Create Ads from your Photos
Sometimes, when you take a picture just for the fun, you may capture an element which can become important in your graphic work. The below example shows the development of a very mediocre picture to a very nice ad.
Take a Picture
Of course YorgoMan loves Hot Wheels and all the donkeys under the hood of this Morgan:
Morgan 1
Passing through some Black and White filters and adding a touch of sepia in Lightroom, you get this:
Morgan 2
A touch of blue to allow for a somewhat grungy feel and then the decision about which part of the image you want to use. Asking YorgoMan, he opts for this direction:
Morgan 3
For the sake of the ad I plan to design, I opt for this, the difference being the focus of the gradient and color overlay in Photoshop:
Morgan 4
Some fine-tuning, toning and typography and your ad can be submitted to Gene for approval :-).
Morgan 5
PS: Gene, If you are interested in the PSD file, it’s about 53 MB and in a 35 MB zipped version available for download.
As usual, your comments are appreciated.
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Author: Yorgo Nestoridis, Media Marketing & Publishing, Founder of YORGOO Publishing, YORGOO Press and Semiomantics.
