Converting a photograph to a painting/drawing

[Guest]

The following technique is just one of the many techniques to convert to drawings/paintings and it will not produce the same results with every photograph.

• open a file
• create a duplicate of the layer containing the photograph
• select this new layer
• apply filter / stylize / find edges
• change blending mode to "color dodge"
• change opacity to 65%[/list:u]Experiment with opacity or add a "brightness/contrast" layer style to one or both layers (use clipping group) and fiddle with the settings.
  You can also use the menus "filter / artistic" or "filter / brush strokes" to add some brush stroke effects to the layer containing the "find edges" effect. It's all about experimenting and personal preference.
  Note: almost the same technique can be used to bring out various details in a photograph.
  
  Be aware(!): some shots need different blending modes, brightness/contrast and/or opacity settings.

 

[Joy Foraker]

G-man

Wow this is good. Thanks I like the results.
Joy [innocent] [saywhat]

 

[theKeeper]

Very nice conversion G.

 

[sfm]

you know I wondered how they did that thanks mate looks great
sfm

 

[Rick Miller]

Great technique!


I just had to play with it; thanks for sharing.
[excited]

 

[mr-meth]

great and simply technique. GJ...

 

[Tanya]

Wow.. I love that! What an interesting idea for a little gift. combine that with the Colorized tutorial here, and it can be quite pretty to frame and give someone *S

Tanya

 

[lindaw]

Sooo cool Gaus!!! That would make my art life so much easier if I could do that but the "art world" doesn't recognize PS as art or anything done in it, even sketch work. Doesn't make sense to me. Thanks for the tips!

 

[meehoo]

That's real cool...and what a tool for watercolorists (if that's a word) who are working on complex imagery and need help getting a more impressionist lose feel. I know I definetly would have used it back when I painted...maybe one day I'll pick it up again.

-Meehoo