Final Poster Creation

Amirah Miller
Quick Selection Tool
The first step to creating my horror poster was to use my own
original image and place the subject onto a new background. I
did this by using the quick selection tool, selecting the subject.
And then zooming in to neaten the edges ensuring it was
selected properly.

Once the subject was selected I then used the

refining properties to smooth the edges of the
image by reducing the contrast, smooth, and
feather tools.

Once the subject was selected I then cut the

background leaving the subject on a
transparent layer. I then placed this layer on a
plain black layer so that the subject was now
on a plain background instead of the original
background.
 Brightness
After using the quick select tool I
then adjusted the brightness levels
on the poster in order to help blend
the original image into the new
background. I did this by going to
properties section with the hue and
saturation tools, here I selected
lightness in which I then reduced to
decrease the brightness, as well as
increasing the saturation of the
image slightly .
By decreasing the brightness of the
image it helps to create horror
imagery to portray its film genre.
Paint and brush tools
After reducing the brightness levels I
then proceeded to use the paint tools
to create a blood splatter effect.
To create the blood spatter effect I
started by selecting a dark red colour,
and choosing a special effects splatter
paint brush where I used around the
top section of the poster, and briefly
went over the same section in a lighter
red to create more depth to the overall
appearance.

At the bottom of the poster using a

standard paintbrush I chose a dark
purple colour as it fits with the horror
genre and blended it out towards the
subjects legs into the black background
by gradually reducing the opacity of the
colour.
 Shadows
Next I selected the layer style
which gave the option to add a
drop shadow which is where I
increased the shadow on the
subjects figure as shadows are
something that can be related to
the horror genre and used to
create a ‘darker’ overall
appearance as well as give the
main image more depth and give
the overall main image a more
realistic look.

I also used the shadow embossing

which added some depth the
shadows, by helping them have a
more blended out appearance to
look more natural.
Star ratings
To create the star ratings on the horror
poster I opened an image onto a blank
file, and using the hand tool I dragged
its image layer onto the horror poster
file in order to place the image onto it,
naming this layer ‘layer 3’.
I moved layer 3 underneath the paint
layer so that instead of the stars
completely standing out against the
background it had some of the ’blood
splatters’.
I repeated this process 3 times to get 3
sets of stars, which I then spread out
and arranged so there was one central
to the other two.
 Text
Next I added to the horror poster by including
some text. I used the ‘Papyrus’ font to create
the title which used a larger font than the
other text in order to make it stand out to the
audience, and because I felt that this type of
font added to the horror atmosphere.

Above the star ratings placed near the top of

the poster I have added critic reviews
and a tagline to further interest the audience.

The bottom of the poster includes the

production credits and social media links,
which give credit to actors and producers .
 Quick Selection Tool
Using a production and distributor company logos I
used the quick selection tool to go around the
edges of the logos, where I then used the ‘smooth’
tool to blend out the edges to make them look
more seamless on the horror poster after cutting
the original black backgrounds.

Once I had used the quick selection tool, I then

dragged the layers onto the horror poster where I
reduced the sizes and placed at the bottom of the
poster underneath the production credits, to make
the horror poster look more legitimate.
 Finished Product
The final additions to my horror poster was adding three
different social media logos which included snapchat,
Instagram, twitter.
To place these images I reduced their image sizes to allow
them to fit underneath the production credits on the poster,
where I then wrote next to them in text the social media
name for the audience to see. This is so that they know
where they could find out information on the horror poster,
as well as giving it an authentic appearance.

After Placing the logos is the desired place I then used the
quick select tool to highlight the logos where I selected the
black and white filter. The filter gave the option to brighten or
decrease colours which allowed me to adjust the grey tones
on the logos, so that the colours would fit the theme of the
horror genre.