How to make yourself cartoonish in Photoshop. Create a cartoon frame from a photo in Photoshop

Good day to all! Today I’ll tell you about an application that makes photos cartoon drawing! Similar programs exist in online versions, and for phones and computers. The easiest way to create a cartoon is to use one of the filters built into the program.

Applications that can help you make a photo cartoon

cartoon.pho.to

This is an online service that can easily help you create a cartoon drawing from a photo. Using such software you will not need to install special program on computer. Or install the program on your smartphone, iPhone or other phone! The project allows you to process an image in a matter of minutes. As a result, you will receive a full-fledged image in the desired form!

You can upload the image from disk, you can simply enter a link, or from Facebook. I personally find it most convenient to upload an image from a computer. This project is very interesting and I think it will be quite useful!

Prisma

A unique application that allows you to convert your photo into a cartoon drawing. What should be done?

Download this software
Install it on your phone
To photograph
Select a photo in this program
Apply various effects

Similar software can be used directly on Instagram.

PaperCamera

This is a program that will actually turn a photo into a cartoon drawing! You can create a photo and apply a certain filter to it. Or first set up, that is, set your camera to special treatment and start filming in it. The application gives a colossal effect from which you will be delighted! You can download this program from Google Play!

SketchGuru

This software will help you create a cartoon out of an ordinary photo. Or in general you can make a hand-drawn portrait or image made with a simple pencil. Personally, I really like this application.

So, by getting to know one of these apps, or learning each of them, you will be able to convert a photo into a cartoon drawing. Of course, this can also be done in regular photoshop, but not everyone wants to delve into the program’s numerous settings. Here you just create a photo, select a filter and hurray! You already have what you wanted! That's all, good luck in your endeavors!

Video about how to make yourself drawn!

More and more often, simple online photo editors are not able to process photos in such a way as to make the photos truly interesting. Not everyone can learn complex programs such as Photoshop. However, those who want to add variety to their photographs will always find a way out. Upload a portrait photo to the service and you will be able to make amazing facial changes: facial morphing, changing facial expressions, and, finally, facial animation! That is, lips, cheeks, eyebrows and eyelids will actually move! Creating this effect will take no more than a minute!

The service also provides many other features. Here you can create not only realistic facial expressions such as a wink, a sweet smile, a sly squint, genuine surprise, or a sad lowering of the corners of the lips, but also a lot of parody effects . In addition, you can apply a cartoon effect to each caricature . Parody effects are reminiscent of creating a cartoon from a photo, or a photo caricature: just as fun, but incomparably simpler and faster. Upload a portrait photo of yourself (or a friend's photo ;)) and turn into an alien, a fat guy, a lightbulb man or a troll!

Facial animation is a unique animated avatar!

Have you ever thought about your avatar? Is it individual? Does it reflect your personality? The surest way to make an avatar “yours” is to put own face. But anyone can just cut a face out of a photo, it’s boring. Mega-original change face you can go to the website. Your avatar can become either animated or static (for those sites and social networks, which prohibit animation). Smile at your friends, wink at them or make funny faces. They will appreciate your new avatar!

Effects for photos and online photo jokes: manufacturing technology

Creating photo effects with a face is a whole science. First, you need to correctly find the main facial features, such as the corners of the eyes and mouth, and nose. Secondly, correctly set the function of their transformation, for example, a sequence of frames for the smooth appearance of a smile. Then, when correct selection parameters, you can get excellent results. But don't worry, the site will do all this for you, and completely automatically!

Application cartoon effect(or comic book effect, hand-drawn effect) requires finding the sharpest boundaries in the photo. These boundaries are then carefully drawn, the number of colors in the photo is reduced and the transitions between adjacent colors are smoothed out. Thus, by applying the “Cartoon Effect” photo filter, you can turn a portrait photo into a cool cartoon picture.

Exist talented people capable of creating amazing realistic paintings. But if you're not one of them, today's tutorial will help you achieve a similar effect using Adobe Photoshop. In this tutorial you will learn how to create a painted effect from a photograph. In this case, you do not need to use a brush, since the whole process is based on effects.

The effect we want to achieve in this tutorial is to simulate realistic brush strokes. This technique is great for turning a photo into an illustration, for example for creating retro posters.

Open your image in Photoshop. The example uses a portrait from Shutterstock. Add a Curves adjustment layer and darken the dark areas and lighten the light ones to increase the contrast.

Press CMD/Ctrl+J twice to duplicate the background layer twice. Switch to the top copy and select the High Pass effect from the Filters menu.

Adjust the effect so that the image details appear against the gray background. A small value - about 1-3px - will help avoid creating a halo.

Change the blending mode for this layer to Linear Light. The image now looks sharper. These sharpened areas will help us create brush strokes, particularly in the hair.

Combine the High Pass effect layer with a copy of the background layer located below it, then select Filter > Stylize > Diffuse from the menu.

Select Anisotropic diffusion mode. This key moment in creating the effect of strokes.

If you look at the work up close, you'll notice ugly places in areas where diffusion is repeated. We'll fix that now.

From the menu, select Image > Image Rotation > 90° CW/Image>Image Rotation>90° Clockwise, then press CMD/Ctrl+F to repeat the Diffuse filter.

Repeat the same procedure, rotating the image 90° again and applying the Diffuse filter again. Repeat this step a third time and rotate the image again, returning it to its correct position.

The Diffuse filter created a cool brush stroke effect, but blurred the image a little. To fix this, select Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen/Filter>Sharpen>Custom Sharpening from the menu. Use a value around 100%, but within a small radius so as not to overdo it.

The result already looks good. Diffuse creates swirling details on the skin, making the image look even more like it's been painted. But there is one more step you can take to make your work look like it was drawn on a computer. Select Surface Blur from the Filter > Blur > Blur menu. Specify a Radius of about 50px and a Threshold of about 15. If you set these parameters correctly, the effect will only affect large, flat areas of the image.

Our painted image effect is ready!

The effect looks especially good up close.

Translation – Duty room

Hand-drawn photographs look quite interesting. Such images are unique and will always be in fashion.

With some skills and perseverance, you can make a cartoon frame. At the same time, it is not at all necessary to be able to draw, you just need to have Photoshop on hand and a couple of hours of free time.

In this lesson we will create such a photo using the source, tool "Feather" and two types of adjustment layers.

Not all photos are created equal for creating a cartoon effect. Images of people with pronounced shadows, contours, and highlights are best suited.

The lesson will be built around this photograph of a famous actor:

Converting a photo into a cartoon occurs in two stages - preparation and coloring.

Preparation

Preparation consists of selecting colors for work, for which it is necessary to divide the image into certain zones.

To achieve the desired effect, we will divide the image like this:

Leather. For the skin, select a shade with a numerical value e3b472.
Let's make a shadow gray 7d7d7d.
Hair, beard, suit and those areas that define the contours of facial features will be completely black - 000000 .
The shirt collar and eyes should be white - FFFFFF.
The highlights need to be made a little lighter than the shadows. HEX code – 959595 .
Background - a26148.

The tool we will use today is "Feather". If you have difficulties using it, read the article on our website.

Coloring

The essence of creating a cartoon photo is to outline the above areas "Per" followed by filling with the appropriate color. To make it easier to edit the resulting layers, we’ll use one trick: instead of a regular fill, we’ll use an adjustment layer "Color", and we will edit its mask.

So let's start coloring Mr. Affleck.

Make a copy of the original image.
Immediately create an adjustment layer "Levels", we will need it later.
Apply an adjustment layer "Color",

in the settings of which we prescribe the desired shade.
Press the key D on the keyboard, thereby resetting the colors (foreground and background) to default values.
Go to the adjustment layer mask "Color" and press the key combination ALT+DELETE. This action will paint the mask black and completely hide the fill.
It's time to start outlining the skin "Per". Activate the tool and create a path. Please note that we must select all areas, including the ear.
To transform the outline into a selected area, press the key combination CTRL+ENTER.
While on the adjustment layer mask "Color", press the keyboard shortcut CTRL+DELETE, filling the selection with white. This will make the corresponding area visible.
Removing selection using hotkeys CTRL+D and click on the eye near the layer, removing visibility. Let's give this element a name "Leather".
Apply another layer "Color". We set the shade according to the palette. The blending mode must be changed to "Multiplication" and reduce the opacity to 40-50% . This value it can be changed in the future.
Go to the layer mask and fill it with black ( ALT+DELETE).
As you remember, we created an auxiliary layer "Levels". Now he will help us in drawing the shadow. Click twice LMB using the layer thumbnail and using the sliders we make the darkened areas more pronounced.
Again, step on the layer mask with the shadow, and use a pen to outline the corresponding areas. After creating the outline, repeat the steps with filling. When finished, turn it off "Levels".
The next step is to outline the white elements of our cartoon photo. The algorithm of actions is the same as in the case of skin.
Repeat the procedure with the black areas.
Next comes coloring the highlights. Here again we will need a layer with "Levels". Use the sliders to lighten the photo.
Create a new fill layer and draw highlights, a tie, and the outlines of the jacket.
All that remains is to add a background to our cartoon photo. Go to a copy of the source and create a new layer. Fill it with the color defined by the palette.
Defects and “misses” can be corrected by working with a brush on the mask of the corresponding layer. The white brush adds areas to the area, and the black brush removes.

The result of our work looks like this:

As you can see, there is nothing complicated in creating a cartoon photo in Photoshop. This work is interesting, although quite labor-intensive. The first shot may take several hours of your time. With experience, you will understand how the character should look in such a frame and, accordingly, the processing speed will increase.

Be sure to take a lesson on the instrument "Feather", practice tracing outlines, and drawing such images will not cause difficulties. Good luck in your creativity.

How to make a cartoon photo in Photoshop in 5 minutes?

Do you think it's difficult? - Not at all! And now, friends, I will teach you how to make a cartoon photo in Photoshop to amuse yourself, surprise others, and it wasn't boring.

Turn on Photoshop

First of all, launch this “magic”, as you already understood, Photoshop graphics editor.

Applying the effect

Now - click on the “Filter” menu line to open a list of its “offers”.
In the “drop-down” list, click on the line “Filter Gallery”. You're almost there, guys.

Now, left-click on the “Imitation” filter subgroup. And when all options for this function open, select “Application”. This will be the “magic” tool that will change your photo in a split second.

On the right, in the effect settings window, you will see three parameters, changing which you can achieve different results for processing the frame.

Setting up parameters

The first of them, “Number of levels”, is responsible for the clarity of the drawing. By increasing its value, you add precise nuances to your cartoon image.

The next one, “Simplicity of Edges”, will work “in your favor” if you move its “slider” to the left. The further to the right it is, the more your picture will look like a set different figures from a school geometry course.

And the third, “Edge Clarity,” gives your drawing more detail when you move the “slider” of this setting to the left.

Select, friends, the most suitable, from the point of view of the final result, and the optimal parameters for this effect in your opinion, and click on the “OK” button.

I’ll say right away, guys, that a lot depends on the “source” of the future “cartoon”. Take ones where the person is “captured” close-up, and not a lot of small colored details. Then the processing result will be prettier.

But what if you want to become a real Photoshop professional? then here you go...

Good luck to you and supportive creative muses! See you!

Best regards, Sergey Ivanov