Karen Bowers
09-01-2005, 04:09 PM
a few people have asked how i created this effect. (http://www.digitalscrapbookplace.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=33725&cat=500&page=1) i created a tutorial going through the steps i took, so here is my first tutorial thread! if this isn't clear enough, feel free to ask questions.
Fierce! Tutorial
Make your photo black and white.
Put a layer on top, fill with white.
Lower the opacity of the white layer until you can see the photo underneath, somewhere around 50%.
Look through your eraser brushes until you find one that looks like cross hatch marks (#14 in assorted brushes in PSE looks like a good option; I used my Wacom Brush # 50). Set your eraser brush opacity to 30%. You will now gently erase along what you want to make look sketched. If you reveal something you want hidden (like I wanted to hide my hallway walls), then you just undo. Therefore, short strokes are a good way to because you can undo those easily. Keep on revealing until you’re happy. I often turned the white layer’s opacity back up to 100% while I was working to see how the effect was coming along.
Then create your text. Either use a grungey text to start with, or erase with a sponge very lightly to create that grungey feel.
Lastly choose a soft gradient. I wanted to give the feeling of an old book or an artist’s sketchpad, so my gradient has soft browns, oranges and yellows. And You’ll have to play to get the opacity level right; it needs to be pretty low opacity. I then put it on a few more times, oh so lightly, all 3 coming from the top down, just with different starting places on the top of the layout.
Fierce! Tutorial
Make your photo black and white.
Put a layer on top, fill with white.
Lower the opacity of the white layer until you can see the photo underneath, somewhere around 50%.
Look through your eraser brushes until you find one that looks like cross hatch marks (#14 in assorted brushes in PSE looks like a good option; I used my Wacom Brush # 50). Set your eraser brush opacity to 30%. You will now gently erase along what you want to make look sketched. If you reveal something you want hidden (like I wanted to hide my hallway walls), then you just undo. Therefore, short strokes are a good way to because you can undo those easily. Keep on revealing until you’re happy. I often turned the white layer’s opacity back up to 100% while I was working to see how the effect was coming along.
Then create your text. Either use a grungey text to start with, or erase with a sponge very lightly to create that grungey feel.
Lastly choose a soft gradient. I wanted to give the feeling of an old book or an artist’s sketchpad, so my gradient has soft browns, oranges and yellows. And You’ll have to play to get the opacity level right; it needs to be pretty low opacity. I then put it on a few more times, oh so lightly, all 3 coming from the top down, just with different starting places on the top of the layout.