
Photo to Sketch
Learn how to convert photos to sketches.

Here is the photo I am using for this tutorial. Feel free to use it, if you'd like.

Copy your photo into a new document and name ir 'Original'. Duplicate
the layer 'Original' and rename it 'Desaturated'. Desaturate the layer 'Desaturated'
so that it has no color by hitting
Shift+Ctrl+U (Mac: Shift+Command+U). Duplicate the 'Desaturated' layer and name the new
layer '1'. Now go
Filters>Blur>Smart Blur and use these settings:
Radius: 60
Threshold: 100
Best Quality and use Edge Only.
Click OK and invert the layer, now apply a
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur with a radius of 1, and
set its Blending Mode to Hard Light (which can by done in the upper left corner of the Layers Palette).

Duplicate the 'Desaturated' layer, rename it to '2', and move it over layer
'1'. Now go
Stylize>Emboss and use these settings:
Height: 1
Amount: 119%
Click OK and set the Blending Mode to Hard Light. Duplicate the 'Desaturated' layer, rename it to '3', and move it above layer
'2'. Apply the
Filters>Blur>Smart Blur filter once again but this time use:
Radius: 10
Threshold: 100
Best Quality and Edges Only.
Click OK. Invert the layer and set the Blending Mode to Multiply and Opacity to
40%.

Once again, duplicate the 'Desaturated' layer, rename it to '4' and move it
above layer '3'. Apply the
Filter>Styling>Glowing Edges filter with these settings:
Edge Width: 1
Edge Brightness: 7
Smoothness: 6
Click OK and invert the layer. Set the Blending Mode to Multiply and the Opacity
to 40%. Duplicate the layer '4' and
Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur it, use a radius of about 3 - 4 this
will give us that shaded look. Set the Blending Mode to Multiply and Opacity to
100%.

Adding Color:
Duplicate the 'Original' layer and name it 'Color' and move it to the top of
all the layers. Set its Blending Mode to Hard Light, duplicate the layer 'Color',
and set its Blending Mode to Color. Here are the finished results.
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