Good day everyone, dear friends, readers and everyone who came to my blog. First of all, I congratulate you on a wonderful holiday - Day Great Victory! Our grandparents kicked the fascists' butts in their time. And that's cool. There is a reason to be proud of Our Country (and even more than one)! Well, secondly, let's get down to business. I recently saw a friend’s portrait of him drawn in pencil. And I thought: “It’s very cool to have your own pencil drawing.”
But unfortunately, not everyone has such an opportunity: either they are too lazy to do it, or they don’t want to spend extra money, or they simply have nowhere, etc. But I want to make you happy. This process can be imitated, and I will be happy to show you how to make a drawing in Photoshop from a photo easily and in just a couple of minutes. It may not turn out exactly the same, but believe me, it looks just great. So stretch your fingers, crunch them and let's go!
- Open the image in our favorite editor and immediately duplicate the layer. To do this, press the key combination CTRL+J. Has an exact copy of the layer been created? Great!
- We need to desaturate the newly created layer, i.e. . The easiest way is to go to the menu “Image” - “Correction” - “Desaturate”. Is the photo now black and white? Great.
- Now let's duplicate another layer, only this time we will duplicate not the original, but a black and white copy.
- The newly created copy must be inverted. To do this, go to the menu “Image” - “Correction” - “Inversion” or just click CTRL+I. Don't be alarmed that the picture has become a negative. That's how it should be).
- Now, without leaving the negative layer, expand the list of blending options and select "Base Lightening". Everything should be filled with white light, but don’t be alarmed, as Elena Malysheva says: “This is the norm!”
- Now let's go to the familiar filter "Gaussian Blur". If you don’t remember where it is, then go to the menu “Filter” - “Blur” - "Gaussian Blur". Now move the slider until it looks like a pencil sketch. For me this value is 2, but there is no standard here, so adjust it to suit your case yourself.
For good measure, we already have a good imitation of a pencil drawing, but if desired, we can make it even better. Do you want it? Then let's look further.
In general, this is how we get a pencil drawing. There are, of course, other methods, and to be honest, they are more realistic, but also more complex, so I will talk about them in other articles. Well, how do you like this imitation? Has the right to life? I think so.
But if you still have little understanding of Photoshop and want to learn it quickly, then I recommend that you learn this video course. There is everything you need, and you watch everything in the format of video lessons, which is much more convenient than text. In addition, everything is told in simple, understandable human language in order from easy to difficult. Overall, be sure to check it out.
Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.
Many users want to somehow edit their photo, make it more beautiful or noticeable. There are many programs for editing photos and applying effects that have long been known to everyone, as well as the effects from them. In order not to repeat yourself every time by posting pictures that are similar in processing, you can convert the photo into a pencil drawing. This will undoubtedly draw immediate attention to the image.
You can perform this operation in several ways. To begin with, you can use serious graphic editors, which are installed on the user’s computer, and carry out all actions through them. If the user does not like this method, then you can use applications for mobile devices or go to online services and do everything with their help. This article will tell you exactly how and with what applications you can make a pencil photo from your picture.
How to make a pencil drawing from a photo online
First, let's take a look at the work online services, which allow you to convert a photo into a pencil drawing because they do not require the installation of additional software to the user's computer, which may be an important factor if the photo is only being converted or if it will not be done very often. This section will list several services on which you can perform the required operation.
Photo Phunia
The user can find the service itself at the link photofunia.com. A page with a pencil effect will immediately open. It is quite easy to use and does not require any special skills, there is also no need for lengthy and precise adjustment of various parameters. You just need to go to the specified site, after which you should upload a photo to it; this can be done either from a computer, a laptop or a mobile device. To select a photo, click on Browse.
After this, all that remains is to choose whether the user wants to get a color drawing or a black and white one. Now follows click on create, then wait for processing to complete, look at the result and, if it suits the user, save the pencil drawing back to your device.
Croper
This service is located at croper.ru. To take a photo with a pencil in this online photoshop, the user will need to hover over the item Files menu, then select the desired source download option from the list and specify the path to the photo. Now all that remains is to find the section of the menu that will carry out the desired transformation; in our case, it’s worth going through the following items “Operations” - “Effects” - “ Pencil" Several new parameters will appear at the top, which will be responsible for the rendering methods; you can “play” with them and decide which image is best suited.
Now all you have to do is click on Apply, and then wait for the conversion to complete. In the final drawing, you can slightly change the contrast, after which you can download the photo converted into a pencil drawing to your device.
Programs for creating a drawing from a photo
Now that the simplest and quick ways described, you can proceed to a description of the specialized software that needs to be installed on your computer.
How to make a drawing from a photo in Photoshop
It’s quite easy to make a pencil drawing from a photograph in Photoshop. Unfortunately, there is no single filter that turns a photo into a drawing, so you need to follow the following procedure.
After the user installs the Adobe Photoshop program on his computer, he will need to launch it and open there the image on which the work will be done. After this, you should find the tab “ Adjustments" (Correction), which will be located on the style display panel, then click on the tool " Hue"(Shade). 
After these steps, another one will appear in the list that contains all layers, allowing you to change the shade palette. It's called Hue/Saturation.
You need to go into it and move the slider Saturation(Saturation) to the far left position. 
This action will bring the image to black and white. Now you need to go to layers again and select the background there. 
Now follows copy it. To do this, find the Layer item in the main menu, click on it, and then click on “New Layer” - “Layer via Copy” (New Layer - Copy). 
Now you will have to use the main menu again, in it you need to find Image, then click on “Adjustments” - “ Invert"(Correction - Inversion). These steps will allow you to display the photo as a negative. Now you will need to select a copy of the background layer in the list and click on the item Color Dodge
Now you need to go to the layer menu. 
In this menu you need to convert to " Smart Object"(Smart object). Now it's a smart object and it has a label. 
Now you need to apply a few more menu items. To get started, click on Filter(Filters), then go to the “Blur” item and click on “ Gaussian Blur"(Gaussian Blur). Set the radius to 12. 
At this point everything will be finished, you can save the result. 
If you need a color drawing, you should activate the color option in layers. 
GIMP
This is a free image editor that will help you turn a photo into a pencil portrait. You can find out more about it on the official website. After installing a program that makes a drawing from a photo, you will need to open the image that will be manipulated.
To make a sketch from a photo, you need to click on “Color”, then click on “ Discolor" Next, you should go to layers and copy the background layer, and then work with this copy.
Now you should click on “Filter”, and then click on “ Edge selection" - "Edge". A window with settings will open, you need to set the same as in the figure. That is, “Lightness”, Laplace Algorithm, Magnitude 2.0, “Blur”. 
The last step left is to click on “Color”, and then select “ Invert». 
You can also watch the whole process in the video:
Paint.NET
The main advantage of Paint.NET is its ease of use. Pictures before and after processing are shown in the figure. 
First you need open image, then select it, go to effects and click on “ Oil painting" A window with parameters will appear. Here it is worth experimenting and choosing those values at which the drawing will be most liked by the user.
After that, you can go to effects, select styling and indicate Bas-relief.
Now you should go to the layers, select the one in which the work took place, and then select the option blending mode and click on the overlap. This will remove gray from the final contour drawing.
Programs for Android
For those who mainly use mobile devices, programs have also been invented. This section will identify applications that can apply the desired effect, and will also provide instructions on how to use them.
Prisma
Prisma learns with every use, so no two images or effects are the same. All the user needs to do is download it from the store and install it. After that, you can add photos and images to it. 
After adding, the user will be able to select below necessary filters, you can choose the drawing method of one of the famous artists as your style.
Pencil drawing
In the case of Pencil Drawing, everything is also quite simple. You need to download and install the program, after which you can add saved files to the application, or take a new photo. 
At the top you can set image type. For a color drawing, you should choose a colored pencil, and for a monochrome image, you should choose black and white.
Sketch Cameras
You need to install Sketch Cameras, upload a photo, and select color scheme. It can also be configured in the parameters, which are located just above. The painted photo effect is applied automatically. 
After completing the work, you can click on share and send the photo to social networks.
Beginner Photoshop users can't wait to create interesting works, but sometimes knowledge is not enough for this. In this case, Photoshop effects will help out. Quick ready-made effects of the program are located in the “Filter Gallery”. Perhaps you've seen a pencil drawing transformed from a photograph in Photoshop? Such drawings can be easily made by applying effects to photos in Photoshop from the “Filter Gallery”.
To understand the principle of operation of this gallery, it is enough to consider a couple of effects from it. You will learn the rest just as easily.
First, let's look at an example of how to make a photograph using paint. Next - how to make a pencil drawing from a photo.
Painting from a photograph in Photoshop
Landscapes and city views are best suited for painting. Open the image in Photoshop. In the main menu, select the item "Filter", .
A window for previewing and selecting effects will open. By clicking on the plus and minus at the bottom left, you can scale the image. In the middle there are lists of effects by topic. The lists open when you click on the arrow next to the name. On the right are the effect controls. Basically these are drop-down lists of textures, stroke size sliders, and the like.
Let's transform a photo into a drawing oil paint. Selecting a group of effects "Imitation"/Artistic, and in it - the effect "Oil Painting"/Paint Daubs.
All you have to do is choose to suit your taste "Brush Size", "Sharpness"(the degree of merging of adjacent strokes depends on it) and "Brush"/Brush Type ("Simple", "Wide Sharp", "Light Rough", "Wide Blurry", "Dark Rough", "Sparkle").
After completing the settings, click Ok, save the photo ( Shift+Ctrl+S) in any convenient format, for example, JPG.
For this image, we will select the settings as indicated in the photo below.
It turned out quite believable. Can be used as a souvenir card. If such a photograph is processed and printed on canvas in a darkroom, it will be very similar to a real painting and may well serve as an interior decoration.
Even more about Photoshop - in the courses.
Pencil Drawing from a Photo in Photoshop
IN "Filter Gallery" You can choose the effect of a sketch drawing with a pencil. It is most often used for portraits. This is a simple method, but it is important to consider the following: the higher the photo resolution, the better the effect will work. In addition, the photo should be contrasting (the background is uniform so that the model does not merge with it).
Selecting photos large size(V in this case 5472x2767 pixels). Open it in Photoshop.
The color of the sketch strokes will match the base color, which is selected in the toolbar below. You can call up the palette for choosing a color by clicking once on the image of the squares superimposed on each other.
After choosing the main color, go to "Filter Gallery". Main menu, "Filter", "Filter Gallery", "Sketch", effect "Photocopy". Moving the sliders “Detail”/Detail And “Darkness”/Darkness, you need to achieve an image that is as similar as possible to a pencil drawing. TO to this photo The settings that can be seen in the image below were applied.
You can add another effect from "Filter Galleries", which will enhance the resemblance to a pencil drawing. To do this, in the lower right corner you need to click on the image of a folded sheet of paper. Another line will appear in the list of used effects.
Now you can go to another list of effects. Go to the filter group “Strokes”/Brush Strokes, select Crosshatch. In its settings, we select the parameters so that our sketch resembles pencil shading as much as possible. Parameter "Stroke Length", "Sharpness", "Intensity"/Strength in our case you can see in the photo below. After selecting the settings, click Ok.
As a result, you can finalize the drawing. If suddenly there are not very attractive gray spots in the background of the image, you can paint them over with a white soft brush. The tool is called by pressing a key B, on the control panel select "With a shaded edge". Change the main color to white by clicking the corner arrow above the image of the squares superimposed on each other. Then we simply paint over the unwanted areas.
Today we have one of the classic topics in turn - creating the effect of a pencil drawing from a photograph. This is one of those quick and easy techniques that brings real satisfaction to pros, but also makes the lesson useful for beginners. Sure, Photoshop is cool and has a lot of built-in filters and artistic effects, but they don't compare to what we want to show you.
What we want to get:
Step 1
Let's start by choosing a photo to work on. It is desirable that the background is clean and the photo is of high quality. As a last resort, download such a photo from a stock.
Only with these conditions will we achieve the desired result.
Step 3
Drag the background layer over the new layer icon in the Layers panel, or use a combination CMD+J to create a duplicate layer. Let's move on Image > Adjustments > Invert / Image > Correction > Inversion(or CMD+I) and right-click to select Convert to Smart Object / Convert to a smart object.
Step 4
Choose Gaussian Blur / Gaussian Blur and change the radius to 40 px. Usage Smart Object will apply this filter as a Smart Filter (that is, smart!) so that we can simply adjust the parameters as needed, instead of constantly applying this effect.
Change the blending mode of the duplicate layer to Color Dodge / Lightening Basics, which will significantly increase the contrast and give the surface the grain we need.
Step 5
Click on the icon Adjustment Layer / Adjustment layer and select Levels / Levels. Move the shadow sliders and Midtones / Middle Tones slightly to the right to darken the image slightly.
Step 6
Add new Adjustment Layer / Adjustment Layer and now select the option Black and White / Black and white. The default settings will be enough to remove color and give the image more of a pencil look.
Step 7
Use CMD+A, to Select All / Select All, then use Edit > Copy Merged / Editing > Copy Merged Data(or keyboard shortcut CMD+Shift+C). This will clip all visible layers. Click CMD+V to insert this layer on top of the others.
Now we do this: Filter > Filter Gallery / Filter > Filter Gallery, then we go to Glowing Edges from the menu Stylize / Stylization. Change the parameters as shown below:
Now Image > Adjustments > Invert / Image > Correction > Inversion(or the CMD+I) to take a negative photo (instead of black on white, you get white on a black background).
Step 8
Change the blending mode of this layer to Multiply, then lower the layer's opacity to 50-60%.
Step 9
Click on the icon New Layer / New Layer at the bottom of the palette Layers / Layers, then click CMD+Backspace to fill the layer with white (this is the default background color). Return to again Filter Gallery / Filter Gallery, but now we choose Texturizer / Texturizer. Change settings to Sandstone.
Change the blending mode of this layer to Multiply so you can see the main lines, then lower the opacity to 50% to achieve a paper-thin texture effect. To enhance the crayon effect, turn off the black and white adjustment layer.
Bottom line
As a result, we got quite realistic effect pencil sketch with natural lines and shading.
Translation – Duty room
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