Do you find it interesting to change a photo into a special view, say, just like a sketch? This tutorial shows you how to create a sketched or painted effect from a photograph in Photoshop. There are a lot of Photoshop techniques that may be helpful to achieve a “sketch” look – they include extensive use of layers, channels, curves, many filters and other Photoshop features. Want to have a try? Let’s start!
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1. Open an image.
First of all, just open an image which you want to make it into a sketch. To get the best sketch image, high contrast images are preferable. If it’s needed, you can adjust the image’s contrast (Image>Adjust>Brightness/Contrast).
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2. Image > Adjustments > Desaturate
Then adjust the image, follow the picture below. Desaturate this new layer.
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Then after “Desaturate” process, you can get a black-and-white effect photo.
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3. Make a duplicate of the desaturated layer. Then keep the duplicate layer selected. (Notice that there should now be at least two layers: two desaturated layers, if you like, you can also have a blank background layer.)
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(you can also duplicate the layer by right clicking on the previous layer and selecting the option of duplicating that layer.)
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4. Invert this new layer.Image > Adjustments > Invert
To make it look more naturally, that is to say, like a real sketch, we can use the “Invert” item to get the effect.
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5. Notice that now, with the inverted layer selected, change the blending mode to "color dodge." The image will turn all white with few black spots on it.
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6. Follow this: Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur , then you can set the radius in between 4.0-9.0. Choose the one that creates a nice sketch effect.
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So, we get the final result now, doesn’t it look very cool? Now create your own sketches!
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I’m sorry but that looks absolutely nothing like a sketch.
^agreed. wouldn’t you be better just using one of the, ummm, sketch filters?