PS processes photos into pastel ink paintings

Original picture

final renderings

1. First open the picture to be processed (Figure 1), copy three background layers (Background Copy, Background Copy 2, Background Copy 3) and place them on the upper layer in sequence.

2. Click on the eyes in front of the background layer and the background copy 2 and copy 3 layers. First close these three views, return to the background copy layer, go to the menu-image-adjustment-desaturate, and then press CTRL+U to remove the color. Adjust the brightness to +45, go to menu-filter-noise-middle value, and set the radius to 20 (Figure 2).

3. Go to the menu - Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur, set the blur radius to 15, then go to the menu - Filter - Artistic Effects - Watercolor, set the brush detail to 5, the dark tone intensity to 0, and the texture to 3. Go back to the menu - Filter - Blur - Gaussian Blur, set the blur radius to 5, press CTRL+M to brighten its color (Figure 3).

4. Go to the background copy 2 layer, press CTEL+U to adjust its brightness to +40, go to the menu - Image - Adjustment - Brightness and Contrast, adjust the brightness of the image to +45 and the contrast to +80 ( Figure 4).

5. Set the layer blending mode of copy 2 to Multiply, then go to the menu-Filter-Noise-Middle, set the radius to 4, then go to the menu-Filter-Artistic Effect-Watercolor, and set the brush details to 14 , dark tone intensity is 0, and texture is set to 1 (Figure 5).

6. Press CTRL+M to slightly increase its brightness, use CTRL+U and CTRL+B to slightly adjust the color, and slightly increase its contrast. There is no specific value, just make slight modifications. (Figure 6).

7. Go to layer copy 3, press CTRL+M to increase the brightness, and set the layer's blending mode to Overlay. Use the magic wand tool to set the tolerance to about 3-5, and click anywhere on the image. Find a place with color, then go to Menu-Select-Select Similar. After completion, press CTRL+ALT+D to perform feathering processing, and set the feathering radius to about 10%. Go to the menu - Image - Liquify, and use the smear tool to liquefy the selected area. When applying, just drag down on the selected area. (Picture 7) You can repeat this step several times. Of course The selected areas cannot be in the same place (Figure 8).

8. Finally, you can use the magic wand tool to select any color in the pattern, then go to the menu-Select-Select a similar one, then perform feathering processing, and then use CTRL+M to darken the color of the selected part. , you can also use CTRL+U to adjust the color image and saturation. You can make minor adjustments to the rest of the discomfort, depending on your own preferences. I won’t explain it here. Okay, a light color ink painting is like this Done. (Figure 9).