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How to Convert Photos to Sketches

Digital photography has given amateur and professional photographers new tools and methods for creating versions of their photos. One conversion is to change your digital image from a picture so it looks like a sketch drawing. To do this you will need a photo editing program that allows you to make this type of change. There are a number of free and for-purchase programs available. Most have trial versions you can try. One program that has this feature is Adobe Photoshop.

Things You'll Need

Adobe Photoshop

Instructions

- 1
  Turn on your computer, then open Adobe Photoshop. Click "File" in the navigation bar, select "Get Photo" from the drop down menu, select the photo you want to convert to a sketch and click "Ok" in the bottom right of the window.
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  Click "Filter" from the navigation bar and select "Sketch" from the drop down menu. A new window will appear where you can select the type of tool to use for creating the image. Select "Graphic pen" from the window and click "Ok." The program will convert the image to a sketch.
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  Position your computer mouse over parts of the picture that you want to lighten or darken, and move the mouse to make the changes to the picture.
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  Click "Layer" from the navigation bar and select "Flatten image" from the drop down menu. Click "File" then "Save as" and give your edited picture a new name before saving it to your hard drive.

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