Cartoon like Drawing using Photoshop Image Effect

Cartoon like Drawing using Photoshop CS2 Image Effect

1. Open your pictures you want to be modified. Make sure your image is in RGB mode. To check this go to Image under the menu bar Mode = RGB Color.
Make a duplicate of this layer by pressing Ctrl+J altogether..

2. Now we will be applying the Poster Edges filter. To do this, go to Filter > Artistic > Poster Edges.

3. After the Poster Edges effect, we will Adjust the Brightness & Contrast with the values: go to Image>Adjustment>Brightness/Contrast. Brightness Value: 12 Contrast's value: 32.

4. Now we will do a cut out effect to give it that cartoon look. Go to Filter > Artistic > Cut Out. And this is what you will get! enjoy!!!

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

Keyboard Shotcuts Part3

Image Menu
Action/Windows/Mac
Adjust Levels/Ctrl+L/Cmd+L
Adjust Auto Levels/Ctrl+Shift+L/Cmd+Shift+L
Adjust Auto Contrast/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+L/Cmd+Option+Shift+L
Adjust Curves/Ctrl+M/Cmd+M
Adjust Color Balance/Ctrl+B/Cmd+B
Adjust Hue/Saturation/Ctrl+U/Cmd+U
Desaturate/Ctrl+Shift+U/Cmd+Shift+U
Extract/Ctrl+Alt+X/Cmd+Option+X
Invert/Ctrl+I/Cmd+I

What is in the Photoshop interface?

Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool for editing photographs and graphics. The first step in learning Photoshop is to familiarize yourself with the Photoshop interface, which consists of five basic components:

1) Menu Bar — contains all of Photoshop’s available options
2) Toolbox — has various tools for editing the image
3) Options Bar — set the options for the currently selected tool
4) Palettes — various panes to control different aspects of the project. Includes layers, channels, paths, history, etc.
5) Image Area — the currently open image Each component is labeled as posted:

Keyboard Shortcuts Part2

Edit Menu
Action/Windows/Mac
Copy/Ctrl+C/Cmd+C
CopyMerged/Ctrl+Shift+C/Cmd+Shift+C
Cut/Ctrl+X/Cmd+X
Free Transform/Ctrl+T/Cmd+T
Keyboard Shortcuts/Alt+Shift+Ctrl+K/Option+Shift+Cmd+K
Paste/Ctrl+V/Cmd+V
Paste Into/Ctrl+Shift+V/Cmd+Shift+V
Step Back in History/Ctrl+Alt+Z/Cmd+Option+Z
Step Forward in History/Ctrl+Shift+Z/Cmd+Shift+Z
Undo/Ctrl+Z/Cmd+Z

Photoshop guru's love their keyboard shortcuts. so if you wanna fell good on it and save time while using Photoshop why not check out the list and see what's best for you.

File Menu
Action/Windows/Mac
Close/Ctrl+W/Cmd+W
Close All/Ctrl+Shift+W/Cmd+Shift+W
Exit/Quit/Ctrl+Q/Cmd+Q
Jump to ImageReady/Ctrl+Shift+M/Cmd+Shift+M
Help /F1/F1
New /Ctrl+N/Cmd+N
New Layer /Ctrl+Shift+N/Cmd+Shift+N
Open /Ctrl+O/Cmd+O
Open As /Ctrl+Alt+O/n/a
Page Setup/Ctrl+Shift+P/Cmd+Shift+P
Print/Ctrl+P/Cmd+P
Save/Ctrl+S/Cmd+S
Save As/Ctrl+Shift+S/Cmd+Shift+S
Save a Copy/Ctrl+Alt+S/Cmd+Option+S
Save for Web/Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S/Cmd+Option+Shift+S

Retouching Skin Using Healing Brushes&Patch Tools

Retouching Skin "How to make flawless skin"

This is good cause it really makes imperfection from pictures reduced visibly...