Celebrate the beauty of creative typography in Photoshop.
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Introduction
Today we're celebrating the beauty of imperfections in typography to create captivating analog type in our poster designs.
Hi everyone!
I'm Cyn Lagos, a visual mentor, passionate about going beyond the box and exploring the potential of design, photo and video.
Now let's unlock a world of analog inspired visual effects in your typography headlines with a few simple steps here in Photoshop.
Creating editable typography with Smart Objects
First, craft the headline statement using the Type Tool and the font of your choice.
Right-click your text layer to select Convert to Smart Object from the menu, so we can edit the text later if we need to.
Time to experiment.
Select the type layer to add our first effect.
Warping and transforming type for analog distortion
Navigate to Edit, Transform, and Warp. and select Cylinder from the dropdown menu.
Press Enter.
Next, go to Edit, Transform and this time choose Perspective.
Pull on the bottom anchors to stretch the perspective.
Then pinch the top anchor points to finish the look.
Press Enter to apply the effect.
Don't forget, even with all these cool effects, you can still edit your text.
Just double-click the Smart Object to enter your non-destructive workflow.
For a little touch of style, double-click your type layer
Enhancing typography with layer styles
to open the Layer Styles panel.
Here, turn on the Inner Shadow, Outer Glow and choose your favorite Color Overlay.
Press OK to apply.
Let's finish up with an analog effect
Adding motion blur for a textured analog finish
to take our type from digital to full texture.
Duplicate the Smart Object layer by right-clicking and selecting Duplicate Layer...
In the Duplicate Layer make sure to turn off the Effects.
Navigate to Filter, Blur, Motion Blur...
Here you want to set the Angle to 90 degrees and play around with the Distance slider for a subtle or a bold effect.
Finally, move the layer with the Blur effect around - above or below your original text layer and enjoy how your type transformation changes the mood and atmosphere of your poster design.
You did it!
You reclaimed the beauty of imperfections and created an analog inspired, stand-out headline for your poster designs.
Thanks for joining me today.
I can't wait to see the incredible posters you'll design.
What you'll learn
Create headline text in a poster
Add a headline to your poster design using the Type tool and a font of your choice.
Distort the text
Warp the headline into a cylinder shape. Then use Transform > Perspective to further distort the text.
Apply layer styles
In the Layer Styles panel, apply Inner Shadow, Outer Glow, and Color Overlay styles to the text.
Finish up with a motion blur effect
Apply the Motion Blur filter to a duplicate of your headline text and move the blurred copy into place to add a hint of movement to your typography.
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