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Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Photo to Pencil Sketch

This tutorial will describes how to create photo to pencil sketch effect.

Step 1: First open any image.

Step 2: Go to Image> Adjustments> Desaturate or press Ctrl+Shift+U.

Step 3: Duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl+J and then go to Image> Adjustments> Invert or press Ctrl+I.

Step 4: Set the duplicated layer blending mode to 'Color Dodge'.

Step 5: Select the duplicated layer, go to Filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur and apply these following setting:

Step 6: Select the duplicated layer, go to Image> Adjustments> Levels or press Ctrl+L and apply these following setting:

Step 7: Duplicate the first layer by pressing Ctrl+J and place it on the top.
Set this layer blending mode to 'Soft Light'.



Here's the final result!


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

great result!

Virginhunter said...

Now I can get a pencil sketch picture effect without filter anymore, thanks a lot

Anonymous said...

Great one.

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Anonymous said...

Wow great tutorial making a photo looked like a drawing of a pencil...

photo retouching said...

A nice bit of photo retouching which I am going to recommend to my students

Unknown said...

Great tutorial, enjoyed following it and creating the same result. Thanks for sharing and looking forward for your next tut.

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ephoto said...

Thanks for an interesting lesson. I am engaged in manufacturing of photobooks and interesting effects often does not suffice

Pencil Sketch said...

How to get a pencil sketch for any image i want?

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