Create posters in the style of the Punisher: the cinematic look in Photoshop Language: German

Create posters in the style of the Punisher: the cinematic look in Photoshop

Photography & image editing · 19 Videos · 1.7 h Video training · German Gabor Richter by Gabor Richter

This man knows no mercy! He chases after your knowledge and skills with charm, intellect and clear language. Once he's got you hooked, he'll give you a real boost in photography and image processing - be there when Gabor Richter recreates the style of the Netflix series poster for "The Punisher" as a real Punisher poster. Accompany him all the way from the preparation and execution of the shoot to the raw development and the final finishing touches.

  • Shooting: skillful communication, appropriate settings, suitable make-up.
  • This is how you create the basis for the motif: raw development, highlighting details, placing the background.
  • Always in focus: not only the how, but also the why and wherefore.
  • Follow your trainer's train of thought in the 1.5 h video training on the Cinematic Look in Photoshop.
  • Tweak the style and atmosphere by adding fog, lights, text and making color adjustments.
  • Working materials such as the model photo and the background are included for reference.

Inspiration, idea, realization - let yourself be captivated by an authentic workflow and create a fantastic cinematic poster in the style of "The Punisher".

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19 Videos, 100 minutes

Popular movie posters and cinema effects: The style of The Punisher

19 Videos · 101 minutes
01 Open free of charge

Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 1 Before it starts

7 min

This video gives you an insight into how Gabor starts his shoots. Communication with the model plays a major role in creating a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

02 Open

Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 2 Setting up the photo set

12 min

Before the actual photo shoot starts, Gabor Richter first sets up the flashes. He explains the individual effects of the light shapers and why he chose them.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 3 Dirty Make-up Styling

8 min

Authentic styling for a rough subject doesn't have to be expensive. In this video, Gabor will show you the home remedies he uses to make the character more dramatic for the subject.

04 Open

Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 4 photoshoot

2 min

Once the theme for the motif has been discussed with the model, the light has been set up and tested and the styling has been done, it's time for the actual shoot. You can see Gabor creating the final image for this artwork.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 5 Quick debrief of the day

2 min

Unknowingly, the follow-up conversation with the model and Gabor was filmed. Gabor explains why he doesn't take so many pictures, but also gives a tip for the rough image view of the motifs on a laptop on location.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 6 Start of image retouching/raw development

6 min

The final image from the photoshoot ends up directly in Gabor's Photoshop Camera Raw. Here he shows his image development, which is necessary so that the next steps in Photoshop match the main motif.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 7 shoulders pumped up

3 min

Gabor will make a few small corrections using the liquefy filter in Photoshop. The aim of this step is to make the shoulders wider so that there is more space on the T-shirt to add a print later.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The Punisher style - 8 Detail Extraction/Color Efex

3 min

There are many ways to create details and micro-contrasts in Photoshop or even with an external program. Gabor uses his beloved Color Efex program for this step.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The Punisher style - 9 cut-outs with pen tool

4 min

To create a really clean and sharp-edged clipping, Gabor will use the pencil tool to separate the model from the background.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 10 Finishing touches of the clipping tool

3 min

Separating hair from the background can be very tedious with the pen tool. Therefore, Gabor uses a different and simpler method to improve an existing mask of the clipping tool.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 11 Placing a new background

5 min

The old background has disappeared. Now a new background is to be placed in the scene. Gabor uses a location he has photographed. You can find out what he pays attention to when placing and scaling in this movie.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 12 Create a night-time mood

2 min

There are many ways to create a deep and dark night atmosphere. Gabor will show you a very simple and quick variant to conjure up the character in a dark alley.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 13 Creating a light foggy mood

3 min

Regardless of unusual brushes or stock images, Gabor will bring a subtle foggy atmosphere into the motif. He will use a special filter to bring a few clouds of mist into the picture.

14 Open

Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 14 logo/symbol print on T-shirt

10 min

In this part, Gabor shows you how to create your own design on a blank T-shirt. Watch as Gabor explains a quick way to create your own graphics and how to print them onto the shirt afterwards.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The Punisher style - 15 brightness adjustments

6 min

To create a darker and more vivid scene, a few corrections need to be made to the brightness. Working with the dodge-and-burn method plays a role here, as does simply darkening with an adjustment layer.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 16 streaks of intense coloring

6 min

To make the effect of the grazing lights more exciting, Gabor will change the lights in a targeted way with a gradient implementation. The lights are also colored in a very striking way to create a gloomy night scene.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 17 Set color mood on background

2 min

To ensure that the background fits into the overall scene, Gabor will deliberately change the color. Furthermore, light sources are inserted into the motif in order to combine them with the grazing light on the person.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The Punisher style - 18 finishing touches/picture look

5 min

With a few small changes, the motif will blend together more and thus become more of a unit. The Camera Raw filter is used to fine-tune the artwork.

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Popular movie posters and cinematic effects: The style of The Punisher - 19 Image design with fonts

12 min

To give the whole thing a typical movie poster style, Gabor will spice up the motif with a few fonts. He will show you where he can get free fonts on the Internet and how he then applies them in Photoshop.

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    This poster will be created during the tutorial.
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