Create a Typographic Poster of Your Favorite Song Using Photoshop and Wordle

Hey, in this Awesome★ Photoshop tutorial, i’m gonna show you how to create a Typographic poster of your favorite song. You’ll get the lyrics from a lyrics site and get a typographic layout of these words using Wordle java applet at http://www.wordle.net. Then i’ll show you how to export the result as an PDF document. And finally we’ll add some color and shadow effects in Photoshop. This one will sure be fun.

10 July 2010, Eren Göksel

Add Some Style
Go back to Cloud02 document, get the Move Tool and place the "Cloud01" layer to the center of the canvas. We’ll apply some layer styles. First apply a Drop Shadow using these settyings: Blend Mode => Multiply, Color => Black, Opacity => 100%, Distance => 0px, Spread => 0px and Size => 100px. Then apply an Outer Glow to enhance the shadow and use these settings: Blend Mode => Multiply, Opacity => 75%, Color => Black, Spread => 8% and Size => 250px. Now apply a Gradient Overlay to darken the edges, use these settings: Blend Mode => Multiply, Opacity => 45%, Gradient => Black, White, Reverse => Checked, Style => Radial, Align with Layer => Unchecked and Scale => 150%.

Some More Flares
Create a new layer on top and name it "Flare01", fill it with Black. Place six flares on the layer each using these settings: Brightness => 100%, Lens Type => 50-300mm Zoom. You can place more or less flares depending on how your word cloud looks. Mask the "Flare01" layer as you did at step 9 by Alt-clicking the line between "Flare01" and "Cloud01" layers.

Add Some Color Effect
Create another new layer on top and name it "Rainbow". Get the Gradient Tool, pick Spectrum gradient and fill the layer from left to right. Go to Filter > Blur > Radial Blur and use these settings: Amount => 100, Blur Method => Spin, Quality => Best. Hit Command+F to apply the filter again. Alt-click the line between "Flare01" and "Rainbow" layers to mask the rainbow as well. Then set Blend Mode to Soft Light and Layer Opacity to 75%.

Some More Flares
And now create a new layer on top named "Flare" and fill it with Black. Go to Filter > Render > Lens Flare, set Brightness to 130% and select Movie Prime. Set Layer Blend Mode to Screen and you can drag and place the flare anywhere you want.