Cartoon effect in Photoshop. Create a cartoon effect in a photo

Good day to all! Today I’ll tell you about an application that makes a cartoon drawing from a photo! 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 regime 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 photo filter " cartoon effect» you can make a cool portrait photo cartoon picture.

In this article, we will show you an easy way to make a cartoon drawing from a photo in Photoshop using various filters and blending modes. We won't have to color or draw anything, so the result can be saved as an action and used for other frames.

Let's begin. Open the photo in Adobe Photoshop.

Unlike photographs, cartoon drawings have a limited range of colors, are characterized by clear boundaries and slight posterization. To make a photo cartoonish in Photoshop, we will add effects using filters.

First, let's create a copy of the original layer so that the changes do not affect the original. Let's use the command Layer/“Layers” → Duplicate Layer…/“Create a duplicate layer…” or simply drag the layer icon onto the new layer icon in the bottom menu in the layers panel.

Now let's use the filter Filter/"Filter" → Blur/"Blur" → Smart Blur.../"Smart Blur...".

Our task is to make the colors in the photo simpler and “flat”, to smooth out and blur the tonal transitions that are in the original photo. We select the blur parameters so that the facial features remain recognizable and fairly clear, and the tonal transitions are smoothed out. As starting point you can use the parameters presented in the screenshot.

After the image has been “smoothed”, through the filter Smart Blur/"Smart blur..." let's make it even more contrasting using levels Image → Adjustments → Levels.

Now let's create a copy of the layer Layer1 and use the filter Photocopy from the group Filter Gallery/"Filter Gallery" (menu Filter/"Filter" → Filter Gallery.../"Filter Gallery...").

We need to select the filter parameters in such a way as to clearly highlight the main lines in the photo and make the picture look like a pencil sketch.

This is what the image and layers panel look like at this stage:

Set the blending mode to the top layer with the sketch. Multiply.

The picture is starting to resemble a drawing, but we'll move on.

The following steps will show you how to make a cartoon image from a photograph in Photoshop that will resemble a drawing from a comic book.

Click on the layer Layer 1(it is located in the middle of the layers and is a blurry copy of the base one). Apply a filter to it Cutout/"Applique" from the menu Filter → Filter Gallery.

We select filter parameters to suit your taste. It is necessary to reduce the number of tonal transitions and make the color boundaries in the photo more obvious, but at the same time preserve the main facial features and recognition of the photo.

Set the layer Layer1 blending mode Linear Light and adjust its opacity.

Facial animation is a unique animated avatar!

Have you ever thought about your avatar? Is it individual? Does it reflect your personality? A sure way to make an avatar “yours” is to put your own face on it. 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 that 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, with the right selection of parameters, you can get an excellent result. 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.

In this lesson you will learn how to regular photography create a cartoon illustration. Using methods of creating a sketch from a photo, brushes, and halftone textures, you will get a professional comic book effect. Let's start!

Preview of the final result:

Step 1.

Open the image of the girl from the lesson resources (Ctrl+O).

Immediately desaturate the image (Image-Adjustment-Desaturate).

We get the following result:

Step 2.

Duplicate this layer (Layer-Duplicate Layer or Ctrl+J).

Invert the colors in the image (Image-Adjustment-Invert or Ctrl+I):

As a result, we get something like a negative:

Changing the blending mode (Blending Mode) this layer to Lighten the base (Color Dodge):

Step 3.

Go to the menu Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur (Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur).

Let's leave only the outlines of the image. Set the blur radius to 5.7 px.

The resulting sketch looks pretty good, but needs improvement. In the places indicated in red we will increase the visibility of the contours.

Step 4.

We flatten the image layers. To do this, right-click on the thumbnail of any layer and select – Flatten Image (Layer-Flatten Image).

Rename the resulting merged layer (double click on title) to the "Sketch" layer.

Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) under the layer with the sketch and fill it (Edit-Fill or Paint tool Bucket tool white (#ffffff).

Create a mask on the sketch layer (Layer-Layer Mask or click on the mask icon at the bottom of the layers panel).

Step 5.

Activate the layer mask with the sketch (click on it) and select Brush (Brush) black color (#000000) size 50 px with 45% hardness (Hardness). Paint over the background areas to the left of the girl and the upper right corner.

To clean up unnecessary strokes on the legs, use a black Brush. (Brush) 35px in size with soft edges, dragging along them.

Your sketch should now look clearer, like the image below:

Step 6.

Setting the blending mode (Blend Mode) Layer with sketch on Multiply (Multiply), then duplicate it (Ctrl+J or Layer-Duplicate Layer) 7 times. This technique will help reveal the missing details of the image.

Select all copies of the sketch layers (Ctrl+click on layer thumbnails) and combine them into one layer (right-click on the selected layers and select – Merge Layers).

Rename the merged layer “Sketch Details” and create a layer mask for it.

Step 7

On the “Sketch Details” layer mask use the Brush (Brush) black color to paint over almost the entire image, except for the girl’s shoes, hair and gun.

Your image should look like this:

To complete the sketch, let's clarify some more points. Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and call it “Contours”. Selecting a brush (Brush) 3-4 px with hard black edges. Opening the brush settings panel (F5) and in the section “Shape Dynamics” (Shape Dynamics) set size variation (Size Jitter) with pen pressure (Pen Pressure). We emphasize the contours of the face with a brush, imitating a comic book effect.

Step 8

Here's what our sketch looks like when we're done:

Merge the “Sketch”, “Sketch Details” and “Outlines” layers (Ctrl+click on layer thumbnails, then Ctrl+E). We name the resulting layer “Sketch”.

Wonderful! Now let's start coloring our sketch. Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) and call it “Primary Colors”. Set the blending mode of this layer to Multiply (Multiply).

I didn't use separate layers to color the heroine's hair, skin, and clothes. One layer is quite enough in our case. If you are going to perform colorization on a tablet, then activate the “Shape Dynamics” section in the brush settings palette (f5) and draw with 100% opacity (Opacity).

Step 9

If you don't have a tablet, select the Pen tool (Pen tool) in outline mode (pen icon in a frame in the top menu) and create an outline around the girl's face.

After closing the outline, click on it with the right mouse button and select from the menu – Create selection (Make Selection). In the selection dialog box, specify the feathering radius (Feather) 0 and click OK.

Setting the color foreground on #fedcb9. Filling the selection (Alt+Backspace or Paint Bucket Tool) foreground color.

Using this painting technique, we colorize the entire sketch. Below are the colors for each paint area. If the fill colors extend beyond the outline of the painted area, use the Eraser to remove (Eraser Tool) superfluous.

Step 10

Fill colors:

Having created color base image, we will give it depth by adding shadows and highlights. Create a separate layer for shadows and highlights (Ctrl+Shift+N) and call it “Shadow/Light”. Add a clipping mask to this layer (click on the thumbnail of this layer and select – Create Clipping Mask).

Anything we do on the clipping layer will be limited to the underlying color layer.

Step 11

In this step we will determine the light source to properly distribute the shadows and highlights in the image. In our case, the light comes from the right.

Keeping our light source in mind, we begin to designate shadows and light areas. Use a soft brush (Brush) with opacity (Opacity), set to "pen pressure" (Pen Pressure), if you work on a tablet; and Brush (Brush) with opacity (Opacity) 30-40% if you use a mouse. Below are the colors I used for the shadows and highlights.

Step 12

This is what the illustration now looks like with shadows and highlights.

As a finishing touch, we will add a halftone texture to the girl's image. Download a set of halftone textures from the lesson resources and open them in Photoshop. Select one from the set and transfer (Move Tool) to our document. Change the bit mode before transferring.

Place the halftone texture above all the layers in the panel and change the blending mode to Multiply (Multiply).

Now, so that the pattern is only on the girl, create a clipping mask on the layer with it (click on the layer thumbnail and select – Create Clipping Mask).

Reducing the opacity (Opacity) halftone layer up to 40-50%.

Step 13

Add a mask to the halftone pattern layer (Layer-Layer Mask-Reveal All) and black brush (Brush) 120-130 px and 80% hardness (Hardness) hide part of the image.

And we get the following result:

Step 14

To remove the white background around the girl, use the tool Magic wand (Magic Wand Tool) with permission (Tolerance) at 32 (Top Menu). Click on white background, highlighting it.

Having selected the main background, additionally press Shift to activate the “add to selection area” option, and press the tool between the hands and on the hips.

Step 15

Once you have selected all areas of the background, go to the menu Layer - Layer Mask - Hide Selection (Layer-Layer Mask-Hide Selection). This will remove all the background from the image.

Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) below the layer with the girl and call it “Background”. Fill in (Edit-Fill or Shift+F5) its color is #f07e0f.

Create a new layer (Ctrl+Shift+N) above the background layer, but below the "Girl" layer. Let's call it "Lines".

Step 16

Activate the Brush (Brush) and select the very first one in the set by default. Open the brush settings panel (F5) and in the “Brush Mark Shape” section (Brush Tip shape) set the size to 8 px with intervals (Spacing) 175%.

In the section “Shape Dynamics” (Shape Dynamics) increase the size fluctuation (Size Jitter) up to 100%. Set the foreground color to white (#ffffff).

Hide the visibility of the girl layer (click on the thumbnail eye) and, holding Shift, draw horizontal line brush (Brush) in the center of the canvas from left to right.

Step 17

Extending the line to the height of the canvas using Transform (Edit-Transform or Ctrl+T). While holding Alt, drag the middle node of the frame up, stretching the line vertically.

The result is this pattern:

Go to the layer with the line in the menu Filter-Distort-Polar Coordinates (Filter-Distort-Polar Coordinates). Activate the option “Rectangular to polar” (Rectangular to Polar).

Step 18

The result is a nice ray-shaped pattern.

Press Ctrl+T (Transformation) and, holding Alt+Shift, increase the rays on the canvas.

Blur the rays using the Gaussian Blur filter (Filter-Blur-Gaussian Blur) with a radius of 14.8 px.

Step 19

Reducing the opacity (Opacity) ray layer to 52% and turn on the visibility of the girl layer.

And now our cartoon character is ready! This is the final result:

I think you liked these interesting techniques creating comics. Good luck and creative success!