How to make a picture of the drawing in the technique of "charcoal and chalk" (workshop)

theme of today's master class for Photoshop - how to make a picture of the drawing.In fact you do not even need Photoshop.Many editors to photos, you can apply special effects: pencil drawing, mosaic, watercolor, etc.A total of not less than ten, and another possible combination.

editor Paint.NET or MicrosoftPhotoEditor you can open photos and experiment with effects.However, to get a nice picture from any picture you do not get.Especially if you do not use a professional tool and not be amended.But if learning Photoshop into your plans do not include, and make photos like figure - try.In some photos, these effects look good, even after the first attempt to use the trial.

And now - a master class "How to make a drawing out of a photo."For those who are used to getting the best.

  • Open the image in a program.We will train on the photos of the bride.You can save this image on your computer, and also the first time to try to make a picture of how a drawing on it.And then apply the skills honed on one of your photos.
  • Add a new layer and give it the name of the paper - paper.Fill a layer of your favorite shade of cardboard.In our case it will be # c5b88f.In principle, you can take any bright color, but gray and yellow background looks more natural.
  • Copy the background layer, move it to the top layer groups and find the path Filters / Styles effect of "Glow edges."Play around with rulers on their own, to choose the type of images to your liking.
  • Now look at the color of the layer (Image / Liqueurs / Invert) and make it black and white (Picture / Liqueurs / discoloration).
  • Set this layer mode to multiply (Multiply).As a result, you get the picture, similar to the fourth figure.
  • Copy the background layer, apply the bleaching and place it to the top layer groups.Add a layer of random noise (Filter / Noise / Add Noise / Gaussian) and set the opacity to 75 percent.
  • Add a mask to the same layer (layer / mask / Hide All), select a large brush strokes Draw and white mask, to discover spots that are typical of charcoal drawings.
  • Select mask layer and complement the work of the effect of motion blur (Filter / Blur / Motion Blur).On the same layer mask apply crosshatching (Filter / Strokes / Cross-strokes).
  • Select a layer of paper and fill it with a pattern (New Layer fill / pattern).In our case, it was used pattern with spots of coal, but you can choose any.Finally, change the layer mode to multiply.
  • Copy the color layer and place it on top of the layer group.Apply a layer mode "Color".Now you can add an adjustment layer to increase the contrast, choose the color balance and so on.How to make a drawing of the photos came from us, you can already see.

There are many other ways to achieve this effect.How to make a drawing out of a photo into a pencil technique, you can guess yourself when details learn lessons and apply new knowledge in several photographs.It's pretty simple.As you can see, with step by step instructions to make a drawing out of a photo can even be an absolute beginner in Photoshop.