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028 Pencil sketch These
instructions work for either Adobe Photoshop Elements or Adobe
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Duplicate the photo layer by clicking on it and dragging it down onto the New Layer icon at the bottom of the Layers palette. |
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Turn this layer into black and white by pressing “Control + Shift + U” for Windows or “Command + Shift + U” for Mac. | ||||
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Duplicate the black and white layer by dragging it down onto the New Layer icon. Your Layers palette should look like this with the top layer selected. | ||||
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Invert the top layer by pressing “Control + I” for Windows or “Command + I” for Mac. Your photo will look like a negative. |
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Click on the Blend Mode Menu at the top left of the Layers Palette and choose Color Dodge. This makes your image turn white or almost all white. | ||||
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To get the sketch effect, choose “Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blue.” (You can also try other types of blur such as Motion blur.) |
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A large amount of blur will give you a pencil drawing effect with thicker lines and shading.
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A smaller amount of blur will give you a light pencil sketch effect, which is what I’ll choose here. |
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Click okay and then choose “Merge down” from the Layers palette flyout menu. | ||||
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If you duplicate your sketch layer and change the Blend Mode of the new layer to “Linear Burn,” you’ll get more of a pen and ink look. |
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