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Photo to Drawing

 

Corey shows you how to create a drawing from a photo and blend the two.

Corey Barker

Corey Barker is Executive Producer of PlanetPhotoshop.com and is an Education and Curriculum Developer for the National Association of Photoshop Professionals. Corey has also made numerous appearances on the highly rated podcast, PhotoshopUser TV, and is co-host of Layers TV.

29 Comments

  1. NPM said on — April 7, 2008 @ 4:23 pm

    By far one of the best and most creative uses for Photoshop.

  2. Silvia said on — April 14, 2008 @ 6:00 am

    a very nice effect and very well explained

  3. Rhonda said on — April 20, 2008 @ 2:40 pm

    Really nice, not to hard to follow. I love these types of effects.

  4. Junior said on — May 10, 2008 @ 3:05 am

    A very nice software and very handy to use. Creating new visualize effect will definetly enhance my creativity.

  5. Aby said on — May 10, 2008 @ 12:39 pm

    these natural and artistic effects are simply gr8……thanks alot …..very nicely xplained :)

  6. jenny said on — May 11, 2008 @ 3:58 am

    There are still a lot of us who have dial-up.
    This tutorial was useless.

    How about words and pictures -disjointed words are not helpful!!!

  7. jenny said on — May 11, 2008 @ 4:00 am

    I thought that it may just be one or two which were slow to load.
    This site has so much potential, particularly for a teacher of digital graphics!!!

  8. h mark conner said on — May 11, 2008 @ 6:57 am

    great tutorial, just awsome thanks

  9. janak chauhan said on — June 3, 2008 @ 1:33 am

    The effect looks really cool and the way you guys explain is really commendable.
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge with novice like us.

  10. HAHA! said on — July 5, 2008 @ 7:20 pm

    Dial up?
    Seriously?
    YOU HAVE ISSUES!

  11. fk said on — July 11, 2008 @ 2:22 pm

    very very nice .thanx for sharing…

  12. Bashir - Islamabada (Pakistan) said on — August 1, 2008 @ 10:40 pm

    Excellent and helpful movie for learners who want to learn through videos. It shows that how much

  13. iezzam said on — August 10, 2008 @ 8:14 pm

    Excellent, creative and very goods idea. Thanx.

  14. Dew said on — September 17, 2008 @ 1:23 pm

    wow. i always wanted to know how they did that =o! this is awesome

  15. Mark said on — October 15, 2008 @ 11:08 am

    great tut for using in local commericals for tile and interior design.

  16. anna said on — December 27, 2008 @ 6:27 am

    wow, i’m a total beginner to photoshop and i’m really REALLY glad i came across your videos on the internet.
    thanks for sharing these techniques! :D

  17. Lee said on — January 11, 2009 @ 2:47 pm

    Great Tutorial. However, I am having a hard time with one aspect. When it comes to using the gradients ( ) I am only allowed to apply to either the top, left, right or bottom. One only. I am unable to use the gradient on more than one. How do you fix that? Help! I’m at a loss!

    Lee

  18. Scott said on — May 11, 2009 @ 6:23 pm

    Lee, you missed the part (about halfway through) where he selected the gradient tool as black to transparent. Not black to white.

  19. Eve said on — May 31, 2009 @ 6:00 pm

    You are brillaint – thank you so much – now if only i knew how to make a black to transparent gradient as it appears i dont have one

  20. What’s Your Play? no. 49 « Life Signatures Pingback on — June 10, 2009 @ 11:20 pm

    [...] photographer geek friend Danny sent me this link and I decided to use it on this photo. I followed the tutorial but thought the end product [...]

  21. SIERRAPROSPECTOR said on — July 9, 2009 @ 2:37 am

    When you live 6.5 miles from town and it takes 20 minutes to get to town because of the narrow and twisty roads, and where the forest ceiling is so thick you can only see the stars from your gravel driveway, you are greatfulto have dial-up.

  22. blackmagic said on — July 13, 2009 @ 12:18 am

    Thanks Corey, for a novice like me your videos are easily understood and I am learning so much by following the tutorials……My children are really impressed by what I am creating….Never too old to learn new tricks….

  23. Giliam said on — July 24, 2009 @ 8:50 am

    Great tutorial! But I have one problem, when I want to make the overlay from the gradient tool, it doesnt show the lines (Something further than the middle of the movie). Does anyone knows why this is happening?

  24. cool said on — August 16, 2009 @ 8:42 am

    very cool tutorial you have there…
    I used it to make some real cool effects on my images..
    Thanks…

  25. What Would You Do? 109 - Page 2 Pingback on — August 22, 2009 @ 7:58 pm

    [...] and brightness/contrast to make the bubbles pop. Used the "Photo to Drawing" technique found at Photo to Drawing | Planet Photoshop. (Found in an old post by Riversider) Played around with blending and lightening the masked image [...]

  26. Kolby said on — September 9, 2009 @ 9:33 am

    Lee: You are probably using a gradient that is going from black to white (or vise versa) You need to use a gradient that goes from black to transparent.

    Also make sure you have the transparency box checked to the right.

  27. Iamdogsmom said on — October 15, 2009 @ 7:25 pm

    Thank you for these tutorials. I don’t have Photoshop, I have Photoshop Elements. It takes a few adaptions to figure out how to achieve some of your steps, but it can be done. Your videos give them the basics, I just improvise….and learn things I’d never have found on my own. Much thanks.

  28. Coley said on — March 9, 2011 @ 8:57 pm

    Great tutorial, thanks! I found an adaptation if you don’t like the pixel-y look that the “Fill” can cause in the selection step: If you use “Stroke” instead, you can thicken the lines, and fill in the spots. Hope that helps someone :)

  29. Gisèle Massie said on — April 1, 2011 @ 5:30 pm

    Beautiful effect!

    I loved every steps of that tutorial! Thank you so much for your good work

    gisèle

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