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Digital Image

Added: Nov 18, 2005 Rating:

Level: Beginner Software: Photoshop

	1. Open an image to edit. This effect works best with photos with simple backgrounds.

	2. Use the Image Size tool (Image> Image Size) to increase the size of the image. I recommend 2000x3000 pixels or higher for more details in the final result.

	3. Add a Mosaic filter (Filter> Pixelate> Mosaic) with a Cell Size of 8 square.

	4. Apply a Find Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges).

	5. Apply a Median filter (Filter> Noise> Median) with a Radius of 2 pixels.

	6. Select the Magic Wand tool (W) and apply settings: Tolerance: 8 Anti-Alias: Checked Contiguous: Checked Use the Magic Wand tool with the above settings to click on a white area then Inverse the selection (Shift+Ctrl+I).

	7. Apply a Median filter (Filter> Noise> Median) with a Radius of 3 pixels.

	8. Deselect (Ctrl+D) and apply the Median filter (Filter> Noise> Median) again but with a Radius of 1 pixel.

	9. Apply an Auto Levels (Shift+Ctrl+L)

	10. Apply a Minimum filter (Filter> Other> Minimum) with a Radius of 1 pixel.

	11. Invert (Ctrl+I).

	12. Duplicate the current layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Overlay. Merge the layers (Ctrl+E).

	13. Use the Hue/Saturation (Ctrl+U) to colorize the image. These are the settings I've used: Colorize: Checked Hue: 100 Saturation: 100

	14. Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode of the new layer to Screen.

	15. Apply a Find Edges filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges).

	16. Invert (Ctrl+I) the current layer. Download full size.