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Hello again everyone. I hope all you Americans
had a good 4th of July. All in all the fishing trip was a
success, if for nothing other than to clear the cobwebs from my
brain. Actually catching fish was an added bonus. My family and
I had a brief run in with a bear, but he was more interested in
the sunset than us. The final tally: 35 trout and 8 bass. As for
wildlife watching, we saw 200+ deer (not a difficult feat here,
but many had just given birth so the bambies were all over the
place), 1 beaver and, of course, the bear.
This week I'll show you a quick way to turn your
photos into a line art drawing. This effect is fairly popular,
but I've not seen many tutorials on how to get from point A to
point F (i.e. finished image). So without further ado...
Open your Photo.
Duplicate the Background Layer.
Go to Image>Adjust>Hue/Saturation. Reduce the
saturation of the Background Copy layer.
Duplicate the Background Copy Layer.
Go to Filter>Stylize>Find Edges and apply it to
the newly created, topmost layer.
That is really a bit overbearing, so lets see if
we can't make the line art a bit more subtle. Set the top layer
blending mode to 'Screen.
Click the 'Add a Mask' icon on the bottom of the
Layers Palette. Make sure the foreground Color is set to Black.
Click on the Paint Brush Tool, select Airbrush and get a large,
soft brush. Start lightly painting areas of the image where you
would like some color to spill through, such as the cheeks, the
background, and so forth.
As an added touch, there is a quick way to 'age'
the painting using a pattern fill. For instance, here is a
pattern I created last night. I've created a new layer above the
face layers, and filled it with my pattern.
Not I'll just set the Blending Mode for the top
layer to 'Soft Light' and here's the image:
Just a quick note- I'm just finishing up dozens
of add-ons specifically for Photoshop 7, so please stop back
Action Fx. Take care! |