Movie Brat

Whether for a special project or just for fun, it is quite awesome to create custom posters that looks just like movie posters. With the advent of hi-tech printers and Internet printing services, it has also become very easy and very convenient to print such designs. In this article we will teach you how to create your own custom posters similar to, or almost exactly like your favorite movie. There are six major steps involved in poster printing this way.

1. Copy or scan a high resolution movie poster ' First you will need some base material. You will need to copy or scan your favorite movie poster. You can probably download something over the Internet, but be mindful of the resolution. Try to get as big an image as possible when looking online. Barring that, you can try borrowing or buying the movie poster yourself and scanning it on high resolution. Either way, try to save the image in a format that is easily changed and used by imaging software.

2. Break it down to components ' Next, once you have the main movie poster image, you should try to already break it down to its component parts. Using software like Adobe Photoshop, you can quickly select major components like the movie logo or a symbol using the 'Magic wand' tool. If possible try to separate the major features into individual layers or images so that you can easily move them around without ruining or cutting the whole image.

3. Acquire supplementary design elements ' Afterwards, it is good to acquire any other supplementary design elements that you can use for your custom poster. You may need the font style for the movie for example which are sometimes freely available for download on the Internet. You may also want to get additional logos, and other images that you think may help your movie poster.

4. Collect your own custom content ' Finally for the component gathering stage, you of course will need to collect your own custom content. This involves taking your own picture in a way that fits the movie, or of course taking pictures of the subject that you want included in your fake movie poster. Again be sure to take high resolution images to have the best picture available.

5. Bind them all together using image software ' Once all your materials have been gathered, you should then be able to bind them altogether using the imaging software. Use the original movie poster as basis. Slowly chip away the things that you do not want and then add the things that you want included. Be sure to attach your custom content carefully and smoothen out any hard pixels that may be left through the copy process.

6. Print the custom posters professionally ' Great! When the main design is finished, all that is left is to print your custom posters. To get the full movie effect you should have your color posters printed professionally. You can try hiring an online poster printing company to streamline the process of printing. Just send them your designs, pay for the transaction and then in a day or two you should receive your custom movie posters!

Great! You now know how to do it. Congratulations!

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