Adobe Photoshop Image Strip Effect Tutorial
Adobe Photoshop allows the user to produce almost any effect. One of the more interesting visually is taking a single image and creating the impression of a film strip. This can be used for many purposes, such as a sign for a movie theater or an ad for a new camera. Creating this effect in Photoshop is relatively quick and simple.
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Instructions
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Load the image that you want to use for the film strip graphic, either by transferring from a digital source like a camera or flash drive or by scanning it from a print. If you choose to use a scanner, it is best to set the scanner software to a resolution of at least 600 dpi (dots per inch).
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Open Photoshop. Select "File" and click "New." In the new document dialog that pops up, make the pixel height and width what you want for the overall film strip. If the document will be printed, set the resolution to 300 pixels per inch. Click "OK."
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Click on the "New Layer" icon at the bottom of the "Layers" panel.
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Select the "Rectangular Selection" tool from the toolbar. In the options at the top select fixed size and enter the width and height that you want each "frame" of the film strip to be.
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Use the tool to make a selection on the left side of the canvas corresponding to the first frame. Then hold down the "Shift" key and use it to make sections for the rest of the frames.
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Select "Select from the menu and click "Inverse Selection." Now use the "Paint Bucket" to fill the selected area with black.
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Select "File" and click "Open." Browse to the image you loaded and open it. Select "Select" and click "Select All." Then select "Edit" and click "Copy."
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Go back to your main document and select the bottom layer. Click on the "New Layer" icon. Select "Edit" and click "Paste." Use the "Move" tool and the "Scale" function to position the image to fit in the first frame.
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Right-click on the current layer and choose "Duplicate." Repeat this to produce as many copies as you have frames in the strip. Then use the "Move" tool to position each under a frame.
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Select "File" and click "Save." Name your file and save it as a jpeg.
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References
- Photo Credit abstract film image by charles taylor from Fotolia.com
