Experimenting in Photoshop

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I hope this is the place for this shot. I was experimenting with Photoshop on a train photograph that I posted in Transportation. I wanted it to look as though it was a sketch. What do you think? Thanks!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/BadlandsWalker/trainsketch.jpg

Bo.

[Rockandgrohl4]

I like it a lot! There are so many things you can do with Photoshop it's almost rediculous. I think this makes it look like sketch for sure! Maybe try and have it black though? Great work!

[Photodawg1]

Very nice...That would be an interesting thread...what's your favorite filter in cs2...mine is the polarizd...as if I didn't spend enough time looking at and playing with my pictures!

[AV Mode]

Good job,
I would also like to see it converted in B&W and with a little level tweaking.

[Dchemist]

Hi Bo, Intersting image and result. Would you mind sharing your technique for doing this? Thanks, Dennis

[karusel]

Looks like you made it. :D Also joining the share-the-technique train.

Photodawg1: my favourite filter is USM. :) I almost exclusively use USM and gaussian blur from the filters section...

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Good job,
I would also like to see it converted in B&W and with a little level tweaking.

I'm not sure I know how to do the B&W thing and the level tweaking.... :shock:

I am real new at this digital stuff & I'm not even sure I can explain how I did this? I'll see if I can go back into it & find exactly what I did. Please feel free to tweak it & do whatever you like to the photo. It would be great to see other ideas.

Bo.

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OK, I managed to get it B&W but, I couldn't locate in my software anything that said leveling? Sorry. As I said, I am real NEW at this stuff!:o

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/BadlandsWalker/BWSketch.jpg

Thanks, Bo.

[EOSimages]

I think all I really did was place the photo in Photoshop & chose the charcoal filter & then lightened it up a bit?

Bo.

[Double Negative]

On that first picture, if you invert the colors (blue->white, white->blue) and crank up the contrast a notch... It'd look like an isometrically drawn blueprint or something. Very cool.

[EOSimages]

That was the first thing I thought when I saw the first image!:lol:

Bo.

[EOSimages]

How's this? ;)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v660/BadlandsWalker/Blueprint.jpg

Bo.

[Double Negative]

Doesn't quite seem to work with white on black as much. Out of the three, I'd still go with the first.

[EOSimages]

Yeah, I couldn't get it to do the blue & white reversal thing?:rolleyes: