used more lightly on the lighter areas of the face to make it seem again more natural and not to bright in term leave it matching with the overall colour of the blood.
- 10. Merge B A Here I began the process of merging the blood and the eyes together to receive the effect of as seen in the drafts of seeing his eyes and this section of his face within the blood. The way in which thus effect was achieved was through the duplication of the layer of blood (as it is to be used multiple times) and then moving them to the same page and arranging the layers for them to show the eyes above the blood, then after resizing the layers and getting the placement right I went on to merge the layers together and the purpose of this was for what the next step is which was the use of the smudge tool to blend the edges of the face into the blood and this is where the pay off for the eyedropper tool and burn tool come into play as they gave us the closest shade of red and there for a more natural look when we come to blend them.
- 11. Eyes Here I intended to put one more finishing touch on the eyes and this was done using the dodge tool this time as can be seen I used the doge tool on the white of the eyes and the reflection on the pupils. The effect this was intended to achieve was to again make the subjects eyes look more piercing and give the image a more unsettling look really highlighting the character looking at the audience and just giving the image an over all unsettling feel.
- 12. Wrench This within the draft and the final image is meant to link and cross over with work from unit 10 where I made the opening scene of a film and began production on a second scene from said film, due to the obvious circumstances the opening scene had to be cut around and edited to be more of a short film removing any reference of what is to come and more so wrapping it up in around 8 or 9 minutes. In any case this is a weapon seen with the short film which the antagonist who is the subject who I use in the poster uses to commit murder. Here I mainly aimed to give the tool a grimier and dirtier look and I first started as this is an external image by using the quick selection tool to remove the wrench and be able to give it this intended look of grimy and dirty which I do using the burn tool.
- 13. Wrench Here I took both the layers of another duplicate for the blood and the wrench and I ordered the layers to put the wrench in front and then I went on to blending options and for the wrench and added on a drop shadow again for a more natural look, after this I went for bevel and emboss and again experimented with it to give the wrench a more three dimensional natural look. At the end of all of this I merged said layers.
- 14. Title Here I went to the blending options and then on the section titled “this layer” lower the white levels to remove the white background and keep the black section which is the title. The same was done for all other text that used this font that would be present in the production credits and a tagline all though they were later colour corrected to white using gradient overlay.
- 15. Title Here I added a gradient overlay to the title consisting of grey and red (almost like blood on a knife) and then I changed the blend mode to dissolve to give it a more distressed and grimier look. After this I lowered the opacity too make it less harder. I then went on to enable bevel and emboss again to make the title a bit more natural against the background and after enabling this setting I increased the depth and size.
- 16. Title Lastly I added an inner shadow to the title and changed the opacity to 35% and changed the distance and size of the shadow and the main reason behind my use of said shadow was in order to make the edges more natural against the background. Note: the tagline seen on the poster used the same gradient overlay but as it had previously been done all I had to do was save the pre-set for it then apply it to the tag line which as you will see on the final poster I placed above the Title.
- 17. Background: Burn Here I took an image of a black brick wall and I intended to remove the light that can be seen on some bricks and again I went about achieving this through using the burn tool and this gave the background an overall more balanced look and gave all the bricks a darker look again to look natural behind all the layers and not take away any attention from the main images and other text and layers.
- 18. Other Blending for stars Here I took stars that are used for reviews for the film and using text I added the names of certain notable publications that may have reviewed the film after doing so and re sizing certain layers I linked each layer of text to the star it is under and placed three reviews on each side (right and left) as they fill in empty spaces aside the blood and the wrench.
- 19. Production Credits Here I started the production credits typing them up using the ‘agency FB’ font and then linking all layers together in order to move all text to the final poster. This was achieved using the horizontal typing tool. Next I went on to add the colour overlay through the blending options onto the production credits as I wanted to change the colour of the text to white so it can be more clearly seen on the final poster which consists of darker colours and a lot of black.
- 20. Production Credits: Logo’s Here I started the work to implement the production logos that would go where the production credits are and again the way in which I achieved this is through going to the layer styles section and going down to the blending options section and removing the black levels for the universal logo and the white levels for the blumhouse logo. This in term left me with just the logo in the end but at this stage there is still work to be done for the blumhouse logo.
- 21. Production Credits: Logo Here I started the work of turning the blumhouse logo white in order to have it be visible on the poster which was higher in the black levels as it is a darker poster and there fore black text would not be visible. First I used the magic wand tool to highlight the logo and remove the at this point invisible background for the logo then u used colour fill to make the “H” black so it remains visible and then highlighted each letter using the magic wand tool and then used colour fill to make it white.
- 22. Production Credits: Logo Here I had to get images of logos for some social media platforms that again would be at the bottom of the poster with the production credits. The way in which I was able to put these logos onto the poster is through using the object selection tool I was able to highlight the logos and after doing so I simply dragged them on to the tab with the poster and re sized them and placed them appropriately to where they had to be. Next thing I did was put the social media logos in black and white as the colour detracts from the rest of the black and white around them the way in which I did this was quick select the logo then go to the bottom right bar select the option seen and then for each layer that was a social media logo I selected the black and white option.
- 23. Production Credits Here is the final result and as can be seen the production credits are in the centre with the release date of the film being above them and bellow the official website for the film then on each side we can see a production company the smaller one on the left and the bigger more well known one to the right. Further more we can see the social media account name for the official social media page for the film next to each logo of the social media platforms.
- 24. Layers/Ordering Here is something that I had to regularly focus on and pay attention to throughout the whole process was mainly the ordering of layers as well as the merging and linking of some to help control the final image and make it easier to if need be tweak and correct. First things such as putting the layer for the wrench over a layer of copied blood and then above those layers the layer containing the eyes of the main character/antagonist and then merging all of the aforementioned layers in order to be able to move the central “main” images with ease. Also the linking of each star copy to the text layer (name of review publications) and finally things such as making sure the layers for the production credits and reviews are above the background layers
- 25. Final Poster Edited Image Original Image