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As you may know, I’m a big fan of movie posters and I realized that I always create them in Photoshop. Recently, I was
asked if it’s possible to do them in Illustrator as well. The answer is a resounding yes, and there’s a real advantage of
doing something like this in Illustrator.
1 PSD FILES FOR ILLUSTRATOR
In this design, we’ll incorporate two photos processed in Photoshop into our Illustrator movie poster. Select two photos
where the subjects are facing opposite directions and open them in Photoshop. Next, convert the images to black and
white, boost the contrast for a more dramatic effect, add black-to-transparent gradients all around to hide the
backgrounds in the photos for easier placement, and save the photos as PSD files.
6 GRAPHIC ACCENTS
Let’s add some graphic accents to the images. Choose the Line Segment tool (\) and click on the artboard to open the
Line Segment Tool Options dialog. Set the Length to 8 in, the Angle to 0º, and click OK. Choose Window>Brushes to
open the Brushes panel. Click on the Chalk – Scribble brush to apply it to the selected path.
7 ADD A STROKE
Open the Stroke panel (Window>Stroke) and set the Weight to 0.5 pt. Shear this stroked path to the same angle that we
used in Step Four using the Shear tool. Note: We’re going to keep all the elements the same angle for a uniform layout.
Choose Window>Color, click on the Stroke color swatch, and choose a red color (R:200, G:0, B:0). Using the Selection
tool, move this path on top of the second image. Hold down the Option (PC: Alt) key and click-and-drag a duplicate
stroke to the lower edge of the image. Scale the width to give these lines some variation.
8 INSERT TEXT
Select the Type tool (T) and click on the artboard to set a text object. In the Control panel, set the Font to Impact and the
Font Size to 100 pt. Type the words “REVENGE-OPS,” highlight the text, and set the Fill color to the same red color we
used in Step Seven. Also apply the same shear angle that we’ve been using on the other elements.
9 ADD ADDITITONAL STROKES
Using the Selection tool, place the text in the poster layout just below the bottom image in the approximate center. Make
some more duplicates of the stroked paths and add them to the top and bottom of the text to continue the theme. Be
sure to vary the position and length to add more interest to the text.