Tutorial: Creating a Cover Design by Compositing in Photoshop Part Two

January 13th, 2009 by becky Categories: Design Photoshop No Responses

In part two of this three part tutorial you’ll continue to create a cover design in Photoshop by using a combination of layer masks, blending modes, layer styles and adjustment layers by compositing only four images.

ADD THE THIRD IMAGE (row of people)

- use the quick selection tool to remove the background and add another ‘girl’ on the right side of the image as shown below

ADD A LAYER MASK
� use the brush tool to paint in opacity (set the foreground color to white)
(tip: experiment using the brush and eraser opacity to create different effects)

ADD AN OUTER GLOW LAYER STYLE
(tip: remember these settings, you will use them again later)

Use the following settings:
� Blend Mode = Screen
� Opacity = 75%
� Noise = 0%
� Color: C=2 M=0 Y=31 K=0
� Technique = softer
� Spread = 4%
� Size 29 px
� Range = 50%
� Jitter = 0%

� set the Layer Blending mode: Multiply
� 0pacity = 69%

Image with all the layer styles applied

ADD LAYER AND PLACE ANOTHER COPY OF THE THIRD IMAGE
� sIze and position the image as shown

ADD A NEW STROKE LAYER
Use the following settings:
� Size: 18 px
� Position: outside
� Blend mode: Normal
� Opacity = 70%
� Color: C=40 M=0 Y=81 K=0

ADD AN OUTER GLOW (use the same settings at the top)

ADD TYPE
Select the Type tool and use the following settings:
� Font: Bickham Script Pro Regular
� Size: 72 point
� Color: white

Add a Drop Shadow with the following settings:
� Blend Mode: Multiply
� Opacity = 24%
� Angle: 120
� Distance: 15 px
� Spread: 0
� Size: 5 px
Leave all other settings as default