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how to stylize a picture - "a scanner darkly" style
I am a programmer, have only average skills in Photoshop, and almost none in other software (Fireworks, Illustrator, others). I am trying to figure out hot to stylize some pictures, mostly portraits in the style of the picture below.
Color would be better, but B&W would work as well. This is basically the graphics style of the movie "a scanner darkly", you can find hundreds of screenshots on Google Images.
I don't have a Wacom tablet. I have tried several websites that "cartoonize" your photo, some were interesting, but none achieved THIS specific effect.
Is there a certain procedure / series of Photoshop filters / manipulation in Creative Suite programs that I can follow to achieve this effect in my photos?
Thanks
Color would be better, but B&W would work as well. This is basically the graphics style of the movie "a scanner darkly", you can find hundreds of screenshots on Google Images.
I don't have a Wacom tablet. I have tried several websites that "cartoonize" your photo, some were interesting, but none achieved THIS specific effect.
Is there a certain procedure / series of Photoshop filters / manipulation in Creative Suite programs that I can follow to achieve this effect in my photos?
Thanks
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The thing that characterises the look for me, is that a bitmap image (photo) is turned into a *vector* image.
I have used two different Adobe applications to do this, but neither of them are Photoshop. They are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash.
If you have access to either of these applications let me know and I'll tell you how to do this.
(BTW - this look is also sometimes called 'cel shaded', particularly when talking about video games. And I'm playing an older game at the moment called Borderlands that uses this style)
I have used two different Adobe applications to do this, but neither of them are Photoshop. They are Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Flash.
If you have access to either of these applications let me know and I'll tell you how to do this.
(BTW - this look is also sometimes called 'cel shaded', particularly when talking about video games. And I'm playing an older game at the moment called Borderlands that uses this style)
Cool, I have access to a workstation with full CS4, I'll just need to put in some work and get used to Flash and illustrator, I'm up for it - what's the procedure?
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@quizengine - cool thanks. Would it work better if I first use Levels in Photoshop to remove "noise" and increase contrast? Would you say Illustrator provides a better result because it offers more parameters / options?
@D_Brugge - useful, thanks. Any leads on how I can emphasize the desired lines and contours, and minimize the unwanted lines? More details would be great - just keep in mind, I got no Wacom tablet, and no crazy graphics skills. I've got 5 yrs of (some) Photoshop for web design on my belt, but I generally write the code.
@D_Brugge - useful, thanks. Any leads on how I can emphasize the desired lines and contours, and minimize the unwanted lines? More details would be great - just keep in mind, I got no Wacom tablet, and no crazy graphics skills. I've got 5 yrs of (some) Photoshop for web design on my belt, but I generally write the code.
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awesome, D_Brugge, I'll test today!
BTW, the methods that quizengine is referring to are good methods. If you decide to go with a completely automated method, I would suggest that you follow his good advice.
However you struck me as the type who could step away from the cookie cutter method and put some of your own individuality into the output. Both approaches are legit.
However you struck me as the type who could step away from the cookie cutter method and put some of your own individuality into the output. Both approaches are legit.
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It's called Rotoscoping, which is a technique where animators trace over live-action film frame by frame.
http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=28&tag=Animating%20Video%20in%20Final%20Cut%20Pro&limit=20
There's a great plug-in called Toon-A-Matic from Sheffield Softworks that can give you that same "cartoon style" effect with a simple filter.
http://www.sheffieldsoftworks.com/
It's called Rotoscoping, which is a technique where animators trace over live-action film frame by frame.
http://www.geniusdv.com/weblog/mt-search.cgi?IncludeBlogs=28&tag=Animating%20Video%20in%20Final%20Cut%20Pro&limit=20
There's a great plug-in called Toon-A-Matic from Sheffield Softworks that can give you that same "cartoon style" effect with a simple filter.
http://www.sheffieldsoftworks.com/
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Websites use graphics to enhance information, assist navigation, and generally improve the user’s experience. To create those graphics, developers use any number of programs, like the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Flash have their own topics), the CorelDraw suite, Xara, Gimp, ACDSee, Serif, ULead and others.