Produce an 8x10 inch concert poster that promotes two or three of the musical artists that are highlighted on
the CD jacket.
The poster must contain a title, concert date and location.
You must use three to five images.
Write a paragraph or step by step procedure describing the manipulations.
Final Promotional Poster:
(All images were found at: http://www.staxmuseum.com/ and http://www.sunstudio.com/)
Steps Taken to Create Poster:
First I brought the artists into the editor, and converted some to RGB mode, if they weren’t already so. I
created a blank file, with a white background, and made it 8”x10” in size.
I started with Otis Redding by selecting his background, choosing the inverse, and copied his image to a new
transparent file. I then dragged this file into the project canvas. With his layer active, I used the
eraser to round off the square edges. I repeated these steps for Martin Luther King, and dragged him to the
canvas next to Otis. I then typed in Special Concert in Memory of on the top, typed their names and angled
the text.
Next I typed in Special Guests, and dragged the five artists into the canvas, arranged them, typed their names, and
arranged each text block. For each of them, I used the Stroke command to give them all a black outline.
Next, I typed in the price, date, place, and hours and moved it accordingly. From there, I typed in the Sponsors,
chose the Arrow selection from the Custom Shape tool and drew the two arrows. I then used the Elliptical tool
to draw an oval in the Stax picture, copied it into a new transparent file, dragged it into the canvas, and
positioned it. I did the same thing with the Sun Studio logo.
Next I selected the whole background, and put an inside stroke outline on it. I then resized the Lorraine Motel
picture to 7.5” x 9.5”, placed it into the canvas, and lowered the opacity level of it.
