Friday, November 2, 2007

How to turn photos into a sketch/drawing

Ever wish you could draw or sketch your pictures? now you can do that in just a matter of few seconds, just follow the simple steps to turn a photo into a sketch/drawing...

Start with your selected photo.



STEP 1 - Duplicate The Background Layer

First duplicate the background layer by pressing Ctrl+J simultaneously or you can go to Layer> New> Layer via Copy. Now we have 2 layers, the Background Layer, and Layer 1.

STEP 2 - Desaturate The Photo
With Layer 1 selected press Ctrl+D or you can go to Image> Adjustments> Desaturate. This gives us a grayscale version of the photo.

STEP 3 - Duplicate Layer 1
At this point you must duplicate Layer 1. With Layer 1 selected press Shift+Ctrl+U simultaneously or you can go to Layer> New> Layer via Copy. Now we have 3 layers, the Background Layer, Layer 1 and Layer 2.

Next we'll be working with Layer 2.

STEP 4 - Invert Layer 2
With Layer 2 selected press Ctrl+I simultaneously or you can go to Image> Adjustments> Invert. This will make your photo look like a negative.

STEP 5 - Change The Layers Blend Mode To Color Dodge
In the Layers Palette change the Layers Blend Mode for this layer (Layer 2) to Color Dodge. This will make your photo almost completely white, but don't panic! Everything will going to work out just fine.

STEP 6 - Apply The Gaussian Blur Filter
go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur. When the dialog box appears start by moving the Radius Slider all the way to the left. Once you've done that you can start to slowly move it to the right.

you will notice that as you move the slider your sketch will start to appear. take experiment and enjoy! that's all folks


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