How+to+make+a+Text+Poster+of+Someone

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 * Step 1:** Open your photo


 * Step 2:** Remove the color in the photo by desaturation. This is done by hitting **command+shift+U** at the same time.


 * Step 3**: Next cut out your picture from the background. You can do this either by using the PEN TOOL + CONTROL CLICK + COMMAND C or COPY making a selection.


 * Step 4:** Create a NEW document. It should be 4 inches by 4 inches. Then Copy and Paste your image into it.


 * Step 5:** Create a new layer by COMMAND clicking on the new layer icon. This will place it below the active layer.



Make sure the foreground color is black.



Press Option + Delete to fill the layer with Black color.



This image will be your displacement map which will make the image wrap around the contour. To do this make a composite snapshop.

Step 6: Select a layer with your picture on the layers panel. Now you want to hold down **Command+shift+option+E** to create a new layer that combines both your background and your picture.

Step 7: Go to File -> Save As, and name the file Displacement and save it inside your Name Folder. Hit OK on the box that pops up.

Step 8: Next hit command+L, this brings up the output levels. Set the output level to a number between 110 and 120.



Step 9: Get your text. You can download TEXT file on our website. Once your know what you want to use as your text, get the type tool and make a type box over the entire image by clicking and dragging from one corner to the opposite one.

Select the following font.



Go to Window and choose Character.



Step 10: Select all the text by highlighting it and in the text properties panel make the leading 10 px - the amount of text between spaces.



Step 11: Paste your text into the type box and fix any paragraph holes that show up.

Step 12: Next Copy all the text and re-paste it until it fills the entire page.



Click on the check mark when you are done.



Step 13: Now go to Filter -> Distort -> Displace and make your settings as follows. Vertical and Horizontal 5, Stretch to fit, and repeat. Select the file on your desktop named Displacement.



Click OK





Select Displacement file from the desktop and click OPEN.





Step 14: Your text should now be wrapping around your face. Change the text blending mode from normal to overlay in the layers panel.



Step 15: To brighten the text, make a copy of the layer the text is on by click on it in the layers panel and then hitting Command+J.

Step 16: Now we will add a gradient to the image. Start by clicking the adjustment color button at the bottom of the layers panel and select color gradient. This will create a new layer called Color Gradient 1.



Step 17: Change the blending mode from Normal to Color.

Change the blending mode to COLOR.

Step 18: Double click the gradient in the layers panel and change the gradient to one that you like.



Step 19: Go to File-> Save as -> “Yournametextposter.psd” and hit ok.

Step 20: Go to File-> Save for Web and Devices -> “Yournametextposter.jpg” and hit ok.

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 * DON'T CREATE A BORDER. **