How to make a picture from a photo?

Software development todayis gaining impetuous speed. Now it is not necessary to go to a professional artist, if you want to get your portrait. From any successful photo you can make a picture on the computer. In addition, it can be a picture made as an imitation from colored oil paints to the outline of coal. In social networks and simply on the websites there are applications to make a picture from an online photo. Also, graphical editors allow to realize this possibility. In this article, we will take a look at the possibilities of the Photoshop application, it's quite easy to make a picture from a photo in it. Let's consider one of the ways.

The effect of a black and white pattern with a simple soft pencil

Step by step we will learn how to make a photo from a photoa drawing in the form of a pencil sketch. To do this, we will need to apply 5 layers in the Adobe Photoshop graphics editor. Regardless of the version you have installed, it will not be difficult, since all navigation through menus and elements will be described in two languages: Russian and English.

1. First, open a photo from whichnecessary do drawing. First you need to discolor the image. Create a duplicate image on a new layer and execute the command: Image -> Adjustments -> Desaturate. You can do this by using the keyboard shortcut: Shift + Ctrl + U. So, we made a layer in black and white.
2. To make the picture grainy, you need to addnoise. To do this, run the command: Filter> Noise> Add Noise. In this case, you must specify the filter parameters by ticking the Monochromatic box, selecting Gaussian Distribution and setting the percentage of the Amount to 13%. Then duplicate the resulting layer and apply the blending mode: Darcken, then execute the command: Layer -> Mask Layer -> Hide Mask -> Hide All -
3. (Filter Gallery) -> Stylize (Stylize) ->Edge Glowing (Glowing Edges). Set the parameters: Edge width - 4, Edge brightness - 11, Smoothness - 9. As a result, we have a glowing outline of a black and white image. Press the key combination Ctrl + I to invert it. Next, apply the mixing mode Soft Light (Soft Light), indicating 20%.
4. Go to the Background layer (Backgrownd). Create a new layer with a gray fill: Edit -> Fill, select: Use: Gray 50% (50% Gray).
5. Next, you need to select the appropriate brush from the set: Dry Brushes (Dry Media Brushes). It can be, for example, Pastel on coal paper (pastel on charcoal paper).
6. Using a white brush with low transparency, we cast shadows, while painting the dark areas with dashed movements.
7. There was a drawing. Using the levels, make the paper white. After creating a new layer, execute the command: Image -> Adjustment -> Levels. Click on the gray section with a white pipette. If you want to enhance the dark tones, you can move the left slider.
8. Merge the layers. We save. The drawing is ready.