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Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to quickly and easily create the look of a pencil portrait from
a photo and how to replace it with other photos without having to redo the effects.
This is an update of tutorials I've done quite awhile ago on earlier versions of Photoshop.
This update is quicker, more flexible and gives you results that are even better than before.
Open a sharp, high resolution close-up photo of someone that you'd like to use for this project.
It can be color or black and white.
Let's check its size and resolution to ensure that your finished result will look similar to mine.
Go to Image and Image Size.
Make its resolution: 150 pixels per inch and its Height approximately 900 pixels.
Its Width doesn't matter.
Next, we'll convert it into a Smart Object, so we can adjust the filters at any time,
as well as replace our subject with another without having to redo the effects.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl + J on Windows or Cmd + J on a Mac.
If your subject is black and white, as in this example, the next step isn't necessary,
however, if your subject has color, click the Adjustment layer icon and click "Black White".
Hide the copy and make the bottom layer active.
Go to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Open the "Distort" folder and click "Diffuse Glow".
Make the "Graininess": 10, the "Glow Amount" 6 and the "Clear Amount": 4.
Make the copy of the subject visible and active.
If your foreground and background colors aren't black and white respectively, press "D" on your keyboard.
Go back to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Close the "Distort" folder and open the "Stylize" folder.
Click "Glowing Edges".
Make the "Edge Width": 1, the "Edge Brightness": 20 and the "Smoothness": 15.
We want to invert it.
Click the Adjustment layer icon again and this time, click "Invert".
Since, an adjustment layer affects all the layers below it in the Layers panel, in order
to restrict it to affect only the one layer below it, we need to make it into a clipping mask.
To do this, either click the clipping mask icon or press Ctrl + Alt + G on Windows or
Cmd + Option + G on a Mac.
Another way would be to go to Layer and "Create Clipping Mask".
Make the Glowing Edges layer active and change its Blend Mode to "Linear Burn".
Reduce its opacity to 50%.
Next, we'll add a bit of texture to our image which will especially enhance the pencil effect
on the white areas of our portrait.
Scroll to the bottom and make the Diffuse Glow layer active.
Go back to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Close the "Stylize" folder and open the "Texture" folder.
Click "Texturizer" and choose "Sandstone".
The Scaling is 100%, the Relief is 4 and the Light is from the top.
I'd like to darken the midtones a bit more.
If you want to do this, as well, scroll to the top and make the top adjustment layer active.
Click the adjustment layer icon and click "Levels".
Drag the Midtone slider to the right until the midtones of your portrait are slightly darker.
To replace your subject with another, make any Smart Object active and double-click it
to open its source.
To replace your photo, go to File.
If you're working on Photoshop CC or later, click "Place Embedded".
If you're working on an earlier version, click "Open".
Find and click your new subject and click "Place" or "Open".
Place Embedded automatically opens your image using the Transform Tool, however, in earlier
versions, you'll need to manually open your Transform Tool by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + T.
If you want to make your new subject larger in your document, zoom out by pressing Ctrl
or Cmd and the minus key on your keyboard a couple of times.
Go to a corner and when you see a diagonal, double-arrow, press and hold Alt or Option
+ Shift as you drag it out or in.
To reposition it, go inside the bounding box and drag your subject into position.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Close the tab of the Smart Object and when you see this message, click "Yes" to save the changes.
This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
Thanks for watching!