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Create a 1024 × 1536 document.
[ CTRL + ALT + N — New document ]

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Place the source as an editable layer.
[ FILE → PLACE EMBEDDED ]

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Confirm placement and name the layer.
[ DOUBLE-CLICK ]

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Preserve the original and soften a duplicate.
[ CTRL + J ]

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Separate the subject from distant city detail.
[ FILTER → BLUR → GAUSSIAN BLUR ]

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Set oversized typography in restrained silver.
[ D · X — White foreground ]

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Add editable text.
[ T — Type tool ]

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Control the spacing between letters and lines.
[ CHARACTER — Tracking / Leading ]

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Keep editable type before making the perspective copy.
[ CTRL + J ]

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Add a thin sculpted edge.
[ LAYER STYLE — BEVEL & EMBOSS ]

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Use an understated metallic gradient.
[ GRADIENT OVERLAY — SILVER ]

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Give the letters a narrow offset edge.
[ PHOTOVIM ECHO — SUBTLE DEPTH ]

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Narrow the upper edge for subtle perspective.
[ CTRL + T · RIGHT-CLICK → PERSPECTIVE ]

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Make matching front and back copies.
[ CTRL + J ]

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Hide the front copy with a black layer mask.
[ ALT + CLICK — ADD LAYER MASK ]

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STEP 1 — Place the portrait between the two type layers.

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Place the source as an editable layer.
[ FILE → PLACE EMBEDDED ]

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Confirm placement and name the layer.
[ DOUBLE-CLICK ]

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Give the portrait cleaner contrast.
[ CTRL + M — CURVES ]

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Check the face before accepting the correction.
[ PREVIEW OFF → ON ]

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Reveal selected letters in front of the jacket.
[ B — PAINT WHITE ON THE BLACK MASK ]

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Bring the masked type above the portrait.
[ LAYER → ARRANGE → BRING TO FRONT ]

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Inspect the front/back lettering and the mask edge.
[ Z — Zoom in ]

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Return to the full composition.
[ CTRL + 0 — Fit on screen ]

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Finish with a small editorial label.
[ T — KEEP THE TYPE HIERARCHY CLEAR ]

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Add editable text.
[ T — Type tool ]

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STEP 2 — Review the finished composition and editable layers.

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Keep the layers and PhotoVim effects in a native project.
[ CTRL + ALT + S → PHOTOVIM ]

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Export the full composition as PNG.
[ FILE → EXPORT → QUICK EXPORT AS PNG ]

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Export a layered Photoshop exchange copy.
[ CTRL + ALT + S ]