Make a photograph look like it was made in vector without drawing anything.
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1. Open the image for editing. |
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2. Apply a "Cutout" filter (Image> Artistic> Cutout) with the following properties:
Number of Levels: The lowest value possible to reveal all important details.
Click OK. |
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3. Create a new document from the current state by pressing the "Create a new document from the current state" in the "History" pallet. |
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4. On the new document, resize the image (Image> Image Size). To create thicker outlines, select a smaller image size; to create thinner outlines, select a larger image size. Make sure the "Constrain Proportions" and "Resample Image" check option is checkmarked. Select "Bicubic" as the resample method. Click OK. |
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5. Apply a "Find Edges" filter (Filter> Stylize> Find Edges). |
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6. On the current layer, use the "Hue/Saturation" tool (Ctrl+U) to reduce the "Lightness" to "-50". Click OK. |
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7. Cascade the windows (Window> Arrange> Cascade) and drag the current document into the prevoius document while holding the "Shift" key. |
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8. Resize the new layer using the "Transform" tool (Ctrl+T). Press "Return" to exit out of the transform mode. |
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9. Change the current layer's blending mode to "Hard Light". |
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10. Use the "Brightness/Contrast" tool to increase the "Contrast" to "50". Click OK. |
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11. Try experimenting with thicker or thinner lines and different settings for step 2. To make the outlines all black, desaturate (Ctrl+Shift+U) the top layer with the "Find Edges" filter. Rollover the image in this step to see the original image before this technique was applied. |
