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Step 71

Expand the selection. Go to Select > Modify > Expand.

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Step 72

Select the “CAT” type layer and click on the “Add a mask” button.

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Step 73

Lets create the Ribbon shape using the Rectangle tool. Make sure “Shape” option is selected. Draw a horizontal bar like below.

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Step 74

Draw the ribbon fold and tweak the top right corner using the “Direct Selection Tool”.

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Step 75

Duplicate and flip the shape for the other side as well.

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Step 76

Draw another shape and place it behind the other 2 layers.

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Step 77

Now add a cut to ribbon. Add an anchor point to the left edge of the shape using the “Add Anchor Point Tool”.

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Step 78

Select the anchor point we just added using the “Direct Selection Tool”.

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Move the point inwards from its actual position. You can use arrow keys on keyboard to nudge it.

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Step 80

Lets straighten the “Convert Point Tool”.

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Duplicate the shape and use it for the other side.

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Step 82

Apply gradient to the the center shape of the ribbon.

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Step 83

Add type and set the font to “KiloGram”.

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Now we will create a speech bubble shape with the Ellipse Tool.

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Draw the tip of the speech bubble.

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Add type above the speech bubble, set the font colour to white.

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Step 87

I have duplicated the whiskers from above and resized, place it above the “CAT” layer, just to give a bit of symbolic treatment.

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Step 88

Select star shape from the custom shapes palette. Draw stars between the Cat and the ribbon layer.

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Step 89

Open up the the folded paper texture. Select all (Ctrl+A) and copy the whole texture.

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Step 90

Paste into the working document.

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Step 91

Adjust the brightness using the Curves command.

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Step 92

Set the layer blending mode to “Overlay”

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Step 97

Open the “emerald_green_scratch_paper_texture”.

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Step 98

Copy and paste the scratch paper texture into he main document.

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Step 100

Resize the scratch paper texture to fit the canvas nicely.

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Desaturate the texture (CTRL + Shift + U).

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Darken the texture using the Curves command.

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Change the layer blending mode to “Screen”.

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Add Curves adjustment layer to the scratch texture layer.

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Add “Photo Filter” adjustment layer.

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Finally we will add some noise to the artwork. Create a new above all the layers and fill it with black.

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Add noise to the layer. Filter > Noise > Add Noise. Change the layer blending mode to “Screen”.

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27 responses to “Create a Vintage Style Poster in Photoshop”

  1. Ketki Avatar
    Ketki

    Really loved the vintage posters. surely going to follow your tutorial and going to make a vintage poster.

  2. vasudha Avatar
    vasudha

    Great tutorial. I learnt many new things by making this poster.
    Thnanks

  3.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    Thank you

  4. Duke Vukadinovic Avatar
    Duke Vukadinovic

    Hello Kitty :) Joking aside, great tutorial Niranth!

  5. Juan Manuel Sánchez Vargas Avatar
    Juan Manuel Sánchez Vargas

    Pikachu Cecilia!

  6. demi torres Avatar
    demi torres

    yooooo

  7. vendle Avatar
    vendle

    This is really neat. I like to make posters and your tuts have been very helpful!

  8. tarannum Avatar
    tarannum

    what about the thin lines along the border. how does one do that

  9. Duy Cua Avatar
    Duy Cua

    thanks, very nice

  10. BENQEK Avatar
    BENQEK

    Download link doesn’t work. :(

    1. Photoshop Tutorials Staff Avatar
      Photoshop Tutorials Staff

      Link fixed thanks for letting me know!

  11. notyouagain Avatar
    notyouagain

    Thanks, actually turned out a good look……cheers !!

  12. denice Avatar
    denice

    took a month to understand

  13. Grammaoyrnazchos Avatar
    Grammaoyrnazchos

    This tutorial was very confusing. It was a very unenjoyable experience.

  14. TheKoolKid Avatar
    TheKoolKid

    I can’t express how confusing this is.

  15. dave Avatar
    dave

    Thanks for posting the tutorial about this layout. I like the fact that it looks totally vintage in the end result.

  16. Ravi K Avatar
    Ravi K

    very good tutorial….very useful for beginners…

  17. Thecommunist Avatar
    Thecommunist

    Lets have a popsicle

  18.  Avatar
    Anonymous

    my name is Jwana Jesus Lopez

  19. thecommunist Avatar
    thecommunist

    hello kids

  20. Victor Almeida Avatar
    Victor Almeida

    Camila

    1. Camila Gonzaga Avatar
      Camila Gonzaga

      Adorei os pôsteres :)))

  21. Natella Avatar
    Natella

    Great tutorial! Can be very useful for any purpose poster.

  22. Ýøg Nègï Avatar
    Ýøg Nègï

    TEACHER

    1. The Real Slim Shady Avatar
      The Real Slim Shady

      copycat of eminem… just less… you know… good

  23. Ýøg Nègï Avatar
    Ýøg Nègï

    THANK U FOR ALL THE POSTS

  24. Phil Avatar
    Phil

    Very cool looking cat! Took me a bit to realise you have to do the survey on every page, otherwise it seems like the page isn’t loading :) There are more free old paper textures here too http://www.myfreetextures.com/45-free-old-paper-textures-and-parchment-paper-backgrounds/

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