Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make a Vintage, Pulp Fiction Magazine Cover

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to recreate a

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pulp fiction magazine cover from the

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1950s I provided a photoshop template

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that you can download so you can follow

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along it's link is located in the video

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description or project files in addition

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I provided links to all the fonts that

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we'll be using in this tutorial if

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you're not sure how to install fonts

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watch my tutorial and how to do this I

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provided that link as well click on the

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down arrow to open the elements of the

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template it includes the outside shape

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of the cover the Warren creases texture

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the logo of the publisher and the price

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of the magazine I'll temporarily hide

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the template folder and close it make

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the base visible and active let's zoom

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out of the document if you're using

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Windows press ctrl and the minus sign if

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you're using a Mac press command and the

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minus sign open your pen tool and choose

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path if you're on cs5 or earlier the

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path tool is here go near the top corner

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and left click continue to click around

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the outside creating a wider shape at

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the bottom right and narrow where shape

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at the top left go back to the first

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point and when you see a small circle

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left click to close the path place your

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cursor on the path and right-click

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choose make selection the feather radius

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is 0 then click OK press Q to make the

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selection into a quick mask go to filter

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blur and Gaussian blur blur it 50 pixels

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and click OK press Q again to revert it

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back into a selection

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click on your foreground color and type

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in 0 c1 f53 then click OK or press Enter

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or return fill the selection with a

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foreground color by pressing alt or

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option + delete then delete the

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selection by pressing ctrl or command D

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to view your document at a hundred

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percent press ctrl or command + 1 click

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on the new layer icon to make a new

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layer we'll fill it with black to do

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this go to edit and fill click on the

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arrow and choose black then click OK go

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to filter render and clouds change the

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blend mode to color Dodge if your image

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has a bright area like this the end

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result will look better if it's replaced

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with other areas to do this we'll use

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the clone stamp tool choose a medium

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size and a hardness of 0% make the

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opacity fifty percent go to another area

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and press alt on Windows or option on a

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Mac and left-click to pick up that area

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of your image then brush over the bright

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area merge these two layers by pressing

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ctrl or command II we're ready to add

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text open your horizontal type tool and

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click true crimes which is one of the

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fonts I provided choose a font size of

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50 points sharp and center alignment

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click on the color box and pick white

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then click OK type out the title of your

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story to adjust the space between your

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lines of text highlight the lines and go

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to window and character

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the character panel will open click over

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the letting icon and drag your cursor to

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the left or right to bring the lines of

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text closer or further apart to make a

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word larger or smaller highlight the

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word an increase or decrease its point

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size I'll do the same for the bottom

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word to adjust the space or kerning

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between two characters click between the

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characters and press and hold alt or

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option as you press the right or left

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arrows continue to adjust the kerning

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and letting of your title until you're

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happy next we'll add a stroke and a drop

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shadow click the thumbnail of the text

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layer and click the FX icon choose

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stroke make the size 6 pixels and the

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position outside click drop shadow make

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the opacity fifty percent the distance

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36 pixels and the size two pixels then

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click OK next we'll reposition and angle

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it using the transform tool press ctrl

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or command T to reposition it click

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inside and move it go to the middle on

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the right side of the transform press

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and hold ctrl shift alt on windows or

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command shift option on a Mac and when

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you see a vertical double-arrow drag it

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up until you're happy with the angle

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then press Enter or return if you want

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to change the color of your text click

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on the color box and pick a color I'll

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type in FF d800 then click OK or press

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Enter or return let's make the template

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folder visible to make sure our title is

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positioned where we want it I'll move it

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up to make room for the rest of the

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elements

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to move your text press V on your

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keyboard next we'll add a name for the

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author press T to open your type tool

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and click on your document choose a font

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I'm using brush script standard which I

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provided its link to I'll make the size

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16 points left alignment and the color

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is white type out a name for the author

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to reposition it open your move tool and

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move it to angle it open your transform

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tool go to a corner and when you see a

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curved double-arrow rotate it

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counterclockwise to make sure it's the

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same angle as the title move it to the

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bottom edge and rotate it until the

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angles are the same move it into

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position and press Enter or return next

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we'll add the tagline press T to open

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your type tool and click on your

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document i'm using bebas new which I

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provided a link to I'll make the size 18

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points and the leading 20 points click

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the color box and pick a color I'm

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typing for F a 9 b 3 click the center

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text icon and type out your tagline open

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your move tool to reposition it I like

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to italicize the text so I'll click on

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the faux italic icon click on the FX

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icon and choose stroke make the size 2

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pixels and click OK we're ready to add

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retro clipart but first let's place all

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the text into a folder shift-click on

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the large T on the bottom text layer to

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highlight all the text then press ctrl

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or command G let's name it tech

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click on the new layer icon to make a

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new layer we'll fill it with white by

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pressing Shift + the f5 key and choosing

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white click off the eyeballs of all the

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other layers to hide them press T to

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open your type tool and click on your

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document open horror dingbats to the

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victims which I provided the link to

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make the size 300 points and make the

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color black click the caps lock key on

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your keyboard each letter is a different

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clipart illustration I like this one for

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my cover which is the letter e

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ctrl-click or command click on the T to

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make a selection of the shape of the

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clip art click the new layer icon to

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make a new layer and hide the clipart

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text press D on your keyboard to make

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your foreground and background colors

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black and white respectively to fill the

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selection with the foreground color

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press alt or option + delete invert the

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selection by pressing ctrl shift I on

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Windows or command shift I on a Mac then

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hide the selection by pressing ctrl or

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command H click the foreground color and

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pick a color for the skin I'm picking FF

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b 0 b 0 then click OK open the paint

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bucket tool and click on the face to

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fill it in with the color to fill in the

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areas of the skin that the paint bucket

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tool didn't fill in open your pencil

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tool and choose a relatively small point

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size with a hardness of a hundred

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percent paint over those areas click on

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the foreground color and pick another

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color for a different area of the

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clipart continue until you've painted in

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all the colors you want press ctrl or

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command

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d to delete the selection of the clip

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art that we hid earlier drag both of

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these layers to the trash since we don't

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need them anymore make all the layers

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visible and drag the clip art below the

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text open your transform tool and drag

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down go to the top left corner and when

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you see a diagonal double-arrow press

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and hold shift as you drag it in then

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press Enter or return the next steps

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will be to pixelate the background and

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clipart into color half-tones hide the

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top two layers go to image and image

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size change the pixels two percent and

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make sure the chain-link is highlighted

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which links the width and the height

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together type in 300 in either the width

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or the height I'll show you the reason

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later why we're enlarging at this amount

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click OK to move it on your screen press

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the space bar as you drag the image go

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to filter pixelate and color halftone

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the radius amount determines the size of

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the pixels of the color halftone four is

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the smallest radius size were allowed

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the channels are already set at their

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default amounts click OK make the base

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layer active and press ctrl or command F

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to repeat the color halftone press ctrl

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alt I on Windows or command option I on

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a Mac to open its image size type in

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thirty three percent and click OK if we

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apply the color halftone filter without

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enlarging our image three hundred

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percent the result would look like this

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the color halftone pixel radius is still

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four but when we applied it to the

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original size of the image the color

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halftone pixels are way too large to see

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the final image make all the layers

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visible this is Marty from Blue

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Lightning

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TV thanks for watching