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91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 113
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Posted By hannah on Nov 10 2010 | 56 commentsIt is a relatively easy process to turn a photo into a line drawing with photoshop Follow the steps below which
uses layers image desauration layer modes and a guassian blur to change a photo into a pencil sketch This
effect will work on almost any image The final quality will depend on how sharp your original image is If there
are lots of strong lines in the original image then this process is the one for you Use the quick key commands at
the bottom of the post to change any image into a line drawing in under a minute
Step 1
Open up the photo that you wish to change into a drawing
open photo you wish to change to a line drawing
I have used this Coke can photograph by Cyclonebill It can be found on WikiMedia Commons if you wish to use
the same image to follow this tutorial
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Step 2
Duplicate the image in the layers pallette
duplicate layer
Step 3
With the new layer selected you need to desaturate the image To do this go to Image gt adjustments gt desaturate
Or choose Shift Apple U Shift Ctrl U
desaturate the image
Step 4
Duplicate this modified layer You should now have a colour background layer and 2 desaturated layers above
layer palette
Step 5
Select the top layer and invert the image To do this go to Image gt Adjustments and choose Invert or press Ctrl I
Apple I
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Invert Image
Step 6
With the top layer still selected (the inverted layer) choose lsquoColour Dodgersquo from the layers pallete drop down
menu (This will make most of the image turn white)
change the layer mode to colour dodge
the canvas will turn white at this satge
Step 7
We now need to apply a guassian blur to the newly white layer to allow parts of the layer underneath to show
through Select the top layer and choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
6
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Choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
Step 8
Move the slider up and down to find what level suits your picture The setting for this is often somewhere between
1 and 3 but will depend on how complex your original image is
Guassian blur settings to create a line drawing
Step 9
To tidy up the image use the Dodge and Burn tools to clean up the image The Dodge tool will lighten the pencil
marks the burn tool darken them
Dodge and burn tools
I am going to use the dodge tool on the Coke can image to tidy up the background around the can
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 513
Neaten up the image using the dodge and burn tools
Original photo
original photo
Pencil line drawing made from the above photo
Line drawing made from a photo using Photoshop
Quick Key commands to change a photo into a line drawing
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
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Mac With the original picture selected in the layers palette Apple J Apple Shift U Apple J Apple I with the top
layer selcted choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
PC With the original picture selected in the layers palette Ctrl J Ctrl Shift U Ctrl J Ctrl I with the top layer selcted
choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
Update
I have just created a new tutorial which follows on from this one and shows how to add colour to the finished line
drawing to create a coloured pencil effect
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcomcoloured-pencil-effect
56 Comments
Author hannah
Hannah works as a website designer for a digital agency based in the UK She has over 15 years
experience using Photoshop and has been using it daily since 2005
Stock Image PhotoFind the Perfect Stock Image Royalty-Free Inspiration for Less
iStockphotocomImage_Photo
Miles
JUNE 27 2011
Thank you so much I am trying to laser etch an image into stainless steel and it must be an outline
You just saved me so much time
Sarah
DECEMBER 11 2011
Your a life saver Is this adobe ps
hannah
DECEMBER 15 2011
Yes adobe photoshop I have created a downloadable action for Photoshop to create this effect if
you are interested
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcom1087free-photoshop-action
Jill
JANUARY 1 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
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wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 213
Step 2
Duplicate the image in the layers pallette
duplicate layer
Step 3
With the new layer selected you need to desaturate the image To do this go to Image gt adjustments gt desaturate
Or choose Shift Apple U Shift Ctrl U
desaturate the image
Step 4
Duplicate this modified layer You should now have a colour background layer and 2 desaturated layers above
layer palette
Step 5
Select the top layer and invert the image To do this go to Image gt Adjustments and choose Invert or press Ctrl I
Apple I
How toPhotoshop grasswith the clonetool
Jul 23 2013
10 of the bestrealisticseamless woodtextures
Jun 27 2013
Adsense
Tweet
4
48
Like
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 313
Invert Image
Step 6
With the top layer still selected (the inverted layer) choose lsquoColour Dodgersquo from the layers pallete drop down
menu (This will make most of the image turn white)
change the layer mode to colour dodge
the canvas will turn white at this satge
Step 7
We now need to apply a guassian blur to the newly white layer to allow parts of the layer underneath to show
through Select the top layer and choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
6
StumbleUpon
1
532
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 413
Choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
Step 8
Move the slider up and down to find what level suits your picture The setting for this is often somewhere between
1 and 3 but will depend on how complex your original image is
Guassian blur settings to create a line drawing
Step 9
To tidy up the image use the Dodge and Burn tools to clean up the image The Dodge tool will lighten the pencil
marks the burn tool darken them
Dodge and burn tools
I am going to use the dodge tool on the Coke can image to tidy up the background around the can
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 513
Neaten up the image using the dodge and burn tools
Original photo
original photo
Pencil line drawing made from the above photo
Line drawing made from a photo using Photoshop
Quick Key commands to change a photo into a line drawing
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 613
Share This Post On
Mac With the original picture selected in the layers palette Apple J Apple Shift U Apple J Apple I with the top
layer selcted choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
PC With the original picture selected in the layers palette Ctrl J Ctrl Shift U Ctrl J Ctrl I with the top layer selcted
choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
Update
I have just created a new tutorial which follows on from this one and shows how to add colour to the finished line
drawing to create a coloured pencil effect
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcomcoloured-pencil-effect
56 Comments
Author hannah
Hannah works as a website designer for a digital agency based in the UK She has over 15 years
experience using Photoshop and has been using it daily since 2005
Stock Image PhotoFind the Perfect Stock Image Royalty-Free Inspiration for Less
iStockphotocomImage_Photo
Miles
JUNE 27 2011
Thank you so much I am trying to laser etch an image into stainless steel and it must be an outline
You just saved me so much time
Sarah
DECEMBER 11 2011
Your a life saver Is this adobe ps
hannah
DECEMBER 15 2011
Yes adobe photoshop I have created a downloadable action for Photoshop to create this effect if
you are interested
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcom1087free-photoshop-action
Jill
JANUARY 1 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
Submit a Comment
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Comment
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title=gt ltbgt ltblockquote cite=gt ltcitegt ltcodegt ltdel datetime=gt ltemgt ltigt ltq
cite=gt ltstrikegt ltstronggt
jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 313
Invert Image
Step 6
With the top layer still selected (the inverted layer) choose lsquoColour Dodgersquo from the layers pallete drop down
menu (This will make most of the image turn white)
change the layer mode to colour dodge
the canvas will turn white at this satge
Step 7
We now need to apply a guassian blur to the newly white layer to allow parts of the layer underneath to show
through Select the top layer and choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
6
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Choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
Step 8
Move the slider up and down to find what level suits your picture The setting for this is often somewhere between
1 and 3 but will depend on how complex your original image is
Guassian blur settings to create a line drawing
Step 9
To tidy up the image use the Dodge and Burn tools to clean up the image The Dodge tool will lighten the pencil
marks the burn tool darken them
Dodge and burn tools
I am going to use the dodge tool on the Coke can image to tidy up the background around the can
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 513
Neaten up the image using the dodge and burn tools
Original photo
original photo
Pencil line drawing made from the above photo
Line drawing made from a photo using Photoshop
Quick Key commands to change a photo into a line drawing
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 613
Share This Post On
Mac With the original picture selected in the layers palette Apple J Apple Shift U Apple J Apple I with the top
layer selcted choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
PC With the original picture selected in the layers palette Ctrl J Ctrl Shift U Ctrl J Ctrl I with the top layer selcted
choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
Update
I have just created a new tutorial which follows on from this one and shows how to add colour to the finished line
drawing to create a coloured pencil effect
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcomcoloured-pencil-effect
56 Comments
Author hannah
Hannah works as a website designer for a digital agency based in the UK She has over 15 years
experience using Photoshop and has been using it daily since 2005
Stock Image PhotoFind the Perfect Stock Image Royalty-Free Inspiration for Less
iStockphotocomImage_Photo
Miles
JUNE 27 2011
Thank you so much I am trying to laser etch an image into stainless steel and it must be an outline
You just saved me so much time
Sarah
DECEMBER 11 2011
Your a life saver Is this adobe ps
hannah
DECEMBER 15 2011
Yes adobe photoshop I have created a downloadable action for Photoshop to create this effect if
you are interested
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcom1087free-photoshop-action
Jill
JANUARY 1 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
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wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 413
Choose Filter gt Blur gt Guassian Blur
Step 8
Move the slider up and down to find what level suits your picture The setting for this is often somewhere between
1 and 3 but will depend on how complex your original image is
Guassian blur settings to create a line drawing
Step 9
To tidy up the image use the Dodge and Burn tools to clean up the image The Dodge tool will lighten the pencil
marks the burn tool darken them
Dodge and burn tools
I am going to use the dodge tool on the Coke can image to tidy up the background around the can
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 513
Neaten up the image using the dodge and burn tools
Original photo
original photo
Pencil line drawing made from the above photo
Line drawing made from a photo using Photoshop
Quick Key commands to change a photo into a line drawing
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 613
Share This Post On
Mac With the original picture selected in the layers palette Apple J Apple Shift U Apple J Apple I with the top
layer selcted choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
PC With the original picture selected in the layers palette Ctrl J Ctrl Shift U Ctrl J Ctrl I with the top layer selcted
choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
Update
I have just created a new tutorial which follows on from this one and shows how to add colour to the finished line
drawing to create a coloured pencil effect
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcomcoloured-pencil-effect
56 Comments
Author hannah
Hannah works as a website designer for a digital agency based in the UK She has over 15 years
experience using Photoshop and has been using it daily since 2005
Stock Image PhotoFind the Perfect Stock Image Royalty-Free Inspiration for Less
iStockphotocomImage_Photo
Miles
JUNE 27 2011
Thank you so much I am trying to laser etch an image into stainless steel and it must be an outline
You just saved me so much time
Sarah
DECEMBER 11 2011
Your a life saver Is this adobe ps
hannah
DECEMBER 15 2011
Yes adobe photoshop I have created a downloadable action for Photoshop to create this effect if
you are interested
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcom1087free-photoshop-action
Jill
JANUARY 1 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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You may use these HTML tags and attributes lta href= title=gt ltabbr title=gt ltacronym
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cite=gt ltstrikegt ltstronggt
jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 513
Neaten up the image using the dodge and burn tools
Original photo
original photo
Pencil line drawing made from the above photo
Line drawing made from a photo using Photoshop
Quick Key commands to change a photo into a line drawing
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 613
Share This Post On
Mac With the original picture selected in the layers palette Apple J Apple Shift U Apple J Apple I with the top
layer selcted choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
PC With the original picture selected in the layers palette Ctrl J Ctrl Shift U Ctrl J Ctrl I with the top layer selcted
choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
Update
I have just created a new tutorial which follows on from this one and shows how to add colour to the finished line
drawing to create a coloured pencil effect
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcomcoloured-pencil-effect
56 Comments
Author hannah
Hannah works as a website designer for a digital agency based in the UK She has over 15 years
experience using Photoshop and has been using it daily since 2005
Stock Image PhotoFind the Perfect Stock Image Royalty-Free Inspiration for Less
iStockphotocomImage_Photo
Miles
JUNE 27 2011
Thank you so much I am trying to laser etch an image into stainless steel and it must be an outline
You just saved me so much time
Sarah
DECEMBER 11 2011
Your a life saver Is this adobe ps
hannah
DECEMBER 15 2011
Yes adobe photoshop I have created a downloadable action for Photoshop to create this effect if
you are interested
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcom1087free-photoshop-action
Jill
JANUARY 1 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
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wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 613
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Mac With the original picture selected in the layers palette Apple J Apple Shift U Apple J Apple I with the top
layer selcted choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
PC With the original picture selected in the layers palette Ctrl J Ctrl Shift U Ctrl J Ctrl I with the top layer selcted
choose lsquocolour dodgersquo Guassian Blur setting between 1 amp 3
Update
I have just created a new tutorial which follows on from this one and shows how to add colour to the finished line
drawing to create a coloured pencil effect
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcomcoloured-pencil-effect
56 Comments
Author hannah
Hannah works as a website designer for a digital agency based in the UK She has over 15 years
experience using Photoshop and has been using it daily since 2005
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Miles
JUNE 27 2011
Thank you so much I am trying to laser etch an image into stainless steel and it must be an outline
You just saved me so much time
Sarah
DECEMBER 11 2011
Your a life saver Is this adobe ps
hannah
DECEMBER 15 2011
Yes adobe photoshop I have created a downloadable action for Photoshop to create this effect if
you are interested
httpwwwphotoshopbuzzcom1087free-photoshop-action
Jill
JANUARY 1 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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Comment
You may use these HTML tags and attributes lta href= title=gt ltabbr title=gt ltacronym
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 713
This was working brilliantly until the end when I got to the part Filtergt Blurgt Guassian Blur I was able
to do all that but the picture remained white I set it to 15 but nothing seemed to happen Am I missing
a step Would love to be able to do this Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 2 2012
Hi Jill if there isnrsquot a lot of contrast in your original picture it may be that you need to set the Guassian
Blur to a higher setting than 15 so you could try that It is also important that you duplicate the layers
in the early stages and have the different layers underneath as the top layer actually masks the layer
behind it to create the picture so also check that you have the correct sequence of layers in the
layers palette before adding the guassian blur on the top layer I hope that that helps
deborah
MARCH 19 2012
oh wow this was so easy to do following your quick key command steps Thanks so much
hannah
MARCH 25 2012
thanks for your comment
helen
APRIL 23 2012
Brilliant Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect of
using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Lauren Cioffi
JUNE 7 2012
Hi there I love this post I canrsquot wait to give this a try I hope you donrsquot mind but I have included this
tutorial in a blog post Top 10 photoshop tutorials on my blog ldquoCookies with Cronkiterdquo I have included
a link to this post a picture and a link to your blog homepage Check it out please leave comments I
would LOVE your feed back
hannah
JUNE 8 2012
Hi Lauren You are welcome to share the tutorial so long as you provide a link back to my post
Thanks for letting me know
Liz Czerewaty
JULY 24 2012
Can i do this with Photoshop Elements Thankshellip
hannah
JULY 24 2012
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
Submit a Comment
Your email address will not be published Required fields are marked
Name
Website
Comment
You may use these HTML tags and attributes lta href= title=gt ltabbr title=gt ltacronym
title=gt ltbgt ltblockquote cite=gt ltcitegt ltcodegt ltdel datetime=gt ltemgt ltigt ltq
cite=gt ltstrikegt ltstronggt
jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 813
Hi Liz the tutorial was written for regular Photoshop but please try the steps in Elements and let us
know how you get on If anyone else has tried this in elements please let us know
Uttam Manna
JULY 30 2012
It was very easy thank you very much
hannah
JULY 30 2012
Thanks for your comment glad you found it useful
Beth
AUGUST 7 2012
This is fabulous Now if I want to copy a portion of the original photo do I need to flatten the layers
hannah
AUGUST 7 2012
Hi Beth thanks for comment The original photo will still be in place at the bottom of the layers so you
can select that layer and copy and paste from it or just duplicate that layer and bring it to the top and
erase a section to reveal the line drawing hope that helps Thanks Hannah
Jacki
AUGUST 11 2012
Irsquom using Photoshop Elements 8 and Step 6 ldquocolor dodgerdquo doesnrsquot make my image mostly white it
does however invert the tones so what was once dark is now light and vice versa The gaussian blur
also does nothing but blur the color-dodged image Any help for Elements 8 here
Asad
SEPTEMBER 1 2012
great tutorial i like it
hannah
SEPTEMBER 3 2012
If anyone uses Photoshop Elements and can help with the questions please use the comments
below
viomjeet
SEPTEMBER 18 2012
Thankshellipfor great tutorialhellip
malcolm
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
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wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 913
SEPTEMBER 21 2012
Just tried this in Elements 9 and it worked perfectly Not sure why PE8 doesnrsquot work
hannah
SEPTEMBER 26 2012
Thanks for the feedback Malcolm
arome
OCTOBER 8 2012
hanna n co
thanks for the tutorials especially for us beginner and if there are more tips please help us
hannah
OCTOBER 8 2012
Hi Arome Thanks for your comment Let me know in the comments if there is anything in particular
you would like a tutorial about Thanks
Michell
OCTOBER 15 2012
Brilliant Thanks for helping I am a beginner too used this on a pretty complex photo had to ramp up
the blur but I love it
Thanks again
hannah
OCTOBER 15 2012
Thanks for your comments Michell
Shalu
OCTOBER 17 2012
Thanks a ton
Alfie
NOVEMBER 7 2012
Thanks so much Made my life easier
Joe
NOVEMBER 10 2012
thanks so much greetings from Spain
kanagu
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1013
NOVEMBER 17 2012
Thanks bro It worked really well
Snap
NOVEMBER 21 2012
Very simple and helpful Thank you very much ^^
Louise
NOVEMBER 23 2012
The best step-by-step Photoshop instruction I have ever used ndash thank you so much
Raphael Mensah
NOVEMBER 24 2012
Thank you so much it is so easy to follow i ended making a huge poster for my wifePlease as helen
asked above Is there any way to change to colour of the drawing to say for example give the effect
of using a coloured pencil thank uhellip
Chris
DECEMBER 6 2012
Thanks a lot This was great
Noelle
DECEMBER 9 2012
Irsquom using PS Elements 8 Irsquom trying to make a photo of a building look like a drawing The result I have
does not look like a pencil drawing at all Rather it looks like a photo with color and some shadows
removed Increasing the Blur makes it look like a more grayscale picture Is it me or the software
Name Shoaib
DECEMBER 26 2012
Can you tell us how to convert JPEG into watercolor painting
Alex
JANUARY 6 2013
Never used photoshop before and I managed it All apart from the dodge and burn tools as Im using
laptop with limited mouse manoeuvrability
Thanks
hannah
JANUARY 7 2013
Thanks for the feedback Alex Irsquom glad you found it easy to follow since yoursquove not used Photoshop
before Welcome to Photoshop
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1113
aat
JANUARY 22 2013
many thanks you help me a lot from spain
hannah
JANUARY 22 2013
Thanks for your comment aat
praveen
FEBRUARY 2 2013
awesome
kileytoo
FEBRUARY 3 2013
Hi there thanks for this great tutorial and the follow-up to add colors You can also colorize the
image with a huesaturation layer anyway I think that a great thing to do before to add colors would
be to modify the line drawing so that it shows the typical hatching of pencil and inks you know those
fine lines you use to fill-in dark areas or add shadinghellip Irsquom gonna see if I can find out how to do thathellip
Lalith
FEBRUARY 15 2013
Great hannah though there are a few online photo conversions to sketch available they never have
the full image conversion meaning the image result that they give is of either much less image size or
does not give the required effect
Any body seeking to do the lsquopencil workrsquo manually just follow hannahrsquos guidance
Thanks again dear hannah
Annette Payne
FEBRUARY 19 2013
Thanks so much for making this so simple Any other fun tips you want to share
hannah
FEBRUARY 20 2013
Hi Lalith thanks for your lovely comments much appreciated
Majeur
FEBRUARY 21 2013
Hannah what an amazing job Yoursquove put this challenging task into simple steps that defines ldquouser
friendlyrdquo to a different level Your awesome for your techniques yoursquove created in teaching the rest of
us You are the ldquoinstructorrdquo in this categor
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1213
Merci a vous
Majeur
hannah
FEBRUARY 27 2013
Thank you Majeur
Jefff
MARCH 18 2013
Which of the several versions of Photoshop has this feature I do not want to buy a program install it
and find I need something else
Thank You
Jeff
hannah
MARCH 18 2013
Hi Jeff I canrsquot see any reason why this wouldnrsquot work in all main CS versions of Photoshop as all have
layers filters and layer properties used in the tutorial You can always download a free Photoshop
trial to test it in the version you are thinking of buying (It wonrsquot work in Photoshop lightroom)
hadeer
MAY 19 2013
woooooowthank u
Anuraag
MAY 21 2013
Tutorial is good But the image doesnrsquot looks like pencil sketch effect Hope to see such more
wonderful tutorials
Terror07death
JUNE 5 2013
really helpfullhellip
Bijay Ranjan Pati
JULY 15 2013
How amazinghellip thanks
akhil
JULY 29 2013
awesome bro thanq (y)
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag
91613 How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop | photoshopbuzzcom
wwwphotoshopbuzzcomchange-photo-to-line-drawing 1313
Home About Contact
Submit Comment
TrackbacksPingbacksConvertir una foto en dibujo a laacutepiz | Kabytes - [] Tutorial de PhotoshopBuzz []Penciled In | The Happening - [] one of my many favourite websites Craft Gawker I came across this cool photoshop tutorial onlsquoHow to hellipSimple method to convert photos to line art | Ennis Camera Club - [] the steps in the link provided It can be done with PhotoshopCS or Photoshop Elements Click here If hellippeachteach16 | Pearltrees - [] How to change a photo into a pencil line drawing in Photoshop Step 3 With the new layer selectedhellipTop 10 Photoshop Tutorials | Cookies with Cronkite - [] Drawing from Photoshop []
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jackzon
AUGUST 27 2013
awesome tutorial thanks a lot
Sinha
AUGUST 27 2013
It was a great experience Loved doing it Will appreciate such more tutorials Pl provide links It will
certainly help me add value to our mag