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Hi. This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.

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I'm going to show you how to transform a photo
of a face into a pop art cartoon.

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This is an update of similar tutorials I've
done on earlier versions of Photoshop.

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This update is simpler and more stylized.

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Before we begin, if you're not already a Subscriber
to Blue Lightning TV, click the small "Subscribe"

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button at the lower, right corner to let you
know as soon as I upload new Photoshop tutorials.

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Open a photo of a face that you'd like to
use for this project.

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I downloaded this one and the other one from Shutterstock.

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To ensure that your results will look similar to mine,

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let's check your document's size and resolution.

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Go to Image and Image Size.

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Make its resolution: 150 pixels per inch and
its width and height more or less within a

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couple hundred pixels of 1000.

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First, let's separate our subject from its
background by making a selection around our subject.

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There are many ways to do this and I covered
them all in my tutorials.

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Once you have a selection around your subject,
click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer

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mask of the selection.

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Make a new layer below it by Ctrl-clicking
or Cmd-clicking the New Layer icon.

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We'll fill the empty layer with white, but
first, if your foreground and background colors

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aren't black and white, respectively, press
"D" on your keyboard.

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Since your background color is white, press
Ctrl or Cmd + Delete.

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We'll convert our visible image into a Smart
Object, so we can modify it non-destructively.

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To do this, Shift-click the top layer t make
it active, as well,

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and click the icon at the upper, right corner of the Layers panel.

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Click "Convert to Smart Object".

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Make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd
+ J. Name the top layer, "Line Art"

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and the bottom layer, "Color".

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Make the top layer active and go to Filter
and Filter Gallery.

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Open the Artistic folder and click "Poster
Edges".

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Make the "Edge Thickness": 0, the "Edge Intensity:
5 and the "Posterization": 6.

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Go to Image, Adjustments and "Threshold".

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Make the Threshold Level: 80.

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Go to Filter, Stylize and "Oil Paint".

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Make the Stylization: 5, the Cleanliness:
3, the Scale: 0.1 and the Bristle Detail: 0.

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Make sure "Lighting" is unchecked.

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We'll give our line art more contrast, but
first, to save space in the Layers panel,

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let's collapse the effects.

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Click the Adjustment layer icon and click "Levels".

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We want to restrict the adjustment layer to
affect just the "Line Art" layer
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and not the "Color" layer, as well.

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To do this, click the Clipping Mask icon or
press Alt + Ctrl + G on Windows

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or Option + Cmd + G on a Mac.

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You can also go to Layer and "Create Clipping Mask".

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Make the Input Highlights: 160 and the Input
Shadows: 100.

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Make the "Line Art" layer active and change
its Blend Mode to "Multiply".

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Make the "Color" layer active and go to Filter,
Blur and "Surface Blur".

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Make the Radius: 20 pixels and the Threshold: 10 levels.

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Go to back to Filter, Stylize and "Oil Paint".

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We'll keep the same settings as before and click OK.

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Go to Filter and Filter Gallery.

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In the Artistic folder, click "Cutout".

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Make the Number of Levels: 4, the Edge Simplicity:
4 and the Edge Fidelity: 2.

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Collapse the effects and click the Adjustment layer icon.

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Click "Hue ? Saturation" and clip it to the
Color layer.

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Increase the Saturation to 40.

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Click the Adjustment Layer icon again and
click, "Levels".

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Then, clip it.

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Make the Shadow Output level: 40.

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Next, we'll colorize the eyes.

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Make a new layer and name it, "Eyes".

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Zoom into the eyes by pressing "z" on your
keyboard to open your Zoom Tool

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and drag it over the eyes.

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Open your Pencil Tool.

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If your foreground color is black, press "x"
to invert the colors, so white is your foreground color.

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Open the Pencil Picker.

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We'll adjust the size in a moment.
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Make the Hardness and Opacity both 100%.

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Then, press Enter or Return.

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To make your pencil point bigger or smaller,
make sure your CapsLock key is off press

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and the right or left bracket key on your keyboard.

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Just like a coloring book, brush over the
areas of the eyes that you want to be white.

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It won't affect the black lines, since the
black Line Art layer is above it in the Layers panel.

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To give the eyes a bit of dimension, we'll
paint in light grey at their corners.

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Click the foreground color and pick a light grey color.

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Adjust the size of your Pencil if you need
to and brush over the corners of both eyes.

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We'll change the color of the irises by clicking
the foreground color again and picking a color.

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Then, brush in the color inside the irises.

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Add white reflections on the pupils by pressing
"i" on your keyboard to open the eyedropper tool.

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Click the white of the eyes to pick up the white color.
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Press "B" to open back your Pencil Tool and
paint in the reflections.

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To fit the image back onto your canvas, press
Ctrl or Cmd + 0.

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Next, we'll change the background from white
to a color.

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Double-click the Line Art layer to open its
source image.

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Press "v" to open your Move Tool and drag
it onto the tab of your cartoon document.

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Without releasing your mouse or pen, press and hold the Shift key as you drag the
subject down.

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Then, release.

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Holding Shift kept your subject centered.

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Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the layer mask to
make a selection of its shape.

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Now, that we have its selection, we can delete
the layer and its layer mask.

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Go to the layer and drag it to the trash.

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Go to Select, Modify and Contract.

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Contract the selection by 2 pixels.
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Scroll to the bottom of the Layers panel and
make the Color layer active.

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Click the Layer Mask icon to make a layer
mask of the selection.

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We'll create the background layer below the
Color Layer.

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To do this, Ctrl-click or Cmd-click the New Layer icon.

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We'll fill it with a color.

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Click your foreground color and pick a color
for your background.

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Since I already know the color I want, I'll
paste into the hexadecimal field.

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To fill the empty layer with your new foreground
color, press Alt or Option + Delete.

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This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.

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Thanks for watching!