Charcoal/Sketched Images

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1. Open up the image that you would like to have the sketchy effect upon. Press (Ctrl + A) to select the whole image. Then press (Ctrl + C) to copy it. Close the image window afterwards. I'm using a screenshot of Kakashi from the Anime series Naruto.

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2. Press (Ctrl + N) to open up the new window. Select 'WHITE' as the background. Click OK.

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In that new window, press (Ctrl + V) twice so that we will have two layers of the image.

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3. If you already have the Layers window open, that would be better. If not, go to Window and select Layers. With Layer 2 as the selected layer, you would see there right below the word 'Layers' a drop down box with the word 'Normal' in it. From that box, select "Color Dodge." (They're all going to look differently, so don't panic.)

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4. After that, press (Ctrl + Shift + U) to Desaturate the image. (Like showed below)

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5. Then press (Ctrl + I) to Invert colors.

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6. Now select Layer 1 as the working layer. Again, press (Ctrl + Shift + U). You would see that most of the image is "gone". (Mine is a total blank.) Don't worry. It's supposed to be like that.

7. Now select Layer 2 again. Go to Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur. Select the amount for the radius you want. (I would highly recommend that it would not exceed 9 or go below 1. It depends on you.)

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8. You're done! Here's my final result:

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By RavenNoelle on Jun 9, 2007 5:31 pm

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