Image Filters - Adding Acrylic effects to Pencil Sketches

[Guest]

Hello, how can I add any single color (From Red Green or Blue) to a pencil sketch?

This is the original image:

This is the target image:

And this is how I am able to generate:

I have used the following steps:

1. Original image >> Duplicate Layer

2. Duplicate Layer >> Changed Hue >> Applied Threshold >> Changed Saturation >> Applied Gaussian Blur filter

3. Color Dodge Step 1 and Step 2.

Issue - Either I am getting the red shade in the image or the sketch, but I need both actually.

Please explain if I am missing something or doing wrong.

Thanks in advance!

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Duplicate Layer >> Changed Hue >> Applied Threshold >> Changed Saturation >> Applied Gaussian Blur filter

First off did you apply all those changes as Adjustment Layers/Smart Filters?

Secondly I am not sure I understand what you are trying to do exactly.

Could you please explain more clearly and maybe post screenshots (with the pertinent Panels visible)?

[Guest]

Hi c.pfaffenbichler​

Thanks for your quick revert. I am trying to simply convert the original image to the target image (both shared above).

This is my first time hands on with Photoshop so I am not sure I can explain you exactly like a UI developer but I would still give it a try. Please review the the attached screenshots, hope that will explain:

Can you please explain if I am following the right steps? If not, you can suggest me a better one. I think I am very close but still the detailing is not achieved. Let me know if you need more info.

Thanks

[Michael J. Hoffman]

Hi aayush,

Try reducing the Gaussian Blur setting to only a few pixels. It looks like a small image, so try 2-3 pixels of blur and see if that makes a difference for you.

Mike

[c.pfaffenbichler]

Thanks for the screenshots.

You may want to convert the Layer to a Smart Object before applying the Filter, that way you can re-edit the Filter settings without unnecessary image degradation.

Personally I would probably go the other way round, create a b/w high-contrast Smart Object-instance and then apply the color via an additional Smart Object-instance (with high saturation etc. and set to Blend Mode Screen for example).

[Simmer1 · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Here is a quick video

Thanks,

Sim