CLIPPING POSTERIZED PICTURES WITH TEXT

STEP : 1

Select File > New to open the New document dialog box. Under Preset choose Photo, set the width and height to 5 inches, and click OK.

STEP : 2

Paste a copy of a hamburger photo or some other object into the center of your file. Choose Select > Color Range to open the Color Range dialog box, and from the Select menu choose Midtones. Click OK. Press Shift+Ctrl+N/Shift+Ô+N to create a new layer, and then select Edit > Fill, and either select 50% Gray from the Use menu or choose Color and select a color such as #c48839 from the Color dialog box.

Reselect the hamburger layer, choose Select > Color Range to open the Color Range dialog box again, and this time choose Shadows from the Select menu and click OK. Press Shift+Ctrl+N/Shift+Ô+N to create a new layer, select Edit > Fill, and either select Black from the Use menu or choose Color and pick a color such as #3c2406 from the Color dialog box.

Hide the visibility of the original hamburger layer and select the midtones fill layer in the Layers panel. Your file should now look somewhat like the picture in Figure 44-1.

Figure 44-1

STEP : 3

Press T to select the Type tool, choose a bold, casual body font such as Bell Gothic Std Bold with the size set to 12 pt, the alignment to Center, and the color to #3b2406. Click and drag out a text frame across the entire span of your hamburger, type or paste in enough text to cover the entire hamburger image, and then press Enter/Return. For example, you could type in the ingredients and instructions for a hamburger recipe, as shown in Figure 44-2.

Figure 44-2

STEP : 4

Choose Edit > Transform > Rotate and rotate your text layer about 15° counter- clockwise, and then press Enter/Return. To create a clipping mask from your text in the shape of your midtones layer, press Alt+Ctrl+G/Option+Ô+G.

Feel free to play around with the color of the text layer to achieve different results. For instance, you may like the layout better after changing the color to white. Great! When you have the colors the way you like them, use your grungy posterized text hamburger in a fun layout like the one shown in Figure 44-3.

Figure 44-3

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