Recreating Printed items from photos - BSG special

Ok, here Im going to show you how to take a photograph of a printed item, eg a letter, or a business card, or in my case a paper prop from battlestar galactica.

I found my image on the internet, so as long as the quality is good, you should be able to do the same.

This method is also great for re-creating logos from scans and pictures.

Let me know what you think!

The only things you need are photoshop, and a laser printer!

Step 1 Resize it

Ok, im gonna run by pictures as usual

Pictures 1 & 2 - Open up the files!

Picture 3 - Duplicate the layer by dragging it to new layer button (this is a back up for when we mess up)

Picture 4 - Drag some rulers to the edges of the page, these will be used to straighten it out.

Picture 5 - Go to Edit > Free transfrom - or press command/ctrl - T

Pictures 6, 7 & 8 - While holding down the command key(ctrl in windows) click onto the anchor points in the corners, pull to get a feel for how this transforms the picture, Drag the edge to match up with the rulers.

thats it resized! If you image now looks a little squashed then use the corner anchors (without holding anything down) to resize it till it looks comfortable.

Comments

[Techyon_particle]

Hi  where  can  I  Original Image   for  project ?

[codavex]

Sent you a pm. I'm trying to put a BSG scrap book together with various memorabilia like insignias, schematics, rosters etc. This ballot would make a fine addition. I'm having problems finding a good image. Can you help me out? Thanks.

[gmjhowe]

I stumbled accross mine when googling battlestar under the 'high res image option'

[mrtentaclenun]

Could you show more pictures showing the steps please??

[wenpherd]

click the next butten

[gmjhowe]

Erm, there is pictures for almost every step - you do need a small amount of photoshop knowledge also. If there is a particular bit your stuck on, just ask.

[wenpherd]

what i said was kinda redundent

[wenpherd]

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[gmjhowe]

Indeed.

[wenpherd]

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[gmjhowe]

yes, its about £400-500, a free alternative is 'the gimp'

[ShadyLogic]

This really only works for images and logos that you: A. Already have a high quality image of and B. Were taken from taken from a top-down angle. I'm afraid this is nothing more than a photoshop resizing ible.

[gmjhowe]

Actually, its more focusing on the converting it into a solid black and white image (and i don't mean greyscale, i mean black and white) The same technique can be used for creating stencils. And you say 'I'm afraid this is nothing more than a photoshop resizing ible.' as if its not worth having? some people have got to learn to do these things?

[ShadyLogic]

I suppose that's true, I simply felt that the title implied instructions on recreating something more difficult to obtain / recreate. I apologize if I offended you.

[gmjhowe]

well, as long as its a relatively good quality picture, this method should work fine. Don't worry, it would take alot more than that to offend me!

[Jedi Ronin]

How do you get the rulers? The only part I'm stuck on.

[gmjhowe]

if you press

• cmd r

or on windows

• Ctrl r

Then to get the guides, drag from ontop of the ruler.