From Photo to Pencil Sketch Tutorial

[d_palapuz]

TITLE: FROM PHOTO TO PENCIL SKETCH TUTORIAL
DESCRIPTION: THIS TUTORIAL WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO TURN SUB-PAR IMAGES INTO EMOTIONAL PEICES OF ART.
DIFFICULTY: EASY BUT TRICKY
REQUIRED PROGRAMS: ADOBE PHOTOSHOP 7 AND HIGHER.
MODEL: DANNIE RIEL

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. OPEN A PHOTO BY PRESSING CTRL + O ON YOUR KEYBOARD OR CLICK FILE >>> OPEN. I USED DANNIE RIEL AS THE MODEL FOR THIS TUTORIAL. DRAG THE BACKGROUND LAYER TO THE NEW LAYER ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAYERS PALETTE (CTRL +J). THIS WILL GIVE US A BACK UP COPY IN CASE WE MESS THINGS UP LATER ON. CLICK THE VISIBILITY EYEBALL OF THE ORIGINAL LAYER TO TURN IT OFF.




2. FROM THE MENU, CLICK IMAGE >>> ADJUSTMENTS >>> CHANNEL MIXER. NOW CLICK THE MONOCHROME BUTTON AT THE BOTTOM, THEN PLAY AROUND THE VARIOUS SLIDERS UNTIL YOU GET A NICE BLACK AND WHITE IMAGE WITH A FAIR AMOUNT OF CONTRAST. HERE ARE THE NUMBERS I USED:




3. NOW, CHOOSE FILTER MENU >>> STYLIZE >>> FIND EDGES. YOUR IMAGE SHOULD TURN INTO SOMETHING WEIRD LIKE THE ONE BELOW, BUT DON'T WORRY. THIS IS NECESSARY IN ORDER FOR US TO DO THE NEXT STEP.




4. CLICK THE EDIT MENU >>> FADE FIND EDGES. THIS WILL ALLOW US TO BACK OFF THE EFFECTS OF THE FIND EDGES FILTER.
NOTE: THIS COMMAND IS ONLY AVAILABLE *IMMEDIATELY* AFTER RUNNING THE FILTER, OTHERWISE IT'LL BE GRAYED OUT.

5. IN THE DIALOG BOX, REDUCE THE OPACITY TO 50% (DEPENDING ON THE IMAGE), AND CHANGE THE BLEND MODE TO LIGHTEN. THIS WILL GIVE US A NICE SOFT SKETCH FEEL.
TIP: PLAY AROUND THIS A LITTLE BIT UNTIL YOU GET A GOOD IMAGE OF A SKETCH FROM THE PICTURE. I MYSELF HAD HARD TIMES FIGURING OUT WHAT OPTIONS I COULD DO TO GET THE SKETCH-LIKE FIGURE. SO DON'T KNOCK YOURSELF OUT IF YOU COULDN'T GET IT AT FIRST TRY. WHAT I DID WAS, IF SOMETHING IS NOT GOING RIGHT ON CHOOSING OPTIONS FOR THIS ONE, I USUALLY UNDO EVERYTHING AND GO BACK TO THE CHANNEL MIXER AND CHOOSE DIFFERENT NUMBERS TO GET A BETTER IMAGE AFTER "FADE FIND EDGES". ALSO, TRY HARD MIX BLEND OPTION FOR A DARKER SKETCH.



AND YOU SHOULD GET SOMETHING LIKE THIS:




6. NOW WE ARE GOING TO GIVE IT A SOFT EDGE. PRESS M TO SELECT THE RECTANGULAR MARQUEE SELECTION TOOL AND DRAW A SELECTION AROUND THE IMAGE ABOUT A QUARTER (1/4) WAY IN, AS SHOWN BELOW. RIGHT CLICK WITHIN THE SELECTED AREA TO BRING UP THE SHORTCUT MENU AND CHOOSE FEATHER. ENTER 10 PIXELS AND PRESS OK.

7. INSTEAD OF DELETING THE EDGES OF THE IMAGE, WE ARE GOING TO HIDE THEM IN A LAYER MASK BY CLICKING THE ADD LAYER MASK (CIRCLE WITHIN A SQUARE) ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAYERS PALETTE.

8. CTRL + CLICK THE NEW LAYER ICON AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LAYERS PALETTE TO ADD A BLANK LAYER BENEATH IT.

9. PRESS D TO SET YOUR COLOR CHIPS TO THE DEFAULT OF BLACK AND WHITE, THEN PRESS X UNTIL WHITE IS PERCHED ON TOP. PRESS ALT + DELETE TO FILL THE LAYERS WITH WHITE.




10. LIGHTEN THE SKETCH SLIGHTLY BY REDUCING THE OPACITY OF THE SKETCH LAYER IN THE LAYERS PALETTE. THIS IS OPTIONAL, DEPENDING ON YOUR IMAGE IF YOU WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A PENCIL SKETCH. IF IT'S GOOD ALREADY, LIKE MINE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE IT.

HERE'S THE FINAL IMAGE!




NOW YOU CAN JUST SIT BACK AND GAZE WITH AWE UPON OUR NEW CREATION!

[dominicuz]

cool nice one daryl

[d_palapuz]

salamat, kuya domz!

[booba]

sexy ng model

[d_palapuz]

(10-05-2009 01:53 PM)booba Wrote:  
sexy ng model

syempre nmn..
I picked her, didn't I?
lawl!

[OhBea!]

hahaha. hindi talaga ako marunong mag pshop. dito lang ako natututo. thank you po! hindi pa ko sanay na mag iba ng mga kung ano anong iniinput kaya ginagaya ko lang yung inyo

[d_palapuz]

(06-12-2010 02:14 PM)OhBea! Wrote:  hahaha. hindi talaga ako marunong mag pshop. dito lang ako natututo. thank you po! hindi pa ko sanay na mag iba ng mga kung ano anong iniinput kaya ginagaya ko lang yung inyo

tutorials lang kailangan niyan, hehe.
basta konting practice pa, kaya mo na yan..
eh kasi ako, matagal na ako nag-p-photoshop kaya ayun..