LEARNING STUDIO · Multimedia 12 · Photoshop

Last Light: how to light a poster

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A1 Adobe. Adjustment and fill layers. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/adjustment-fill-layers.html

A2 Adobe. Mask layers (layer masks, invert, Properties panel). https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/masking-layers.html

A3 Adobe. Blending modes (Soft Light, Screen, Color Dodge, Overlay). https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/blending-modes.html

A4 Adobe. Create timeline animations. https://helpx.adobe.com/photoshop/using/creating-timeline-animations.html

S1 StudioBinder. What is motivated lighting in film. https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/what-is-motivated-lighting-in-film/

S2 Posterwire. Credit where credit is due: the movie-poster billing block. https://posterwire.com/poster-credits-font/

V1 Benny Productions. How to create stylish highlights in Photoshop (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUPIChL7_x8

V2 Benny Productions. How to add realistic highlights in Photoshop (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORUoAVxXxsY

V3 Mir Rom. Creating a cinematic movie poster in Photoshop (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t71VO6tBqY8

V4 Nour Art. Spider-Man poster manipulation (YouTube) — technique only; characters are someone else’s property. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1QoecESJJE

V5 Hazy Graphix. Avengers poster remake (YouTube) — title and layout only. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zyM37lWsnk

V6 PiXimperfect. How to add light in Photoshop using dodge and burn (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbwILjx83rg

V7 Adobe Photoshop (Benny). How to create a glow effect (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENCMGabrOcY

V8 Webflippy. How to glow anything in Photoshop (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQSKseBlA4c

V9 PiXimperfect. Master shadows and lighting in compositing (YouTube). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da4axkDKzxQ

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