by Didik Wijaya

Hi, now it's time to try something different: Photoshop tutorial. In this tutorial I will show you how to create cool photo effect. I will create a face from a lot of text. This effect will looks good on poster, book cover and so on. It has a very strong sense of dramatic feeling.

1. You need a black and white photo. I use Albert Einstein's photo. You can use any photo actually. But, it is recommended that your photo has a strong constrast between light dan dark areas.

If you don't have black and white photo, you can turn color photo into black and white. From top menu choose Image>Adjustment>Desaturate. You can also adjust the contrast between dark and light area using Image>Adjustment>Levels.

If you want to get this Einstein photo, click here. This link contains bigger version of this image.

2.From top menu, choose Image>Adjustment>Posterize. Use Levels=4. Posterize will make the photo has 4 colors only, ranging from white to black.

3. Next, from top menu choose Select>Color Range. Click on image to select white area. Click OK.

4. You need to save this selection. From top menu Select>Save Selection. Type "White" in Name input box..Click OK. When finished Ctrl+D to deselect.

5. Repeat the above process (selecting and saving the selection) to all colors. Finally you'll get 4 selection saved in channels. Open Channels tab to see the saved selections.

Text Face Using Photoshop Part 1 | Part 2

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