Once you have your chosen colours you'll notice you can't see your original image but don't panic as this is easily rectified. For example, drawing a line from top to bottom will have the pattern start at the top and finish towards the bottom (as the image with a pink background demonstrates). If you're using a background with colours that change, how you draw the line will change how the colours appear in the image. For this example we chose a simple white background and to place it on the image all you have to do is draw a line. All of these colours can be edited (there are two squares of colour at the bottom of the tool panel where you can alter the colours) and which one you pick is entirely up to you. Next, click on the Gradient tool and towards the top of the Elements window you'll find a box that contains various patterns/colours you can use to create your background. At this point, you can name your new layer if that helps you.
You can do this by going to the Layer Menu>New> Layer or by clicking what looks like a small Post-It note in the corner of the layers tab. Now if you hid the original layer you'll be able to see that the background is transparent and ready for you to add your new background.īefore we add the new background go to Select>Deselect (keyboard shortcut Ctrl D) to remove the shape you created with the Quick Selection Tool then create a new layer. Do make sure that all the areas you want to remove are selected before you do this and pay close attention around the subjects head where shadows can appear.
Now click on the area you want to remove and continue to do this until all the background is selected by a line of 'running ants' and hit Delete. Select the Quick Selection Tool and depending on the size of your image, increase the brush size which is found towards the top of the screen as this makes it easier to select your background. Once the image is open, go to View>Fit To Screen as this will make the job of selecting the image easier.įrom here go to the layers panel and duplicate the background layer, rename it and hide the original background layer by clicking the eye symbol to the left of the layers.
#Adobe photoshop elements 13 tutorial how to
So as an added bonus for those already familiar with the previous tutorial, at the end of this one, we'll learn how to create the entire sketch effect from beginning to end in 60 seconds or less! As before, I'll be using Photoshop Elements 8 throughout this tutorial but it's also fully compatible with Elements 9.First of all you need to open up the image you want to work on and you do this by going to File>Open (Keyboard shortcut Ctrl O). It's really just one change in one of the steps that makes all the difference.
If you've already read through the previous Portrait To Sketch tutorial, you'll find that most of the steps here are the same. In this tutorial, we'll learn a slightly different way to convert a photo to a sketch that's usually better suited for these other types of images since it often does an amazing job of bringing out fine details. Sometimes though, when working with other types of images like landscape or nature photos, buildings and architecture, still lifes, or really any image that doesn't focus on people, you'll want the sketch to include those tiny details the previous technique would ignore.
#Adobe photoshop elements 13 tutorial skin
In a previous Photoshop Elements tutorial, we learned how to convert a photo into a sketch using a technique that works great with portraits, since it tends to leave out small, unwanted details like wrinkles and other skin blemishes while focusing more on the general features we want to see in the sketch, like a person's eyes, nose and lips.
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