hello everyone this is Chris from spoon
graphics back with another video
tutorial for Adobe Photoshop today I'll
show you how to create an effect that
mimics the painterly look of early 20th
century pinups where posters of glamour
models were reproduced from oil
paintings and distributed to World War
two soldiers while the industry has
evolved to become slightly more erotic
with the likes of Playboy magazine and
the Internet the pin-up girl concept
from the forties and fifties is still
fondly admired today with it being a
popular fashion trend photography genre
and art style in this tutorial we'll
take a modern digital photograph and
give it an antique appearance with a
cocktail of Photoshop filters to
replicate the visual traits of those
original pinup posters various
adjustments will convert the photo into
a hand-painted illustration then an old
paper texture will help distress the
artwork and turn it into a vintage pinup
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we first need a sauce photograph of a
pin-up girl talented digital painters
could probably use their skills to
produce pin-up art in the same way as
the original oil painters but for mere
mortals like us we'll have to rely upon
existing assets this particular
photograph is by zoom team from
Shutterstock the first step is to cut
out the subject from its background
select the pen tool and begin tracing
the subject drag out Bezier handles to
follow the curvature of the outline but
stay a few pixels within the subject to
avoid capturing the background in the
selection when you reach the hair make a
rough selection will tackle this more
complex area later I tend to use two
different techniques with the pen tool
one is to click and drag each point the
other is to set a point at the other end
of a curve then go back and add an extra
point in the middle which is then
dragged into place while holding the
command key
when the selection reaches the starting
point again right-click and choose make
selection copy and paste the selection
into a new layer then toggle off the
visibility of the background to see the
transparency don't forget to make
selections of any negative space and
delete these areas from the layer to so
I clearly select all those tiny strands
of hair the channels method is probably
the best approach you can see this
technique along with other hair
selection methods in my video titled how
to cut anything out in Photoshop open up
the channels panel and find the channel
with the highest contrast between the
subjects in its background usually this
is the blue channel for portraits drag
the channel on to the new icon to make a
duplicate go to image adjustments and
levels or use the shortcut command or
control on Windows and L dramatically
darken the subject by dragging the
shadows and mid-tones sliders to the
right using the brush tool paint over
any leftover areas within the silhouette
with black using the overlay mode can
help you target the edges without
worrying about accidentally painting
over the white background since we've
already clipped the rest of the body it
isn't really necessary to create a full
silhouette we'll just clip the selection
later hold the command key and click on
the duplicate channels thumbnail in the
channels panel to load its selection
click the RGB channel again to bring
back the full color version of the image
switch back to the layers panel then
apply a layer mask to apply this
selection the selection is inverted the
wrong way so use the command in a
shortcut to invert the cause of the mask
the hair is being clipped perfectly but
because we didn't finish off the
silhouette any white areas elsewhere on
the subjects have been erased
to bring these areas biked draw a rough
selection around the head press command
shift + I or go to select an inverse
then fill this area with whites to
reveal these parts of the mask
now the subject is fully cut out
right-click and choose apply layer mask
to permanently apply the clipping before
continuing with the cocktail of filters
to create the main effect right-click
and choose convert to smart object this
will allow the adjustments to be applied
non destructively so you can edit or
remove them if necessary
the first adjustment is shadows and
highlights from the image adjustments
menu enter values of 50 in the shadows
and 20 in the highlights to flatten the
tones of the photograph next go to image
adjustments and brightness and contrast
boost the contrast to 100 an eye on
painting wouldn't have anywhere near as
much detail as a photograph so go to
filter blur and surface blur enter
values of 30 pixels and a threshold of 2
a perfect filter for replicating an oil
painted effect is you guessed it the oil
paint filter makes out the stylization
and leave all of the settings at 0 this
is actually a good place to experiment
with alternative results by editing the
settings by the smart filter afterwards
depending on your image you might get
away with more cleanliness and less
stylization just watch out for losing
any tiny details I don't know the
surface blur filter to further blend out
the details into broad areas of color
much like how a painting would be
created open the shadows and highlights
again from under the image and
adjustments menu this time click the
show more options button to expand the
window reduce the shadows to zero then
set the color adjustment to zero to
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bring up the mid-tones slider to around
80 then balance the three sliders under
the highlights to tune the result values
of 30 a 20 and 40 works for me this step
dramatically increases the contrast of
the image to further enhance the
hand-painted look add an unsharp mask
filter from under the filter and sharpen
menu choose values of 70% amount and to
pixel radius to bring back the hard
edges
there's just a couple more filters to
apply from under the filter a filter
gallery menu the first is dry brush from
under the artistic section set up the
options with ten brush size ten brush
detail and one texture then hit OK in
the layers panel next to the smart
filter double click the little slider
icon next to this latest two filter
gallery addition to alter its blending
settings set the blending mode to soft
lie and reduce the opacity to around 40%
so only as a soil impact many of these
filters don't appear to make much
difference it becomes noticeable if you
removed finally add another filter
gallery
this time the cutout effect set up the
values to a six number of levels or a
figure that generates a good array of
shapes in your image the minimum values
for edge simplicity and fidelity
double click the settings slider next to
this smart filter and change the options
to soft light at 50% opacity this
cocktail of Photoshop filters does a
good job of converting the photograph
into a hand-painted illustration with
high contrast and blocks of color
similar to the authentic examples from
history the colors are a little too
vivid throughout a vibrance adjustment
layer reduce the vibrance to around
minus 30
but boost the saturation to +10 that's
the main photo effects complete so now
let's finish off the pinup poster with a
suitable vintage style background open
up an old paper texture like this one by
Luke has swatch on Shutterstock go to
select and all then edit and copy switch
over to the working document and select
the background layer there go to edit
and paste to place the paper texture
above it press command + T to transform
and rotate and move the texture into
place use the crop tool to enlarge the
canvas to the size of the paper texture
give the paper texture a quick sharpen
filter to bring out the details at a
solid color adjustment layer and choose
a bright cyan color change the blending
mode of list layer to multiply to allow
the paper texture to show through the
yellow of the texture might throw off
your chosen hue so double click the
adjustment layer again to adjust it item
eight the layer mask that is applied
with the solid color adjustment layer
then settled the brush tool with a soft
round tip place a dab of black in the
center of the canvas and press command +
T to transform enlarge the black spot
while holding the Alt key to expand it
to act as a radial gradient that blends
out the blue background it's also the
strength of the gradient effects at a
levels adjustment moving the shadows
mid-tones and highlights will determine
how quickly the gradient fades out
towards the edges as a finishing touch
use the type tool to enter the name of
your pin-up girl I'm using a nice brush
script font called sign painter select
your type layer or layers and convert
them into a smart object so filters can
be applied while still preserving the
live text go to filter noise and median
then find a small value that rounds off
the edges of the text without adding too
much blur which helps replicate a bleed
effect next add a filter distort and
ripple effect and find a subtle value of
around 30 s to distort the edges to
match the roughness of the coarse paper
background set the blending mode to
linear light and reduce the fill amount
to around 75% to bring through some of
the paper texture select the paper
texture and drag it onto the new layer
icon to make a duplicate drag this
duplicate to the top of the layer stack
go to image adjustments and desaturate
then open the levels drastically darken
the texture by dragging the shadows
sliders to the right then bring back the
tiny details by moving the highlights
slider left
so this lets a screen to make the black
area invisible leaving just the white
speckles that add a subtle distressed
effect to the main pinup model reduce
the opacity to find the right balance
make another duplicate of the paper
texture and drag it to the top of the
layer stack set this layer to multiply
to allow the yellowy tones to darken the
artwork then reduce its impact by
bringing down the opacity to around 30%
hold the command key and click the
thumbnail of the pinup-girl layer to
load its selection select the layer
underneath there not a new layer above
it use the OL and backspace shortcut to
fill this selection with black then
deselect with command and D transform
with command and T and right click and
choose to store drag each corner point
in turn to stretch out a shadow behind
the subject but pay attention to the
direction of the light according to the
shading of the model add a Gaussian blur
of around 30 pixels to soften the shadow
and set the blending mode to multiply
with a lower opacity of around 20% apply
a layer mask then use a black brush to
erase any unwanted areas and - softly
fade out the shadow rather than try and
stretch the single shadow layer in to
the right shape you can use multiple
layers to construct the shading effects
by using layer masks to delete the areas
you don't want manually painting in the
shadow with a soft black brush can also
add shading in just the right places the
final result is an old style pin-up girl
poster with a hand-painted illustration
effect the various Photoshop adjustments
help reduce the realism of the
photograph into the stylized appearance
of an oil painting while the addition of
an old paper texture finishes off the
effects of an antique poster look if you
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