On June 15, 1949, the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Commission issued an order stipulating that the word "August 1" should be the main symbol of the Chinese People's Liberation Army flag and military emblem. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this anniversary was renamed the Founding Day of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. The Army Day-themed poster below mainly uses Photoshop’s text tools, gradients, layer styles, etc. Hope you all like it!
Let’s look at the renderings first:
renderings
The material comes from the Internet and is for learning reference only. Click to download this example material package
The following is the production process of Army Day themed posters :
1. Open the Photoshop CS3 software, execute the menu: "File"/"New" (shortcut key Ctrl+N), a new dialog box will pop up, set the name: 8.1 Army Day, width: 210 mm, height: 297 mm, resolution : 150 pixels/inch, color mode: RGB color, 8-bit, background content: white, click the OK button after setting, as shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1
2. Click the New Layer button in the Layer Control Panel, create a new "Background", select the Toolbox Gradient Tool (shortcut key G), set it to Linear Gradient in the Tool Options Bar, and then click the editable gradient to pop up Gradient Editing device. Double-click at A in Figure 2, and set the color RGB to 159, 9, and 9 respectively; then double-click at B as shown in Figure 2, and set the color RGB to 185, 9, and 9 respectively; double-click again as shown in Figure 2 At C, set the color RGB to 255, 106, and 9 respectively; then double-click at D shown in Figure 2, and set the color RGB to 255, 105, and 9 respectively; then double-click at E shown in Figure 2 to set the color RGB They are 255, 105, and 9 respectively. Click the OK button, then hold down Shift on the keyboard and pull down from top to bottom with the mouse to give a gradient effect, as shown in Figure 2. The effect diagram is shown in Figure 3.
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3. Execute menu: "File"/"Open" (shortcut key Ctrl+O), import material 1, as shown in Figure 4. And set the layer blending mode to Hard Light, as shown in Figure 5.
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4. Execute the menu: "File"/"Open" (shortcut key Ctrl+O), import material 2, click the Add Mask button to add a mask to the material, then select the gradient tool in the toolbox, set a linear gradient, and press Hold down Shift on the keyboard, drag the gradient from left to right with the mouse, and set the layer blending mode to Hard Light, as shown in Figure 6.
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5. Import materials 3, 4, 5, and 6 respectively at the same time, and adjust the size and position, as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7