How to make a photo as drawn with PhotoShop?

What if you do not know how to draw with a pencil or using a computer mouse, but you want to create a digital drawing? To date, many people are interested in the question of how to make a photo as painted. The answer to it is quite simple: all that is needed is to carefully study the material provided in this article and apply the knowledge gained in practice.

Let's talk about art

In the old days, to capture the moment, it was required to have artistic talent and to study for a long time, but in our time there is such a thing as photography, so it's not necessary to be able to draw at all. Thanks to modern technology, we can instantly create our own small works of art. Well, the availability of various graphic editors opens a wide range of possibilities for creativity by drawing and processing photos and applying a variety of effects.

How can I draw a photo?

There are several different ways of how to turn a photo into a real drawing. The easiest way is to convert photos directly into your browser online. It is clear that all the settings there are common and can not be adjusted for each photo. The second, more productive way is the use of programs specially created for such purposes. On the Internet there is a large number of different editors, aimed specifically at turning a picture into a kind of drawing. The number of available settings will be longer, and you will be able to achieve an acceptable result. The best way is to use a graphical editor like PhotoShop ("Photoshop"). In this case, editing the photo takes place under your personal control, which means that the final product will be optimal.

Of course, you will get the most impressive result by ordering a portrait or landscape from the artist, but our goal is to get acquainted with the work of the editor, so that everyone can easily understand how to make a photo as painted. So we leave the work of the brush to the artists, and we will understand the principle of the "Photoshop" work. There is nothing difficult in the task set: if you carefully read the instructions and step by step to perform all the specified actions, then everything will turn out easily. The end result will please the eye, and you will be able to learn something new.

How to make a pencil photo in Photoshop?

There are many opportunities to make a drawing from a photo using the tools of "Photoshop". First, let's look at the simplest way, after which the photo will turn into a black and white pencil drawing.

• Open the desired image in the "Photoshop" editor.
• On the right is the "Layers" panel, in which only one layer of our photo - "Background" - is displayed so far. Copy it either with the right mouse button - "Create a duplicate layer", or simply drag it down to the "Create a new layer" icon. The "Background copy" will appear in the list of layers.
• Now you need to desaturate the new layer using the top menu "Image - Correction - Desaturate". We get a black and white photo.
• After repeating the copying and again through the top menu, we perform one more operation "Image - Correction - Inversion". This will turn our colors - change black to white and vice versa.
• On the same layer in the left panel, open the list of blending modes and select "Linear clarifier". The whole drawing will turn white, and you can proceed to the next step.
• At this stage, we directly approach the creation of the pencil effect. For what in the top menu we use "Filter - Other - Minimum". After that, on the white background after the previous step, the desired result appears - a pencil drawing. In the filter settings window, which opens immediately after the application "Filter - Other - Minimum" in the "Radius" field, we set 1, but we can experiment. The larger the radius, the stronger the pattern will again resemble the photo. Therefore, the optimal size is 1, but it is allowed to slightly increase it - depends on the photo, and this can be determined by eye. The drawing is ready.
• If the result is not clear enough, you can play with the blending modes after applying the "Minimum" filter. For example, "Clarity of the foundation." A successful regime will be found experimentally.
• Also, an interesting effect will result if you make the middle layer in the left panel invisible (click on the "eye" next to the layer name). Then the resulting pattern turns out to be colored.
• To save this or that result, when you reach the desired result, select "File - Save As ..." in the upper menu and save the image where it is convenient.

Work with paints

How to make a photo as painted? Using a special filter developed by Adobe, which is freely available on the Internet - Pixel Bender. In the version of Ps6 it is already preinstalled, and in the Russian version it is called "Oil paint" and is in the top menu in the "Filter" column.

This effect looks particularly good in photographs of some places: ancient buildings, landscapes and still lifes. You can also apply it to a person's photos, but the result can be ambiguous.

Use this method of editing even easier than the previous one: you just open the photo you need, then go to the upper menu "Filter - Oil paint ...", then an additional filter window opens, in which you immediately see the future result by changing the settings. Two main parameters are changed: brush properties and lighting. The resulting picture is very beautiful, and most importantly, it seems that it is really drawn with brushes and paints.

And finally

As mentioned above, there are many options for how to make a photo as drawn, how to create a truly memorable drawing by the way of processing photos. You can achieve the effect of cartoons, cartoons, comics, paintings, sketches. The list can be continued as much as your imagination will suffice. The possibilities in the environment of graphic editors are almost limitless - you just need not be afraid to learn. Install Photoshop, start with a simple one, gradually improving the skill, and you will achieve excellent results!