Using this effect, you can transform anyone into a comic book character with a halftone, saturated look.

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1. Ja2 a.k.a Rubikmaster911 on YouTube said on — June 6, 2008 @ 8:01 pm

   Awesome tutorial. Best cartoon effect I ever seen. By the way, the gaussian blur can replicate the surface blur.

   P.S. Set the gaussian blur to a radius of 3.5

2. Rick said on — June 6, 2008 @ 8:19 pm

   Been looking for something like this for a long time! Thanks!

3. Glen said on — June 7, 2008 @ 2:07 am

   thanks for the comic book effect, fun tutorial!

4. thuhientnk said on — June 7, 2008 @ 7:01 am

   Thanks

5. Helmut said on — June 7, 2008 @ 7:45 am

   Danke

6. Chris said on — June 7, 2008 @ 10:37 am

   Good stuff, but it is a pity about the poor quality of the video

7. maria said on — June 7, 2008 @ 2:27 pm

   Been looking for something like this for a long time! Thanks!

8. Bob Murray said on — June 8, 2008 @ 10:35 am

   If there is ever a design war, I want Corey on my side! He never runs out of blammo!

9. David O'Hara said on — June 8, 2008 @ 10:46 am

   Excellent. Well done! Really like the effect. Keep them coming, I am learning so much by this

   Thanks a billion
   David
   

10. Charles said on — June 9, 2008 @ 8:27 am

    best of the best.

11. xinyl said on — June 9, 2008 @ 9:54 pm

    pretty good

12. Jesse Willson said on — June 10, 2008 @ 1:48 am

    I hope you know that you have single handedly taught me a LOT about photo shop!

    I will be away from my personal PC and photo shop for almost 6 months. I am counting on there being a half million tutorials to watch when I get back!!

    Thanks again!!

13. Website Design said on — June 10, 2008 @ 10:26 pm

    Ah man this is super slick, thanks so much for the tutorial. I’ll be putting this to good use.

14. Tom said on — June 11, 2008 @ 11:05 pm

    This is a frustrating exercise because the narrator talks so fast that towards the end, when we invert, he says click “command control I” and I think he meant command or control I – he says it so fast I cannot make out what he is saying.

    Also, when you click on the top layer to create the layer mask and he says click control on the layer, I did not get an inverted layer mask unless I dragged and dropped the layer over the layer mask icon and the instructions did not say that so I think for those like me who are new it would be helpful if the instructions were not so rushed and if they were a little more accurate. Also, it is not intuitive for me when I needs to switch between layers and sometime that goes so fast I have to replay the tutorial to figure that out – I have never seen a photoshop tutorial go so quickly – I wish the instructions were printed out – I know, maybe I am too slow but I still love the lessons – thanks

15. Mike3d said on — June 12, 2008 @ 12:49 am

    how can I fill with black the photo? I don’t understand…pls help

16. Hanneke said on — June 13, 2008 @ 5:46 am

    As Mike is asking: How do I, after making a new layer, get the inverse picture in the new layer and delete the selection?

17. Morgan said on — June 13, 2008 @ 1:15 pm

    ok about the command control thing. He is saying command on a mac, and control on a windows based pc. As for the layer mask, you hold control when you click on the image in the layers menu, this will select that layer only. Then you just click on the layer mask icon. Thats all it will create a layer mask with the “inverted” picture.

18. Bianca said on — June 17, 2008 @ 6:04 pm

    Okay, so I get everything else but the part where he says “option delete” to get the back fill on the photo, I don’t get it. I hit the delete button but a pop up screen says “could not clear because scratch disks are full”. Help please!

19. J-Rome said on — June 18, 2008 @ 11:50 am

    Far out, great shtuuff. Thanks!

20. Olc said on — June 20, 2008 @ 2:10 pm

    From Spain thanks, awesome tutorial !

21. Cheryl said on — June 20, 2008 @ 7:53 pm

    Bianca:
    If you are using a PC – substitute ALT-Delete, that is Windows version of Macs Option-deleter.

22. Márcio Guerra said on — June 20, 2008 @ 8:03 pm

    Hi, man… Very nice… again… I had already seen, but didn’t left a comment! Nice one!
    Márcio Guerra

23. Angola said on — June 23, 2008 @ 4:11 am

    hey there , i like all of yours tutorials.they’re very useful . i’m also looking for a vexel tutorial,but an easy one,because all i’ve found are too dificult to me.any help and i would be happy to say thankx.

24. chesternixx said on — June 26, 2008 @ 5:31 am

    i’ve been watching coreys tutorials for a year now and so far has done so many fun crazy things just applying his techniques to different styles. yes if there is an art war id like corey to be on my team. he likes to use hard light which by far is the best thing to do using layers and blending.keep it up dude

25. BBoy UNQ said on — June 27, 2008 @ 2:02 am

    What’s command key?

26. claudio said on — July 2, 2008 @ 7:44 am

    Very nice tutorial mate!!! you saved my life.

27. photojunkie said on — July 2, 2008 @ 11:17 am

    Very good techniques to create a nice effect.
    Rubikmaster: I believe Corey used the surface Blur so as to keep the edges of the image in tact while smoothing out the surface.

28. nphillip said on — July 2, 2008 @ 11:43 am

    how can you download planet photo shop so you can customize your pics…

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30. Snowman said on — July 9, 2008 @ 4:56 am

    Damn, that’s awesome!
    This tutorial is just the best tutorial i’ve ever seen!

    Many people just say “do X” or “use Y” but not how to, you do it just great!

31. Ofer said on — July 10, 2008 @ 5:00 pm

    Thank you very much, this tutorial helped me a lot.

    You should publish more of picture effect.

32. marvik said on — July 12, 2008 @ 11:19 am

    Corey in the last layer before you finished on the layer mask you said to invert the selection but the invert can’t be selected can you help please and tell me why thanks in advance
    Regards
    MaRvIk

33. ags said on — July 12, 2008 @ 3:25 pm

    can a download this video
    how i can download?…………..

34. Sarah said on — July 12, 2008 @ 11:09 pm

    Thanks..that was easy to follow and a lot of fun!

35. Jen said on — July 13, 2008 @ 12:21 am

    what version of photoshop is this? I don’t see a surface blur.

36. paulyai said on — July 20, 2008 @ 2:13 pm

    I really don’t think this tutorial is much better than using the posterize effect in one step. Yes’ it’s different, but not enough to go through 4 more filters and 5 layers. Having said this, I love this site and have learned basically everything I know about PS from this site.

37. nshientluv said on — July 22, 2008 @ 12:22 am

    what the hell is option delete.. i don’t get get it please help..

38. Mustaine said on — July 25, 2008 @ 4:50 pm

    Very nice TuT ^^

39. Carol said on — July 28, 2008 @ 7:37 am

    i don’t see either a surface blur. it must be the much updated version. oh well, it was still helpful and I got the effect I wanted from your easy step tutorial. thanks so much. it was a fun tutorial.

40. Jayna said on — July 28, 2008 @ 9:30 pm

    Option Delete is Alt Delete in Windows…delete is usually under the insert button on the keyboard, to the right of backspace

41. ragdoll said on — August 11, 2008 @ 7:23 am

    tis was excellent!
    i love it!
    ur site is very comprehensive.
    i was just wondering if there is any tutes on how to get rid of backgrd from photos.
    thanks!

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43. habil said on — August 16, 2008 @ 10:00 am

    this is really nice thank u

44. =) said on — September 29, 2008 @ 6:48 am

    great!! u are totally great!!

45. Mia said on — October 27, 2008 @ 12:02 pm

    I agree, best comic book effect tutorial! Video was easy to follow and very helpful!

46. Jokec said on — November 7, 2008 @ 7:14 am

    I’ve searched the whole web for tutorials on comic book look and this one is really the best. Great stuff. I will be (over)using this technique in weeks to come.

47. Dirk McFergus said on — November 9, 2008 @ 8:00 pm

    This tutorial rocks! Thanks.

48. DAnny said on — November 19, 2008 @ 1:09 am

    How come it says Layers Magazine 1/4 of the way through?

49. Ryan Thrower said on — November 19, 2008 @ 2:28 pm

    my mind was blown. freakin love your stuff!

50. Jennifer said on — November 27, 2008 @ 7:52 pm

    Oh god. I’ve gotta go start at photoshop, 101. This was very cool… but I was a deer-in-the-headlights because I’ve never dealt with layers. Thanks for a great trick. I’ll get to it in eventually. Thanks for the inspiration.

51. allexi said on — December 19, 2008 @ 11:17 am

    nice..♥

52. Dizzle said on — December 20, 2008 @ 12:15 am

    Corey is the best PhotoShop tutor ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

53. Axel said on — December 29, 2008 @ 11:21 pm

    i dont get where he fills it in with black,

54. Novo said on — January 8, 2009 @ 4:56 pm

    Awesome tutorial, guy!!!!!! Kids at my highschool are so jealous!!!!!! Thanks.

55. Duncan said on — January 18, 2009 @ 2:07 pm

    Takes a while to get used to Coreys fast narrative. Had to do a lot of pausing and switching screens. Also need to understand the different key functions between mac and PC, but once tried, this was a superb tutorial. Had a blast converting my girlfriend into a comic book heroine.. and she loved it. Now framed and on the wall!

56. DeW said on — January 19, 2009 @ 12:31 pm

    Fun thanks
    complicated but I like the speed

57. vladce.tr said on — February 1, 2009 @ 9:52 pm

    Awesome tutorial thanks.
    I love it
    Keep up with the good work..

58. Andy said on — February 3, 2009 @ 8:22 am

    Awesome Tut, but would love to have a written version as well (agree with Tom). New to this so have to go back and play over a few times, especially when I can’t hear a command.

    All in all, awesome and will do loads more.
    Q – Can u save these commands and apply to other photo’s?

59. Robin said on — February 3, 2009 @ 6:33 pm

    Great tutorial… exactly what I wanted to know how to do! thanks!

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61. Julian said on — February 9, 2009 @ 12:54 pm

    I have been doing tutorials every day. I am a senior in high school taking a multimedia class. I study on my own and have been enjoying planet photoshop for almost three weeks by now. It is the best tutorial site out there. I have been looking for a comic book effect for half a year now and finally i found this one and it is really good. Corey is amazing!! I dont usually like photoshop, i am more a premier pro person, making videos. but since i moved from japan and this school does not have a Video production class. I took multimedia, and your site has helped me alot. so thank you for everything that yall do. Keep up the Good Work!!!

62. Daniel said on — February 20, 2009 @ 9:15 am

    Fantastic! I’ve tried this on video using smart objects and changing some things. It worked perfect ! Thanks for this great tutorial!

63. Priyanka Parmar said on — March 13, 2009 @ 7:49 am

    Very nice face effects, m want to learn more effects through this. Easy to learn your steps and give effects and also easy to learn. Like to see more…..
    Have a great time Buddy!

64. Ripper X said on — March 21, 2009 @ 10:14 pm

    Well Surly this SITE AND THIS person is the best of the best i mean wow what wonder he tells here keep up the good work man and yes if u have a anime effect you know to make a picture Look like Anime Cartoons Plzz tell

    again Thank You THANKS ALOT !

65. Art said on — March 22, 2009 @ 4:11 pm

    Thx buddy very helpful

66. ChrisNoise said on — April 1, 2009 @ 8:58 pm

    Thanks a million. I haven’t messed around with photoshop for a while but this has made me want to relearn how to use it again

67. Tim B said on — April 11, 2009 @ 10:34 am

    Wow, I love this one! Gonna try it on my own LinkedIn profile photo. Thanks much.

68. Michael said on — April 14, 2009 @ 8:41 pm

    Thank you for the great tutorial. I am actually using it in my Graphics arts class on a project and it has so far yeilded great and unique results. Keep up the great work and keep cranking out more tutorials.

69. Alfred von Denn Gutte said on — April 22, 2009 @ 2:55 pm

    WOW AMAZING!!!

70. Albert said on — April 26, 2009 @ 4:40 pm

    I love it! Omg thank you soo much! I have been looking for someone to explain this in a way that Everyone can understand! You have out done all of them!!!! AGAIN THANKS!!!

71. CameloT said on — May 1, 2009 @ 12:22 pm

    this tut is cool!! thanks for this awesome tut

72. Filip said on — June 4, 2009 @ 7:43 am

    OMG this was nice!

73. John F Donan said on — June 5, 2009 @ 4:09 pm

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74. ErroR said on — June 22, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

    I really like the quality and detail of your tutorials, and was wondering if you’d know a way to make a fully colored concept to a image, or a game texture. doubt tho

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76. Jave said on — July 11, 2009 @ 2:52 am

    Fine tutorial, thanks!

77. Amish said on — July 12, 2009 @ 3:51 pm

    Hey sorry…not sure if this has already been answered….but what version of Photoshop on the Mac is he using?

    ALSO…Thank you very much for the post…it is very informative.

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85. JT said on — September 21, 2009 @ 11:11 pm

    DUDE!! That is super incredible, you took the time to figure that out. I have been trying to get a decent cartoon effect and now I have the best one next to that movie Scanner Darkly. I tried this and dude I will buy you a bucket of chicken.. I asked you to do this on Layers TV and I never knew you had this site and I found it by trial and error. Man, I am like so thankful for this tutorial and I found it on my birthday and thank Cory. I can do really cool stuff with my kids finally. YEAH, YES, Love it man, love it.

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