negative-0
02-06-2006, 06:00 PM
I have looked around on the internet, but have never found a truely good tutorial to show you how to take a picture of a real person, and turn it into a cartoon charecter.
I decided to figure it out myself and I came up with this...
1. First you want to get a picture of a person agenst a relativly basic background (no paintings or anything with thousands of colors). My picture isn't so good but it works.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/IMG4.jpg
2. Then you copy the layer and call it edges.
Make sure that it is selected and go to Filter >> Stylize >> Find Edges.
Your image should then look like this:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/girlcartooon1.jpg
With that layer still selected, set the blending mode for the layer to multiply.
This is when the image begins to look like a cartoon.
you should now have this:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/girlcartoon2.jpg
3. Now we merge the layers by making sure that the top layer (edges) is selected an going to Layer >> Merge down.
Now you should have one layer and the image should look the same as the previous one.
4. Now for the final step.
We apply a surface blur by going to Filter >> blur >> surface blur
use these settings:
radius= 3 pixels
threshold= 12 pixels
Note: you can fool with the surface blur and come up with your own settings
your final image:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/girlcartoon3.jpg
HAVE FUN!
I decided to figure it out myself and I came up with this...
1. First you want to get a picture of a person agenst a relativly basic background (no paintings or anything with thousands of colors). My picture isn't so good but it works.
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/IMG4.jpg
2. Then you copy the layer and call it edges.
Make sure that it is selected and go to Filter >> Stylize >> Find Edges.
Your image should then look like this:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/girlcartooon1.jpg
With that layer still selected, set the blending mode for the layer to multiply.
This is when the image begins to look like a cartoon.
you should now have this:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/girlcartoon2.jpg
3. Now we merge the layers by making sure that the top layer (edges) is selected an going to Layer >> Merge down.
Now you should have one layer and the image should look the same as the previous one.
4. Now for the final step.
We apply a surface blur by going to Filter >> blur >> surface blur
use these settings:
radius= 3 pixels
threshold= 12 pixels
Note: you can fool with the surface blur and come up with your own settings
your final image:
http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e294/negativezero0/girlcartoon3.jpg
HAVE FUN!