Created2Create
Adding Impact and Creativity
Today, we’re going to look
at a couple of techniques that add impact and creativity to your images.
Sharpening for Portraits and the creative Pencil Sketch Effect used to
transform an image to look as if it were drawn in pencil. Both are fairly quick
and easy – you don’t need to be Leonardo Da Vinci to create a masterpiece.
As I’ve mentioned in
previous posts, there are many ways to accomplish any single task and
sharpening is one of them. I like the High Pass filter because it can be give a
subtle effect if not pushed to the extreme.
The first technique is Sharpening for Portraits
Open your image >
duplicate the background (Ctrl + J) > Filter > Other > High Pass >
Radius 2 – 6 pixels. This image I set the pixels at 4.3; then change the Blend
Mode to Overly > Flatten Layers > Save
For the Pencil Sketch Effect
you can either use the same image or open a different image; then duplicate the
background layer and change the Blend Mode to Color Dodge. On the tool bar,
click Image > Adjustment > Invert (Ctrl + I) > Filter > Other >
Minimum and set Radius between 3 – 6 pixels > Flatten Image.
Then, duplicate
the background layer again, set the Blend Mode to Multiply, Flatten the Image
and Save. And there you have it!!!
Be Creative and Create!
How you see yourself
determines how you see what you are doing. ~ Keith Craft
So, do not throw away your
confidence, it will be richly reward. Hebrews 10:35
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