In this tutorial, I'll show you how to design a poster for an 80's anthem party. Throughout this tutorial, we'll create some textures for background, manipulate a photo to give it a stylish look, and make some color variations. Let's jump into this super rad tutorial.
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Video Tutorial
Step 1
Create a new document 1000 pixels wide and 1400 pixels high, with Resolution set to 300 pixels per inch.
Step 2
Fill the "Background" layer with the color #c2bbaa. Hit Command + A to select all. Next, drag one vertical and one horizontal guide, then place them in the center of your document. Deselect by hitting Command + D. Change your Foreground Color to #bbb099, get the Custom Shape tool and pick the "Registration Target 2" shape, which is in the Symbols category from the Custom Shape Picker. Set to Fill pixels. Next, while holding down the Shift and Alt keys, start drawing the shape from the center, as in the below image. By the way you can always hide or unhide guides by pressing Command + H.
Step 3
Now we need to apply a layer style to the background layer, but because it's the "Background" Layer we can not. Go to Layer > New > Layer From Background and name the layer "Rays." Now apply a Gradient Overlay using these settings: Blend Mode set to Color Burn, Opacity at 55%, Gradient set to Black to White, Style set to Radial and Reverse checked.
Step 4
Create a new layer and name it "Dirt." Pick 60% gray as your Foreground and black as your Background Color. Go to Filter > Render > Clouds. Then go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds.
Step 5
Go to Filter > Artistic > Film Grain and set the Grain to 5, Highlight Area to 0, Intensity to 2 and then apply. Now go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask, set Amount at 500%, Radius to 18 pixels and Threshold to 40 levels.
Step 6
Go to Filter > Artistic > Fresco, set the Brush Size to 10, Brush Detail to 10 and Texture to 1. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Levels (Command + L) and set Input Levels to 15, 1, 110. Set Layer Blending Mode to Screen and Layer Opacity at 50%.
Step 7
Create a new layer and name it "Dark." Get the Elliptical Marquee Tool, then while holding down the Alt key, make a selection starting from the center of the canvas, as in the image below. Go to Select > Inverse and fill the selection with black. Hit Command + D to deselect and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur and apply with a Radius of 150 pixels. Set the Interior Opacity (Fill) for the Layer at 20% and set the Blending Mode to Linear Burn.
Step 8
Now let's add some more dirt texture. Create a new layer named "Dirt 2" above the "Dirt" layer. Set your Foreground Color to White and Background Color to Black. Get the Brush Tool and pick "Scattered Maple Leaves" from the Brush Preset Picker. Set the Master Diameter to 250 pixels. Go to Color Dynamics in the Brushes Palette and set the Foreground/Background Jitter at 100%. Paint the whole layer with the brush.
Step 9
Set the brush Painting Mode to Difference in the Tool Options and paint the canvas over again. Then go to Filter > Artistic > Film Grain, then set Grain to 6, Highlight Area to 0 and Intensity to 2.
Step 10
Go to Filter > Artistic > Fresco, then set Brush Size to 1, Brush Detail to 10 and Texture to 3. Next, go to Filter > Stylize > Solarize. Now go to Image > Adjustments > Invert.
Step 11
Now set Layer Blending Mode to Linear Burn and set Opacity at 20%.
Step 12
A poster should attract attention and in order to achieve this goal we're going to use a simple familiar object as the main focus of our poster. This object will be a cassette because it has an association with the 80's. Now let's open the cassette image. Download the image file here and open it in Photoshop.
Get the Horizontal Type Tool (T) and type your text like in the below image. I used the font PTF Nordic, which can be downloaded from Dafont.com via this link for free.
Create a new layer above the "Background" layer named "Rectangle" and get the Rectangular Marquee Tool. Make a selection as shown and fill it with color #dddfd2. Go to the text layer in the Layers Palette and hit Command + E to merge the top two layers. Deselect by hitting Command + D.
Step 13
Go to Edit > Transform > Distort and fit the perspective of the "Rectangle" layer to the cassette. Then scale it down a little bit as you can see in the image below.
Step 14
Make sure the "Rectangle" layer is selected in the Layers Palette and press Command + E to merge the layers. Grab the Pen Tool, set it to Paths in the Tool Options and draw a path around the cassette.
Step 15
Go to Paths Palette and Command-click the "Work Path" to make a selection out of the path. Go back to the "Background" layer in the Layers Palette. Go to Layer > New > Layer via Copy. Name the new layer "Casette." Deselect, then go to the "Background" layer and fill it with white.
Step 16
Let's give this photo a stylistic look. Go to the "Casette" layer in the Layers Palette. Next, go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Threshold. Set the Threshold Level to 210. Using Adjustment Layers is a good way because you can always double-click it and change the settings.
Step 17
Go to the "Casette" layer, then go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask. Set the Amount at 500%, Radius to 15 pixels and Threshold to 5 levels.
Step 18
Go to the Threshold Adjustment Layer in the Layers Palette and Hit Command + E to merge.
Step 19
Command-click the "Casette" layer to load it's pixels. Create a new layer on top and name it "Casette B." Fill the selection with color #392200. Go back to the "Casette" layer, copy by going to Edit > Copy. Now go to the Channels Palette and create a new channel and paste by going to Edit > Paste.
Step 20
Command-click the "Alpha 1" channel to load the white pixels as a selection. Go back to the Layers Palette and create a new layer on top. Name it "Casette W". Next, fill the selection with the color #bbee99. Hit Command + E twice to merge the top three layers, and then Deselect.
Step 21
Drag the "Casette" layer to your "Retro.PSD" document. Hit Command + T to enter Free Transform Mode and set the Horizontal and Vertical Scales to 35%, then set the Rotation to 100 degrees. Place the cassette in the middle of the canvas as shown.
Step 22
Create a new layer below the "Casette" layer and name it "Stroke." Command-click the "Casette" layer to load the selection and fill it with the color #bbee99. Deselect by hitting Command + D. Grab the Move Tool and move the "Stroke" layer 10 pixels left and 3 pixels up.
Apply a Stroke Layer Style to the "Casette" layer using these settings: Size set to 5 pixels, Position set to Outside, Blend Mode set to Normal, Opacity set at 100%, and Color set to #bbee99.
Step 23
Command-click the "Casette" layer again. Go to Edit > Define Brush Preset and name the brush "Casette." Now Deselect. Grab the Brush Tool, pick the "Casette" brush you have just defined, and set Master Diameter to 200 pixels.
Go to the Brushes Panel and under Brush Tip Shape, set the Spacing at 370%, check Shape Dynamics, then set Size Jitter and Angle Jitter to 100%. Create a new layer named "Falling 1." Set your Foreground Color to #553300. Paint the center of the canvas vertically, as in the below image.
Step 24
Create a new layer and name it "Falling 2." This time set the Master Diameter to 400 pixels and paint again, as you did in the previous step. Set the Layer Blending Mode to Soft Light and set the Layer Opacity at 60%. Go to the "Stroke" layer and set the Layer Opacity at 75%.
Step 25
Create a new layer above the "Rays" layer, name it "Shadow." Grab the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a selection, as in the image below. Fill the selection with the color #553300. Deselect and go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Apply with a Radius of 100 pixels. Now hit Command + Alt + F to bring up the Gaussian Blur dialog again, this time apply with a Radius of 50 pixels.
Step 26
Grab the Horizontal type Tool and type the text Rewind. Set the text color to #cc9966. I used Harlow Solid Italic, you can pick your favorite font. Go to Layer > Rasterize > Layer. Duplicate the layer. Make sure the "Rewind copy" layer is selected in the Layers Palette. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set Amount at 25%, set Distribution to Uniform and check Monochromatic.
Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the Angle to 0 degrees and Distance to 200 pixels and apply. Now go to the "Rewind" layer, apply another Motion Blur filter. This time, for the Distance set it to 20 pixels. We'll also apply a Drop Shadow Layer Style using these settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Color set to Black, Opacity at 75%, Distance set to 0 pixels, Spread set at 2% and Size set to 150 pixels.
Step 27
Now we'll create another text layer. Type 80's this time. Go to Layer > Rasterize > Layer. Duplicate the "80's" layer by going to Layer > Duplicate. Make sure the "80's copy" layer is selected in the Layers Palette.
Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set the Amount at 20%, set Distribution to Uniform and check Monochromatic. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur. Set the Angle to 0 degrees and Distance to 80 pixels and apply. Now go to "80's" layer, apply another Motion Blur filter. This time, for the Distance set it to 10 pixels. We'll also apply a Drop Shadow Layer Style using these settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Color set to Black, Opacity at 75%, Distance set to 0 pixels, Spread set at 2% and Size set to 150 pixels.
Step 28
Create another text layer above the "80's copy" layer. Type and place the word to as you can see in the image below. Next, apply a Drop Shadow using the following settings: Blend Mode set to Linear Burn, Color set to Black, Opacity at 45%, Distance set to 0 pixels, Spread set at 2% and Size set to 40 pixels.
Step 29
Select the "80's" and "80's copy" layers in the Layers Palette and hit Command + E to merge them. The merged layer will be named "80's copy." Drag this layer beneath the "Stroke" layer in the Layers Palette.
Apply a Gradient Overlay with these settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Opacity at 50%, Gradient set to Black to White, Style set to Linear, Angle set to 180 degrees and Scale set at 100%. This layer style will give the shadow effect coming from the cassette.
Step 30
Let's put a text block containing some information. Grab the Horizontal Type Tool, starting from the top left corner, click and drag to create a rectangular text area as shown. Type your text here. I used the font "Bauhaus 93." Set the Font Size to 10 pt, leading to 7 pt, set Color to #887766.
Step 31
We need more weight at the bottom of our poster because now it is still unbalanced. Grab the Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a selection as shown. Create a new layer and name it "Line." Fill the selection with #cc9966. Set the Layer Opacity at 80%.
Step 32
Create a new layer and name it "Triangle." Grab the Custom Shape Tool, set it to Fill Pixels in the Tool Options and pick the Triangle shape. Draw a triangle like in the below image. Hit Command + T to enter Free Transform Mode and Rotate the triangle 90 degrees counter clockwise. Duplicate the "Triangle" layer and move the copy left to make a rewind symbol. Now hit Command + E to merge both triangles and name the merged layer "Rewind icon."
Step 33
Duplicate the "Rewind icon" layer. Go to Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Set the Amount at 25%, set Distribution to Uniform and check Monochromatic. Go to Filter > Blur > Motion Blur, then set the Angle to 0 degrees and Distance to 80 pixels and apply.
Now go to the "Rewind icon " layer, apply another Motion Blur filter. This time, for the Distance set it to 10 pixels. We'll also apply a Drop Shadow Layer Style using these settings: Blend Mode set to Multiply, Color set to Black, Opacity at 75%, Distance set to 0 pixels, Spread set at 2% and Size set to 150 pixels.
Step 34
You're almost done with your poster. The design looks balanced but we need some warm colors in it. Go to the "Shadow" layer and apply a Gradient Overlay Layer Style using these settings: Blend Mode set to Linear Dodge, Opacity at 60%, Gradient set to Orange to Yellow to Orange, Style set to Radial and Scale set at 80%.
Step 35
Go to the "Dark" layer and apply a Gradient Overlay using these settings: Blend Mode set to Color Burn, Opacity set at 100%, Gradient set as Violet to Orange, with a Style of Linear, Angle set to 90 degrees and Scale set at 100%.
Step 36
Select both the "Rewind" and "Rewind copy" layers in the Layers Palette and hit Command + E to merge them. Name the merged layer "Rewind." Next, apply a Gradient Overlay to the layer with these settings: Blend Mode set to Linear Dodge, Opacity at 80%, Gradient set as Orange to Yellow to Orange, Style set to Linear, Angle set to 90 degrees and Scale set at 100%.
Step 37
Go to the "80's copy" layer. Next, go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation. Set Hue to -35, Saturation to 50 and hit OK.
Step 38
Select both the "Rewind Icon " and "Rewind Icon Copy" layers and merge them by hitting Command + E. Go to Image > Adjustments > Hue/Saturation, set Hue to 10, Saturation to 50 and apply.
Step 39
Go to the "Falling 2" layer and apply a Gradient Overlay using these settings: Blend Mode set to Color Burn, Opacity set at 30%, Gradient set as Black to White, Reverse checked, Style set to Linear, Angle set to 90 degrees and scale set at 100%. This will make the top half of the layer more visible.
Step 40
At this point, we may make some color variations for our poster. In the image below you can see some variations that I made using a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer with different Layer Blending Modes and Opacity, which I will be explaining in the next step.
Step 41
Go to the Layers Palette and select the top most layer. Go to Layer > New Adjustment Layer > Gradient Map. Set the Gradient as Black to White and hit OK. Set the Layer Blending Mode to Overlay and Opacity at 60%.
Conclusion
Yes that's it. Now we have our poster done. Hope you learned something new and enjoyed this tutorial. You can view the final image below or view a larger version here.
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )LBrother January 26th
Though I’m not content with the fonts, I like the tut. Great!
( )And am I first? xD
ChristianK January 26th
Very good, except the motion blurred title …
( )Ben Reid January 26th
Some nice effects and an actual use for the leaf brush, haha.
( )Tom January 26th
Great tut.
( )Franz Jeitz January 26th
some interesting techniques you used here. very nice tutorial!
( )steiniii January 26th
wow…nice tutorial
it looks quite simple, but there are some complex steps
( )Andreas January 26th
amazing!
( )EdpeppeRs January 26th
great one.
i’ll try it now.. ^^
thx!
( )menderes mertoglu January 26th
thanks
( )M January 26th
Using a font based on the Bauhaus in an 80’s party design?
Shoot me.
( )Mark January 26th
I dont like the text. Not a great tut tbh
( )DKumar M. January 26th
Amazing…… nice and easy !!
( )insic January 26th
I gonna try this one. Nice and easy steps.
( )Diego January 26th
Cool, but the blur effect doesn’t work?
( )Tom Ross January 26th
Nice tutorial. Pretty simple looking outcome, but I liked the way you didn’t use textures and created most of this from scratch.
( )Timothy January 26th
Oldies? 80’s music is now oldies? Buddy Holly and other old artists are oldies (at least in my book), not Van Halen and other 80’s bands. God, I’m 24 and shouldn’t feel this old.
( )Matt January 26th
@Timothy You’re 24. That means there’s 4 or 5 years of 80s music older than you are. Yeah, to you it should be oldies. To me, it’s nostalgia.
More of a 70s font, but otherwise a _great tutorial_. Learned a lot!
( )Eduardo January 26th
pretty cool
( )ricardofx January 26th
nicelly done!
( )very good tut! thx.
Snorri 3D January 26th
Nice 1 and simple love it!
( )Chris January 26th
I love how you created the grunge texture using the leaf brushes!
( )kevin January 26th
Agree with Ben, finally some use for the leaf brush.
( )Great tut (Y)
Mike January 26th
Props for actually using the leaf brush without completely obliterating the design.
( )holy January 26th
i don’t know if this looks particularly ’80s’ in style, but the techniques used to arrive at the final solution are helpful.
( )BogDinamita January 26th
man this is probably the 100th tut on how do design a grungy/rocking/oldschool poster on PSDTuts only, and it’s not among the best or innovative really. Sorry for the criticism, don’t want to be mean or something, but just saying
( )Xander1062 January 26th
80’s is totally last millennium, dude.
RAD TUTORIAL!
( )aMs January 26th
Desing isn’t killer but the techniques are great
( )MiroARRR January 26th
IDD.
( )Could we have some nice stuff ? (no offence or smthg)
But i think posting a “new” tut only in a way of posting a tut a day is lame and boring. This is the way u’ll lose readers lads.
Just keep the nice things to psot, erase the others
Pepper Love January 26th
Nice tut. But can you put the fuction of the shotcuts or the correspondent in windows. Unfortenely I use windows in my work. The shotcuts is different in windows.
( )gago January 26th
i guess i have to say its OK. but i agree with the comment : 80’s are not oldies.
( )Manuel Minino January 26th
How to Design a Rockin’ Grunge Oldies-Cassete Party Poster
( )some guy January 26th
young designers should not be encouraged to make things that look this bad.
( )quitusbcn January 26th
lol………..”be kind rewind my Bananarama cassette”?¿……….
( )cool………….;)
loswl January 26th
The background design is good, but the Blur on the type for the top section is a bit too much and the typography on the bottom is not looking professional enough, it needs some adjustment on the leading and kerning and maybe a different font for reading purposes… the overall poster is lacking something
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( )Thomas Viken January 26th
love this tutorial!
( )Bob Vila January 26th
Enough complaining. If this tutorial is too ‘easy’ or ‘boring’ for you, maybe a FREE photoshop tutorial site isn’t for you and your skills. Find a better site… oh wait, there isn’t one. If anything, leave the useless comments to yourself — imagine yourself being in the shoes of the author.
( )Jarryd January 26th
Started off interesting with the casette but then looks like you got bored with the dull/boring text effects. Consider it constructive criticism,
( )Deeze January 26th
another challenge for me
( )Julian January 26th
It’s very nice. I only have an issue with two things: the font choice on the bottom-half and the blur filter (it’s too severe). I still like this though.
( )Aaron S January 26th
loswl, I have to agree with you. While I do give credit to the effect on the cassette, the design overall is pretty lackluster and very artificial looking. And as far as typography goes, yikes. Just because you have a font doesn’t mean it’s qualified to be used in a body copy situation like that.
Not to mention posters doesn’t usually present information as a paragraph…
( )Rachelle January 26th
Easier than i thought it was going to be from the final look!
Great tut
( )bob January 26th
This really doesn’t remind me of any designs that were popular in the 80’s.
I wonder if the designer even lived through the 80’s?
( )tika January 27th
cool, but easy…
( )SL05NED January 27th
I think the “Rewind” text is too blurred but a good effect overall
( )Tanya January 27th
Impressive! i very like the finish work. Thanks for the tuto!
Greetings from Argentine!
( )therealpanse January 27th
it’s unbearable how many grunge/retro/80’s are posted here. and i’m supposed to pay for this? Fold and out
( )Miki January 27th
Lame TUT.
In my opinion that one doesn’t brigns nothing new , it’s more a back to the future of PSD tuts , last tuts are the same again and again , i know is hard to get high level tuts but please staff don’t pay for that **** , post less and post better.
( )Chinonso Anyaehie January 27th
try to optimize the picture you use
( )digitalpharaoh January 27th
It’s……….ok. Not the best I’ve seen on here…but not the worst I’ve seen.
( )andi January 27th
Wasn’t aware that generic grungey backgrounds and sunbursts were big in 80’s design
( )Aaron Shupp January 27th
You guys actually CENSORED my comment yesterday?? I’m glad I just canceled my Pro account… that’s absolutely outrageous.
What is the point of having comments if you don’t want people to be honest? If it was some kiss-ass comment, it would be up there right now. But because I very tactfully pointed out that the typography on this poster is awful, not to mention it’s extremely artificial looking through-out, I’m censored.
( )Mitchell H. January 27th
One question: I understand all the steps here, but from step 17 to 18 the cassette gets a much smoother look, am I missing something?
( )RUGRLN January 27th
Forgive me but what is it with all these rock posters…they’re so boring, not not very appealing and we get so many of them!!
( )kyle steed January 27th
@RUGRLN – I agree. These themed poster designs are really boring, especially when they’ve been done before.
I’m not sure this poster is really a “Rockin’ 80’s” design. For one, the colors are too muted and not bright and vibrant like the 80’s were. And two, the fonts don’t speak 80’s at all to me. Overall I would say this isn’t the best tutorial to show up here.
What’s going on PSDtuts?
( )The Dude January 27th
Some very nice techniques here, i especially liked the tape treatment and the grunge background created with the leaves brush
( )greyface January 27th
I think this ties the Motorcycle banner for the worst tuts yet. NEXT!
( )odeolab January 27th
How about a good old fashioned tut about type, this tutor def stand to learn how to set decent type
( )Twisty January 27th
I agree with the majority here. Not very well done. Good for explaining the processes but outcome is average. Typography is lazily lacking, idea is a bit bland and WHOA! whats up with that motion blur? Us oldies from the 80s want to be able to READ it!
( )Ive seen some WAY better tuts this on here!
xenamw January 27th
For a relative newbie to Ps I really enjoyed this tutorial! The finished result looked like what it was supposed to and the steps flowed easily. Colour choice/font etc can be changed to personal preferences of course, the value of the tutorial is in the techniques you’re learning.
( )steve January 27th
what would an 80s party flyer use a tape copyrighted in the 70s?
( )mark January 27th
Man, you people are a bunch of spoiled, snotty, wannabees. Can’t you feel good without tearing something down that actually is pretty nice and creative? Even if the techniques are nothing new, and even if you’ve seen a bunch of these posters before, the final outcome is still one that is very attractive. Start looking for the good instead of making yourselves feel better by instantly criticizing another designer.
( )tommy joe January 27th
And, if you wanna see great design, you’ve GOT to see what Donnie K can do. It’s amazing.
( )harene January 27th
Great poster but the leading and kearning could be better in the information paragraph at the bottom.
( )Seb January 27th
@mark
uhm, I think that is the point of the comment area, to leave feedback, amiright? regardless if its critical or a compliment.
But ya, I liked steps 12-20 (tape effect is awesome). But what is with the typography?
( )DesignNerd January 27th
Wow this is great, i love the self made texture effect!
( )justin January 28th
wow, great tut… thanks for this…
( )steve January 28th
@mark
i couldn’t disagree more. Nobody is complaining for the sheer thrill of tearing down another designer. harsh criticism produces a better product, period. Think about it, if everyone you knew fell over themselves cheering for some crappy design you spent 5 minutes tooling around in photoshop to create, would you really push yourself to do anything better?
People are complaining because they expect a higher standard from this site. I personally would like to see a greater focus on concepts like good typesetting, which is infinitely more valuable than knowing how to create X effect in photoshop.
Many working designers today have enough problems with clients who believe their only value is that they ‘know photoshop’, and who don’t get that there are important underlying design principles necessary in order to do anything worthwhile with it.
( )Justin January 28th
mark, critique is all a part of the design process. last i checked, this is an open forum for everyone to comment on – good or bad. fact is, it isn’t really that nice piece or all that creative and good designers are calling it out. the design amateur at best. the type kills the whole concept. this is anything but 80s. it looks like 60s met the 90s and had a bastard son of the 70s.
( )Lucky January 28th
Hmm.. Honestly, I’m not amazed with the final image, but I became interested in how you created the texture thing. I think it is useful
Thanks for posting 
( )Von January 28th
This, to me, is an inspiration.
( )At least now i’ll have the courage to send some tuts here.
If this kind of crap can be published here, then i might as well scour the web for shop tutorials and call it mine, submit here and get paid.
Von January 28th
aww so sorry man. wrong post!
( )that cooment is supposed to be posted in the
“How to Make a Creatively Designed Moto Banner” post.
Jimmy B January 29th
You guys need to lighten up. There are some good techniques in this tutorial. And I think the end product looks good.
( )Thanks for a great tutorial.
james January 29th
Useful techniques worth using.
( )ji eun January 30th
good!!!!! Thank U for your information
( )Alex January 30th
Kick arse tut. Anyone who has a major problem with the font prolly wasn’t around in the 80’s, because it reminds me of the 80’s to a T.
( )Christina January 30th
Great techniques used, though I’m not too sure about the choice in text effects.
( )Alvaro Arciniegas February 1st
That’s a very careful job, congratulations, is a very good tutorial
( )Serb February 2nd
Lame TUT.
In my opinion that one doesn’t brigns nothing new , it’s more a back to the future of PSD tuts , last tuts are the same again and again , i know is hard to get high level tuts but please staff don’t pay for that **** , post less and post better.
THEN GO BACK TO FUTURE. HEHEH. JUST KIDING
( )TemporalBeef February 2nd
Just one word for you: Leading.
( )em February 4th
hej there,
i wasn’t on this site for weeks now, and to be honest the Title of this Tut wasnt realy intersting me. I dont like the outcome by professional reasons, cause it looks just bad.
i liked the self made textures, but to be honest i watched the video and read the tutorial to learn how to do stuff, not how you did, in the steps 4-6 where you do the clouds and in 8-11 when you do the leafs, you don’t realy explain the steps, what is your point in doing it like this and not otherwise, what gives me the feeling that you didn’t just put in some random values or the ones you always use?…
psdtuts used to be better…but sure, now there are like5 tuts-sites, so its more quantity, less quality…
( )Hedda February 11th
Some good techniques to learn from this tut, thanks for posting.
It’s a fair to say the fonts aren’t the best choice; if I knew of more suitable ones, I would make suggestions. Perhaps more experienced people here can do so.
( )strony internetowe February 11th
Colours don’t play for me.
( )waqas February 17th
awesome
( )Patricia February 18th
Learnt a lot with this tut. Thanks!!
( )farewell belover February 20th
exellent
( )weslen February 25th
very nice
brazilian fan
( )Irene March 1st
More of a 70’s feel to it, but it’s good and enjoyable tutorial. Even if it’s not groundbreaking (like some people seemed to be expecting here) and the perspective of the text is reversed, it’s all in the details. I learned a couple of new tricks at least.
( )Thanks for sharing.
lilibunch March 1st
awesomw! =]
( )Mohammad Sharaf Ali March 2nd
Good tutorial
( )yankee March 15th
Thanks!
……….
( )Anton Agestam March 19th
I really like this tut!
( )Sweet!
spaecman April 1st
to easy and simple but is ok
( )Eric Shafer April 9th
Great Tutorial! Featured here: http://www.presidiacreative.com/47-tutorials-for-creating-professional-posters-and-ads/
( )Writersbloc April 9th
Don’t LOVE the design, but packed with techniques that I will use many times over in the future.
I come to this site primarily to hone my photoshop skills, not necessarily learn great design- unlike a lot of those leaving comments.
( )Ali April 13th
Very well poster and thanks
( )TimeKoder13 April 26th
My initial reaction to this as a deadline looms and I’m looking for inspiration was wow, just what I’m looking for. I’ve been away from PS, AE, ILL for a bit, bogged down in actual shooting rather than editing. So for me, a guy who can fake it til I make it with PS and ILL, this was totally cool. Thx to the author and the site.
( )quela May 7th
thanks!!! this work is awsome!, im just startint to use Photoshop, and this tutorial was easy to follw
( )web design leeds May 22nd
awsome stuff!.. i used this for a retro party poster for a birthday a month back.
( )Becca June 16th
Listen. I don’t think anyone uses any of these tutorials to copy the exact end product. This is a good tutorial to understand how EACH element is done. As designers, we weed out what we want and do not want, then apply it to our own designs if that’s our intention. Tutorials are wonderful resources to learn different techniques and how tools work.
( )burlesque performer June 17th
that is sooooo cool!.. excellent work. thanks
( )epc london June 17th
brilliant, do i have to say anything else?!?
( )Burak July 16th
Love this tutorial.
( )bobahryy July 21st
lol
( )arv23 August 3rd
Nice! Love the 80’s!!! ~good tutorial!
( )Sydney Architectural photographer August 9th
Like the treatment on the cassette.
( )Michael September 3rd
Very cool! Interesting way you try to get the wanted effects! Keep going on! thanks
( )Javier October 15th
Saludos!
Muy buen aporte!
( )Gracias!!
Diane B November 14th
The tutorial is ok but I do agree with the text needing some more work. And I’m not sure about the blurred text. I can barely make out the letters. But on the other hand, this can provide some useful tips on using it on a different project. Designers don’t EXACTLY have to follow every step of any tutorial that they see. They can open a window of putting in what you want. Good job.
( )OmniDragon November 17th
Every time I try and draw out the custom shape in the beginning of the tutorial, the lines always end up breaking and end up looking more like piano keys than just a solid shape.
How do I fix this?
( )OOOL December 15th
Thank u for this tutorial. U allow me to trust in my power…
( )anuj sehgal January 1st
thanks for your support creative tut
( )XELA January 21st
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( )XELA January 21st
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( )LOL!? January 25th
I enjoyed the use of the leaf tool, but overall I would give this tut a 4/10. Didn’t like it that much.
( )Kaitlyn January 25th
Oh my. Didn’t think it was really all the great. I dont find the colors to be working out very well. Has anyon really did this??
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