The top image has a pixel radius of 61.9 and the bottom 7.6.Īfter I learned all the above techniques, I realized that one of my Topaz Labs* filters would probably work. The higher the pixel radius, the smoother the image. Your setting will vary depending on your image size. If you find later that you want to change the look, just double-click on the filter in the layer panel. The higher the setting, the smoother the image becomes. When the dialogue box comes up, slide the pixel radius setting until you get the effect you want. From the Photoshop Filter menu choose: Blur/Gaussian Blur. I didn’t see much difference between the two. I’ve seen some tutorials say use the Gaussian Blur filter and others say use the Box Blur filter. This has the same steps as the Minimum filter method above except that it uses a Blur filter. The higher the pixel radius, the thicker the outlines are. Your setting may vary depending on your image size. Tip: lowering the opacity of the layer that you used the minimum filter on will smooth the tones.Tips: The higher the pixel radius, the thicker the outlines are. (Preserve should be set to Squareness.) This is why I had you change the blend mode first, so you could preview the results in real time. When the dialogue box comes up, start with a pixel radius setting of 1 and then increase it by one pixel until you get the effect you want. From the Photoshop Filter menu choose: Other/Minimum. Don’t freak out - your image will disappear. You could skip this step, but it lets you go back in and make changes to the filter setting later if you want. Note, I’ve made this method a bit more complicated making it into a smart object. From the Layer menu, choose: Smart Objects / Convert to Smart Object.

Convert the Duplicated layer to a Smart Object.

Invert the Duplicated Black and White Layer.

Duplicate the Black and White layer to the layer above.

There are many methods to do this, but for simplicity’s sake, in the Photoshop menu choose: Image/Adjustments/Black & White.

Convert the duplicated layer to Black and White.

It does have the benefit of having more adjustment possibilities. This method is also easy, but a little harder than the Find Edges method above.

Find Edges Filter: In the Photoshop Menu, choose Filter/Stylize/Find Edges.

There are many methods to do this, but for simplicity’s sake, in the Photoshop menu choose: Image/Adjustments/Black & White.

Duplicate your color image to the layer above.

They are what they are, although the results are usually sufficient.

It does have the drawback of having no settings to fine-tune the results. This is the method you will find in probably the majority of tutorials for this effect and it’s certainly one of the easiest. Method 1: The Find Edges Filter (easiest) Be sure it’s the same exact size as the creative version so everything will align perfectly. If you tried a really creative technique for your color image, use the original color image to make the line image.

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