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Use Photoshop To Make A Picture Look Like A Sketch

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This is really cool if you have photoshop!
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Ummmmm... ya, i hope you like this.

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  1. Step 1

    Step 1

    Find a picture you like. I used this one of the girls from Trashy Crue.

  2. Step 2

    Step 2

    Next, go to Image< Adjust< Brightness/Contrast.


  3. Step 3

    Step 3

    Set the contrast to about 50. Now your picture should look something like this.

  4. Step 4

    Step 4

    Now go to Image< Adjust< Desaturate. Your picture will be black and white.


  5. Step 5

    Step 5

    At this point, You need to reduplicate your picture to unlock it. To do this, go to the layers palete, and right click on your picture. Then select Duplicate Layer. This will show up as background copy. From now on, we will work on this layer.

  6. Step 6

    Step 6

    Now go to Image< Adjust< Invert. Your image looks like this. Kinda creepy, huh?

  7. Step 7

    Step 7

    Go to the layers Palete and select color dodge from the drop-down menu.

  8. Step 8

    Step 8

    Your image looks like this.

  9. Step 9

    Step 9

    Now go to Filter< Blur< Gaussian Blur. Mess with the radius until you think the image looks most like a sketch. I set mine to 2 for the radius.

  10. Step 10

    Step 10

    Ta-dah! Image to sketch in a matter of not much time. Now you can impress your friends, or trick them into thinking that you have hidden talent. Enjoy!

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Kalli

Kalli

18 Jul 00:36

Nice

Caty C.

Caty C.

18 Jul 01:12

Yay! i friend told me how to do this a few months ago, but i completly forgot and i hate rading PS manual, you rock!!

BunnyKissd

BunnyKissd

18 Jul 01:30

OMG that is the coolest! Thanks for the tips! They even work in PSP!

Stalk_her

Stalk_her

18 Jul 04:47

this is awesome! i love photoshop tips!

Cat Morley

Cat Morley

18 Jul 15:47

Awesome how-to, I use photoshop all the time and I didn't know how to do this!

Jennyfacé

Jennyfacé

18 Jul 18:04

If you don't have photoshop or don't want to get it, I'm pretty sure Flickr has this too.
But it might be premium, I'm not sure.

Janet

Janet

19 Jul 01:45

I tried this on photofiltre and it almost worked

Shivi

Shivi

19 Jul 02:05

I don't have photoshop-too complicated for me but with the little photot editing program that I do have I can do that in one simnple step. Thanks for sharing it with everyone else who can use photoshop unlike me! lol

JonasGurl_2341

JonasGurl_2341

07 Sep 03:57

im try to do it but when i get to the Desaturate part im stumped (i have adobe photoshop 6.0)

JonasGurl_2341

JonasGurl_2341

07 Sep 04:10

sry to comment again but i figured out how to desaturate uhmmm but what does it mean when my picture goes blank when i do colordodge?

TheStitchedZombie

TheStitchedZombie

22 Sep 19:10

i cant find the colour dodge button.

TheStitchedZombie

TheStitchedZombie

22 Sep 19:13

no worry found it

Valentina M.

Valentina M.

18 Sep 18:30

you can also do this ith GOOGLE PICASA, you can download it for free! (which is plus)

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