Turn Any Photo To A Sketch (Photoshop Tutorial, CS4)

Another very easy Photoshop tutorial that will teach you how to turn any photo into a sketch, in just 2 minutes!

Follow the steps:

Step 1: Duplicate The Background Layer

The first step in creating this sketch effect is to duplicate this layer, and the easiest way to do that is with the keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac).

Step 2: Desaturate The Layer

All we need is a quick way to remove the colors from the image, and the quickest way to do that is to desaturate the image using the keyboard shortcut, Shift+Ctrl+U (Win) / Shift+Command+U (Mac).

Step 3: Duplicate The Desaturated Layer

Next, we need a copy of this desaturated layer, so once again, let's use the handy keyboard shortcut, Ctrl+J (Win) / Command+J (Mac).

Step 4: Invert The Layer

We can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+I (Win) / Command+I (Mac). This gives us what looks like a "negative" version of the image.

Step 5: Change The Blend Mode Of The Inverted Layer To 'Color Dodge'

You can do that by going up to the top of the Layers palette and clicking on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word "Normal", and then select "Color Dodge" from the drop-down list.

Step 6: Apply The Gaussian Blur Filter To The Color Dodge Layer

To do that, with the Color Dodge layer (the top layer) selected in the Layers palette, go up to the Filter menu at the top of the screen, select Blur and then select Gaussian Blur from the list of blur filters. Adjust the radius accordingly.

Step 7 (Optional): Merge All Layers Into A Single Layer

With the top layer still selected, use the keyboard shortcut Shift+Ctrl+Alt+E (Win) / Shift+Command+Option+E (Mac) to quickly merge all of your layers in the Layers palette onto a new layer at the top of the stack.

Step 8 (Optional): Change The Blend Mode Of The Merged Layer To 'Multiply'

With the new merged layer selected in the Layers palette, go back up to the blend mode options and this time, change the blend mode from "Normal" to "Multiply".

This is it, we are done! Thanks for watching and as always please comment, rate and subscribe.

Music: Giomonios by Eluveitie.
Photo: http://www.sxc.hu/photo/768854

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• sketch
• photoshop
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• cs4

[archonserver]

man you are very good!!! keep Tutorialing

[DarkLordPro]

@archonserver Thanks, appreciate it.

[WindowsBooster]

@ 0:05 you have the annotation : Turn any photo to a sketch.

wwhich software do you use?

[DarkLordPro]

@WindowsBooster I am using Photoshop CS4, thanks.

[WindowsBooster]

@DarkLordPro

no ^^ i mean which VIDEO EDITING software do you use :)

[DarkLordPro]

@WindowsBooster Oh, I use After Effects and iMovie :)

[ElgaardOle]

1:10 hvat are you doing there ???

[Arjun007ize]

Nice one,subscribed.

[willthereveal2]

thanks! you helped me a lot! =)

[fuckthissitealways]

cooool... thanks a lot..:D