Creating a poster

[dedean]

Working through 4-4 with respect to the "Creating a Movie Poster" section.
I tried creating a Gradient Fill to the keyboard photo, but the number in the book causes the keyboard to become to black. I tried dialing down the number but that doesn't seem to help.

Any ideas?

[mrod]

Hi dedean-

I'm shooting in the dark just a bit, as I've not yet seen the published version of the article, but in going off my original, check these things:

- Make sure your foreground color is black
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ciXRu8oxtIkPrGiNsxfSaYkaeus11

- Did you make a Gradient Fill Adjustment Layer and position it correctly in the layers palette?

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=15s5cWKXBxcJ1hn5YX1dSUaKcIaR0s1

http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1k97hdDwCYoS9N5dxRUUXFoxVeandK0

- In the dialog box that opens when you create that adjustment layer, make sure you choose the Foreground to Transparent option.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1NXsrxFatqRFtFYOdWIYX7MsLQRhAE_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1NXsrxFatqRFtFYOdWIYX7MsLQRhAE)

As for the opacity level, use whatever works best in your image. There's nothing sacred about the number I used.

If all of those things are as they should be, let me know and we'll try something else...

Mike