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Tamron SP AF 24-135mm f/3.5-5.6 AD Aspherical IF for Canon

03/08/2006 03:18:51 PM · #1

I saw this neat trick somewhere and wanted to share it.

Take any photo you wanna 'convert' to a 'line' 'drawing' and do the following :

1. Desaturate the image.
2. Hit Ctrl+J to make a new layer. Now you got two layers in total, both without color.
3. Hit Ctrl+I to invert the top layer.
4. Set blending mode to Color Dodge.
5. Go to Gaussian Blur and adjust the slider and watch the image change into a 'line' 'drawing'.

Play around with this for cool effects. Have fun.

nards656

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

03/08/2006 03:25:39 PM · #2

Wicked cool! Thank you!

Bobster

Canon EOS-20D

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon

03/08/2006 03:29:50 PM · #3

could be an interesting effect :)

thanx :D

Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon

03/08/2006 03:31:43 PM · #4

I am glad people liked it. I was playing around and found something else you can do with it. If you keep a original layer beneath it after the effect is done, you can change the opacity and mix the 'line' 'drawing' with the colored original to make it look funky.

dahved

Canon EOS-50D

03/08/2006 04:08:41 PM · #5

I'm not seeing how to blend in the original color layer with the opacity... thanks for sharing the effect, though!

Message edited by author 2006-03-08 16:08:58.

Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon

03/08/2006 11:28:02 PM · #6

Just leave the background layer as is, and make another layer and then start the process as mentioned. After you are done, you will have a 'line' 'drawing', and an original color background layer.

sfalice

Canon PowerShot SX60 HS

03/08/2006 11:51:19 PM · #7

I'm just a little dense - how do you set the blending mode to Color Dodge?

dahved

Canon EOS-50D

03/09/2006 12:01:00 AM · #8

Originally posted by ignite:

Just leave the background layer as is, and make another layer and then start the process as mentioned. After you are done, you will have a 'line' 'drawing', and an original color background layer.

Right, that's what I did. But then when I moved the opacity slider, the color didn't combine with the desaturated layer. Maybe I'm missing some way to link the opacity to the background layer...still learning Photoshop.

Message edited by author 2006-03-09 00:01:16.

dahved

Canon EOS-50D

Tamron AF 18-270mm F/3,5-6,3 Di II VC LD Aspherical [IF] macro for Canon

03/09/2006 12:04:45 AM · #9

Originally posted by sfalice:

I'm just a little dense - how do you set the blending mode to Color Dodge?

On the Layers tab, there's a dropdown that probably says Normal (next to the Opacity box in CS). In the list below it you can select Color Dodge.

03/09/2006 01:08:55 AM · #10

Ok, step by step guide for combining 'line' 'drawing' with color.

1. Hit Ctrl+J to make a new layer. Now you have two colored layers.
2. Desaturate the top layer.
3. Hit Ctrl+J to make a new layer. Now you got three layers in total, two without color, and one original colored layer.
4. Hit Ctrl+I to invert the top layer.
5. Set blending mode to Color Dodge.
6. Go to Gaussian Blur and adjust the slider and watch the image change into a 'line' 'drawing'.
7. Hit Ctrl+E to merge the top two layers, and now you have two layers, one 'line' 'drawing' and one original color layer.
8. Now use opacity to mix the two.