and they have varying degrees of chalk residue/eraser strokes on them. The first thing you need when creating a chalkboard poster is of course a….chalkboard! There are tons of free ones available online in all sorts of colors and levels of chalkiness….black, gray, green, brown, etc.
Download a chalkboard background and open it in Preview.These are the basic steps, and I’ll give more detail below: Steps to Make Your Own Chalkboard Poster on a Mac
#Non copyrighted real chalkboard background how to#
Here I’ll give you a step-by-step tutorial on how to create your very own chalkboard poster, whether it be for your little one’s first birthday, some holiday decor, or just a favorite quote….and I’ll share a free printable with you as well! Let’s get to it!
Now don’t get me wrong, I LOVE me some Photoshop (of the Elements variety, of course) and I use it almost every day (sad, I know), but the standard ‘Preview’ program on Macs has some of the same basic functions….you can create just about anything with it too.Ĭhalkboard posters are all the rage right now, and they are deceptively simple to make. I don’t think a lot of people who use Mac computers realize that they can create some pretty cool things without needing any fancy imaging software like Photoshop.