BRUSHMARKS
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Trying to find a way to turn an image into a cartoon effect. i have looked for filters, with no luck also tryed opening in AI and doing the live trace and paint. also not what i am looking for. Any input would be great.
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Cartoon effect in CS3
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Fred Weiss
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I don't think you will find it.
There are a ton of filters to modify the threshold and the contrast of an image but that isn't the same as what a cartoonist does with a pen or a brush. The closest you will come is to set up an action or simply an orderly workflow in Photoshop to vary the contrast, posterization and threshold and then apply heavy strokes to each area you can isolate so that you end up with a coloring book effect.
There are a ton of filters to modify the threshold and the contrast of an image but that isn't the same as what a cartoonist does with a pen or a brush. The closest you will come is to set up an action or simply an orderly workflow in Photoshop to vary the contrast, posterization and threshold and then apply heavy strokes to each area you can isolate so that you end up with a coloring book effect.
RVSG-THOM
New Member
your going to need to skim the internet for tutorials. There is no such filter, but there are tutorials out there the show what fred is talking about. It's a little more work, but well worth it for the expansion of your knowledge of photoshop. Once you create the effect your looking for, try and make it into an action set, then you will have that saved in photoshop to use it again further on down the road.
Check this one: might look useful.
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/300C9A9F-6182-44C3-B78C-8E8A08C4B7F2/
Check this one: might look useful.
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/300C9A9F-6182-44C3-B78C-8E8A08C4B7F2/
zmatalucci
New Member
alienskin - snap art plugin
http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.aspx
http://www.alienskin.com/snapart/index.aspx
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BRUSHMARKS
New Member
Here is hte image i am working with. We are trying to acheive a cartoon look. with only a few different colors used. i have looked on google for a few hours with no help besides a few that for me will day hours to acheive. didn't know if the was a filter that could make it easier.
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http://steveyatesgraphics.com/?page=tu
Haven't tried this but it seems to be what your talking about.
weaselboogie
New Member
You may get close and turn it into 'line art', but to turn something into a cartoon , you'll need a cartoonist. Deaton is your man!
BRUSHMARKS
New Member
I pmed deaton, to see what he might have close to this that hes done or what he could come up with for us.