Photoshop Tutorial: How to Create a Custom, Corner Billboard from a Photo.

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hi this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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I'm going to show you how to create your

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own corner billboard if you'd like to

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use this image by photographer Rob D

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catarino I provided its link in my

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video's description or project files

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before we begin I want to point out that

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the vanishing point feature which will

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be using in this tutorial is available

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in version cs2 and later open a photo

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that you'd like to place into the

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Billboard I downloaded this one from

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dreamstime.com if you want to add text

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to your photo

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open your type tool and pick a font i'm

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using by row if you'd like to use it I

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provided its link as well I'll make its

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size approximately 50 points however

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feel free to use whatever size you'd

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like

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I'll make its aliasing sharp and flush

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left alignment click the color box to

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open the color picker pick a color you

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like to your text if you want to copy a

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color from your photo just click on that

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area of the photo to copy its color then

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click OK

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click on your photo and type out your

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text if you want to adjust the space

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between all your characters highlight

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your text and press and hold alt or

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option + the left or right arrow key on

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your keyboard to adjust the space

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between just two characters click

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between those characters and repeat the

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step

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to reposition it open your move tool and

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move it make a composite snapshot of

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your visible image by pressing ctrl

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shift alt e on windows or command shift

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option e on a mac

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press ctrl or command a to select your

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composite snapshot and press ctrl or

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command C to copy it to your clipboard

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will paste it into the Billboard a

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little later open your billboard photo

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and click the new layer icon to make a

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new layer go to filter and vanishing

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point

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I get an in-depth tutorial on vanishing

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point so if you'd like to watch it I

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provided its link in my video's

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description zoom into the billboard

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by clicking the zoom tool and dragging

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it over the billboard

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click the Create plane tool

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click the top left corner of the left

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side of the Billboard and click the top

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point between the left and right sides

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click the bottom point between the left

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and right sides and click the bottom

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left corner of the left side the

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bounding box and grid of a prospective

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plane is normally blue if there's a

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problem with the placement of the corner

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nodes the bounding box and grid turn

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either yellow or red if you see either

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of these colors move the corner nodes

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until the bounding box and grid are blue

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we can create an additional grid that

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shares the same perspective of the first

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grid by going to the middle edge node

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and control dragging or command dragging

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it to the edge of the other side

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if the newly created plane doesn't

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properly line up with the image drag the

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corner nodes until they do

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you'll notice that the only visible grid

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is the last grid you created however the

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first plane is actually there it's just

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hidden now that we have the prospective

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grid on both sides of the billboard we

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can paste our photo into it press ctrl

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or command V and drag it inside the grid

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immediately our photo retains the same

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perspective as our vanishing point grids

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to reduce or enlarge our photo inside

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the grid drag the inside image over

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until you see a corner click the

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transform tool go to a 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 or out

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pressing shift kept your photos aspect

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ratio as you resized it to reposition it

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just drag it when you're happy with its

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size and position click OK

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notice your new billboard image is on

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its own layer ctrl click or command

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click its thumbnail to make a selection

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of its overall shape

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go to select modify and feather feather

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it one pixel and click OK or press Enter

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or return

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click the layer mask icon to make a

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layer mask of the selection next to the

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active layer

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click the chain-link icon to unlink the

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layer and the layer mask this allows us

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to resize and or reposition either of

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them independently of the other click

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the thumbnail of the cutout billboard to

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make it active and open your transform

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tool by pressing ctrl or command T at

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the top click the chain-link icon to

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link the width and the height now

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whatever we type into one of them will

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be repeated in the other type in a

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hundred one percent then press Enter or

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return this enlarged our billboard image

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just a bit to ensure that it covers the

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original billboard under it to make the

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billboard blend in more with the

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background we'll add a little grain to

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it go to filter noise and add noise I'll

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make it three percent but you can adjust

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the amount to what looks good to you

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make it gaussian and monochromatic

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because the billboard image is most

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likely sharper than our background will

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slightly blur the billboard go to filter

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blur and Gaussian blur blur it point

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three pixels and click OK or press Enter

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or return

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the source of sunlight in this

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particular background is originating

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from the left so the shadows are being

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cast to the right therefore I'll make

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the billboards right side a bit darker

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than its left first make a copy of the

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top layer and it's layer mask ctrl-click

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or command click the layer mask to make

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a selection of its shape press Q to make

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the selection into a quick mask

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open your pen tool and click directly

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above the top middle corner to place an

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anchor point release your mouse or pen

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and click below the bottom middle corner

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if you need to reposition the path press

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and hold ctrl or command as you drag the

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anchor point to relocate it release your

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mouse or pen and click below the right

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corner if your shadow is on the right

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continue until you click back on the

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original top anchor point to close the

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path right click directly on the path to

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open the flyout list and click make

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selection feather it one pixel and click

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OK

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press alt or option + delete to fill the

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outside of the selection with a quick

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mask to deselect it press ctrl or

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command D press Q to convert the quick

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mask into a selection and invert the

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selection by pressing ctrl or command

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shift I make sure your layer mask is

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active and press alt or option + delete

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to fill the selection with black now

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only the right side of your billboard

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will be visible through the layer mask

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then deselect it click the top layer

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thumbnail to make it active

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and click the adjustment layer icon

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click levels to restrict the adjustment

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layer to effect just the one layer below

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it we need to clip it to that layer to

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do this either click the clipping mask

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icon or press ctrl alt G on Windows or

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command option G on a Mac

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drag the output highlight level to the

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left approximately this much to darken

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it

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this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV

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thanks for watching