Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Convert a photo to a pencil sketch with AKVIS SKETCH
In addition to Coloriage, AKVIS makes a number of
other plug-ins to restore, retouch, and enhance
images. AKVIS art-styled plug-ins help you create
paintings and drawings from photographs while giving
your project the look of traditional media.
AKVIS Sketch makes it easy to change a photograph
into a pencil or charcoal sketch. The plug-in gives you
control over the style and thickness of lines and pencil
strokes as well as other artistic attributes in a preview
mode. You can change a setting, run a new preview,
and continue to make changes before applying the
effects. You can create various natural media versions
of your photo on separate layers and then blend them
together for different effects. You can achieve unique
artistic effects by painting with Photoshop’s new
Bristle tip brushes and the Mixer Brush tool on the
AKVIS Sketch layers.
Using a photo-to-art plug-in from AKVIS alone or in
combination with Photoshop’s art tools enables you to
unleash your creativity, learn to draw and paint, or
just improve your artistic skills.
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1 Press Ô+J (Ctrl+J) to duplicate the
layer.
2 Click Filter.
3 Click AKVIS.
4 Click Sketch.
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The Sketch interface appears with
a default sketch sample selected
in the center of the image.
5 Click here to maximize the
interface.
6 Click and drag the selection area
around to view different parts of
the sketch.
7 Click and drag the Sketch Effects
and the Strokes sliders to adjust
the sketching style.
8 Click and drag the slider to zoom
in on the image.
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