How to turn a Photo to a Sketch in Photoshop
Ever look at a photo and think that would make a really nice sketch. I have, but if your like me and can’t draw you’re often left wondering. Not with Photoshop. Here are simple instructions to turn a photo into a sketch.
Here’s a picture I took at a shoot earlier this year. I think this would make a great sketch.
A photo that would make a great sketch!
1. Open your photograph in Photoshop.
2. Turn your photograph to black and white by clicking Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate.
3. In the layers pallet, right click on the background layer and click “Duplicate Layer”
4. Rename the layer by double-clicking on the current name, “Background Copy.” Call is “Sketch.”
5. Invert the colors in the new layer by clicking Image -> Adjustments -> Invert.
6. On the layers pallet, change the blending mode “Color Dodge.” Your photo should now be 99% white.
7. Add a Gaussian Blur by clicking Filter -> Blur -> Gaussian Blur.
8. Use the Radius Slide to set the amout of “sketching” you want. In this example, I used 4.
9. Flatten the image by clicking Layer -> Flatten Image.
10. Save your image using File -> Save As so you don’t overwrite the original!
Here are the results:
The Results!
Why Marc172931?
Those are the car numbers of 3 of my 4 favorite drivers. (the 17 car is driven by Matt Kenseth, the 29 driven by Kevin Harvick and the 31 driven by Jeff Burton) I’m also a big fan of the 18 M&M’s car driven by Kyle Busch, the man most love to hate, but he won me over big time the last year. My all time favorite driver: Rusty Wallace.
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