Modern graphic editors provide truly amazing possibilities in terms of digital image processing. Most of the operations can be performed in just a few mouse clicks. There are also quite complex tasks that require some time to complete. For example, a professional will not tell you in a nutshell how to make a pencil drawing from a photo. It all depends on the original photo and the tools provided by the graphic editor.
Necessary
Graphic editor Adobe Photoshop
Instructions
Step 1
Open the photo in the editor. Select "File" and "Open" from the menu, or press "Ctrl + O". Specify the path to the file in the dialog. Click the "Open" button.
Step 2
Create a main layer from the background layer. Select "Layer", "New", "Layer From Background" from the menu. In the dialog that appears, click the "OK" button.
Step 3
Cast the image to grayscale. Select the menu items "Image", "Adjustments", "Desaturate". Alternatively, press the Shift + Ctrl + U keyboard shortcut.
Step 4
Duplicate the current layer two times. Select the menu items "Layer" and "Duplicate Layer …". Repeat this operation.
Step 5
Invert the image. Press Ctrl + I, or select the menu items "Image", "Adjustments", "Invert".
Step 6
Change the Blend Mode of the current layer to "Color Dodge". Select the appropriate item in the drop-down list of the Layers tab.
Step 7
Apply a blur effect to the layer. Click on the menu items "Filter", "Blur", "Gaussian Blur …". In the dialog that opens, set the Radius field to such a value so that the lines in the preview window are not very thick. A value in the range 1-3 will do. Click OK.
Step 8
Merge the top layers and invert the resulting image. Select the "Layer" and "Merge Down" menu items, or press Ctrl + E. Then select "Image", "Adjustments", "Invert", or press Ctrl + I.
Step 9
Set the foreground and background colors. The foreground color should be dark gray. The value # 464646 will do. The background color should be almost white. The value # f8f8f8 will do.
Step 10
Apply the "Graphic Pen" filter to the image of the current layer. Select from the menu "Filter", "Sketch", "Graphic Pen …". In the "Stroke Length" field, set the maximum value. Click OK.
Step 11
Invert the image. Choose from the menu "Image", "Adjustments", "Invert", or press Ctrl + I.
Step 12
Switch the layer blending mode to "Color Dodge". Select "Color Dodge" from the Mode drop-down list on the Layers tab.
Step 13
Merge the layers. Select "Layer", "Merge Down" from the menu. Alternatively, press the key combination Ctrl + E.
Step 14
Save the resulting image. In the menu, activate the items "File", "Save As …" or press the key combination Shift + Ctrl + S. Specify the output file format, path and name to save.
