Fast & Effective Cartoon Effect In Photoshop

glenwheeler

glenwheeler

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Ok what we are going to do is take this image and cartoon it!:

lewishamilton.jpg


Step one: Open the image in photoshop

Step 2: Go to filter >> Blur >> Guassian Blur and Set the radius 3.0 or higher depending on the effect your looking for.

Step 3: Go to edit >> Fade Gaussian Blur. I window will pop up, select mode to darken

Step 4: Duplicate the layer or copy and paste it on top

Step 5: Go to filter >> Other >> high pass >> set to 1.5 >> change the blending option of the copied layer to multiply. (You set this in the area just above the layers pallete.)

Step 6: Go to image >> Adjustments >> Threshold >> Move dial to give best effect.

Result should look something like this:

cartoonlewishamilton.jpg
 
I think its a great reference on how to do things in Photoshop when you can't always remember / don't know :)

Nice post Glen :) thanks for sharing :D
 
ha, sorry greg, i didnt mean to sound rude! its the first time ive ever seen a tutorial posted on DF and ive been here for a few months now, i didnt realise it was something that happened here, but now ive read the description of 'inspiration corner' its doesnt actually seem that random after all!
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davewill said:
ha, sorry greg, i didnt mean to sound rude! its the first time ive ever seen a tutorial posted on DF and ive been here for a few months now, i didnt realise it was something that happened here, but now ive read the description of 'inspiration corner' its doesnt actually seem that random after all!
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lmao! No bother trooper! and I'm Glen dont get me mixed up with greg I might becomg DF director one day calling me that :O haha!
 
Glen, I'm going to be honest with you here and say that doesn't really look cartoony to me
 
Levi said:
Glen, I'm going to be honest with you here and say that doesn't really look cartoony to me
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Sorry Glen but I agree with Levi. It looks the same but with black marks round it. Sorry dude
 
i think it's a pretty good tutorial, like it's good for quickness. You could probably make it look more cartoony if you played round with the levels etc. I had a little go last night.
 
I like it too. You know, it kind of makes the picture have a "Pop-Art" feel to it. Kind of like Andy Warhol style maybe?

Pop-Art.gif


Or possibly sort of a comic book illustration feel to it. True what Ally says though, the user could probably tweak the settings and play around with the overall look.
 
Levi said:
Glen, I'm going to be honest with you here and say that doesn't really look cartoony to me
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Did you have a play with the guassian blur? It can give different effects for different photos. Maybe I didnt use it enougth on this one.

But anyways...opinion accepted blud. Can I cartoonize you just to see what it looks like?
 
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