The recently released movie "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", which was released to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the motherland, grossed over 100 million yuan in three days, which shows its popularity. This time, we will also create a poster to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of New China, imitating the poster style of the movie "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" as a tribute to the National Day. I hope netizens will gain something from the process of studying posters!
Let’s take a look at the final effect first:
final effect
Key production moves: color balance, blending modes.
The following is the detailed process of poster production :
1. Create a new file with poster size. Find a photo of Chairman Mao and cut it out. There are many ways to cut out pictures, and everyone's habits are different. Use your own commonly used method.
Figure 1
2. Add color, layer style, gradient overlay (radial) to the background.
Figure 2
3. Then adjust the color of the character and adjust the color balance (Ctrl+B). Mix the shadows and midtones together.
Figure 3
4. Since the saturation of the poster of "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" is low, I also need to reduce the saturation of the photo and use Hue/Saturation (Ctrl+u) to adjust it.
Figure 4
5. Color balance (Ctrl+B), adjust the overall character to yellow, and the effect will be almost the same.
Figure 5
6. Then let the character's body gradually fade into the background. There are many methods: masks, filter erasers, etc. But I prefer to use the simplest tools to achieve the best-looking effects. First use the marquee tool to select the part of the character that you want to remove, then right-click to feather it (20~50 pixels, depending on the size of the picture), press the Delete key, and the gradient will appear.
Figure 6
7. Find a picture with Tiananmen and soldiers, drag it below the characters, and use the method in step 6 to transition into the picture.
Figure 7