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Pencil Shading Effect


Step 1.

Open your photo and duplicate background layer (apply Layer > Duplicate Layer). Now choose "Background copy" layer. Choose Elliptical Marquee Tool and make an elliptical selection. Go to channels palette and crete a new channel (Alpha 1).

Step 2.

Apply Select > Feather with the following settings: Feather Radius->45px. And apply Edit > Fill...(White) or press ALT+Del. Now add some noise, apply Filter > Noise > Add Noise with the following settings: Amount->25, Distribution->Uniform, Monochromatic->ON. Apply Filter > Brush Strokes > Angled Strokes with the following settings: Direction balance-> 10, Stroke length->44, Sharpness->10.

image 1

Step 3.

Go to layers palette and choose "Background copy" layer. Now apply Select > Load Selection with the following settings: Operation->New selection, Channel->Alpha1. Apply Select > Inverse and press Del.

image 2

Step 4.

Choose "Background" layer. Choose Elliptical Marquee Tool and make an elliptical selection. Go to channels palette and crete a new channel (Alpha 2). Apply Select > Feather with the following settings: Feather Radius->20px. Apply Select > Inverse and then apply Edit > Fill..(White). Now add some noise, apply Filter > Noise > Add Noise with the following settings: Amount->8, Distribution->Uniform, Monochromatic->ON. Apply Filter > Brush Strokes > Angled Strokes with the following settings: Direction balance-> 83, Stroke length->44, Sharpness->10.

Step 4.

Go to layers palette and choose "Background" layer. Now apply Select > Load Selection with the following settings: Operation->New selection, Channel->Alpha 2. Apply Select > Inverse and fill it (apply Edit > Fill..(White)). Now apply Select > Inverse again and Edit > Fill..(White). You will get a pencil shading photo like mine. And that's it.

Pencil Shading Effect



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comments dakshesh August 30, 2010 says:
i want
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comments clippingimages May 18, 2010 says:
thanks for this helpful short tutorial
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