Photoshop cs2, Pencil drawing?

[Rocket]

Hi all.
I am trying to get my head around CS2, but finding it qi=uite hard, I would like to turn a portrait photo into a pencil drawing, is it a long drawn out process,is this possible, and how..

Many thank you's

 

[Garry79]

How's this?

 

[Janice]

I would like to turn a portrait photo into a pencil drawing, is it a long drawn out process

 

[Deleted member 3428]

Here is a well know procedure

1) If your photo is in color, convert to BW using your favorite method. Actually, de-saturing is good enough for this.
2) Duplicate the background layer

3) Do an Image>Adustments>Invert and change the blending mode to Color Dodge

4) Apply a Gaussian Blur, using a radius of about 5

5) My original was a bit faint, so I did two passes of Image>Apply Image. You can do this as many times as necessary to get more detail

6) When you're satisfied, you can do a Merge Visible to create a duplicate layer with all your changes. Then use the Erase Tool carefully to remove any stray lines you don't want.

 

[Rocket]

How's this?

Gary.
First view looks as if this is what i want, quite a task for some one like me,its another one of those situations when i should have purchased a graphics tablet, maybe on my birthday list.

Thanks for the help..

 

[Rocket]

Here is a well know procedure

1) If your photo is in color, convert to BW using your favorite method. Actually, de-saturing is good enough for this.
2) Duplicate the background layer

3) Do an Image>Adustments>Invert and change the blending mode to Color Dodge

4) Apply a Gaussian Blur, using a radius of about 5

5) My original was a bit faint, so I did two passes of Image>Apply Image. You can do this as many times as necessary to get more detail

6) When you're satisfied, you can do a Merge Visible to create a duplicate layer with all your changes. Then use the Erase Tool carefully to remove any stray lines you don't want.

Thanks for the help Alby, looks a little easier, i will try this first and later maybe try Gary's suggestion.



Best wishes and regards.

 

[Garry79]

Gary.
First view looks as if this is what i want, quite a task for some one like me,its another one of those situations when i should have purchased a graphics tablet, maybe on my birthday list.

Thanks for the help..

There are loads of other methods, that's one of the better ones I've seen in terms of results. Do a google search for "Photoshop pencil tutorial" and you'll find lots.

Good luck!

 

[Rocket]

There are loads of other methods, that's one of the better ones I've seen in terms of results. Do a google search for "Photoshop pencil tutorial" and you'll find lots.

Good luck!

Thanks for the addition, i don't know why i did'nt think of google. I think i will need the good luck
regards