Mondolini Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Hi all - I found an interesting (but horribly produced) YouTube video which shows how you can convert a photo into a pencil sketch - but with Photoshop. Because I was recently asked to do something very similar to what is shown in this video with Affinity Photo - but couldn't figure it out - I thought I try to emulate this with AP. Things are still not working for me. Find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MticYzYkofw This is the sequence written out - and I'll stop where things no longer work for me: Duplicate image Reduce saturation entirely, which converts the image into black/white (grey scale) Invert the image Set the blend mode to colour dodge (turns the image white) Apply Gaussian Blur (at 1.25 in the video) At this point the video shows that the image reappears. It doesn't for me. Can anyone tell me what I could do to make it so? Much appreciated - Raymond Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
telemax Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 Welcome to the Affinity Forums! In this short tutorial the most basic steps, maybe it will help: Mondolini 1 Quote Non-destructive Mask https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/150439-non-destructive-mask/Image layer & Pixel layer https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/146720-image-layer-and-pixel-layer/Brushes | Stars https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/135202-brushes-stars/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron P. Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 4 hours ago, Mondolini said: Hi all - I found an interesting (but horribly produced) YouTube video which shows how you can convert a photo into a pencil sketch - but with Photoshop. Because I was recently asked to do something very similar to what is shown in this video with Affinity Photo - but couldn't figure it out - I thought I try to emulate this with AP. Things are still not working for me. Find the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MticYzYkofw This is the sequence written out - and I'll stop where things no longer work for me: Duplicate image Reduce saturation entirely, which converts the image into black/white (grey scale) Invert the image Set the blend mode to colour dodge (turns the image white) Apply Gaussian Blur (at 1.25 in the video) At this point the video shows that the image reappears. It doesn't for me. Can anyone tell me what I could do to make it so? Much appreciated - Raymond What I found is that the HSL used for reducing the saturation needs to be above the stack, not nested (child layer). The Gaussian Blur Filter must be nested, a child layer for it to work according to the PS tutorial. That said, you'll have much more luck following the tutorial posted by Telemax. Mondolini 1 Quote Affinity Photo 2.4..; Affinity Designer 2.4..; Affinity Publisher 2.4..; Affinity2 Beta versions. Affinity Photo,Designer 1.10.6.1605 Win10 Home Version:21H2, Build: 19044.1766: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-5820K CPU @ 3.30GHz, 3301 Mhz, 6 Core(s), 12 Logical Processor(s);32GB Ram, Nvidia GTX 3070, 3-Internal HDD (1 Crucial MX5000 1TB, 1-Crucial MX5000 500GB, 1-WD 1 TB), 4 External HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granddaddy Posted November 12, 2021 Share Posted November 12, 2021 There are several tutorials on using APhoto to convert a photo to a pencil sketch. There are even macros that do the work automatically. Five years ago, Affinity Revolution posted https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AesJUS2yO2c Later they posted this for iPadhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmZ8plGOhdg A pencil effect macro from R C-R based on this video was discussed in the forums.https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/56560-pencil-effect-macro/ There are several more recent pencil sketch tutorials available: From Affinity Tutorialshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vbAQVppQyo From Hubert Van den Borre (including links to macros)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbELK6uFHBI InAffinity shows full color pencil sketch from a photo and conversion to impressionist arthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N37cUi73ZxM and a water color splash and pencil sketch effecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCj1iL_5Ntc and a colored pencil effecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koo6u1ugrQ4 IAMRENSI's Pencil Sketch drawing effecthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JYk56Dlfyc Michael Wilson describes five effects used on a photo transformed to a pencil sketchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSN7RW0mlag Those who want an automated solution might want to download the free FotoSketcher program that produces a wide range of effects from photos. Quote Affinity Photo 2.4.2 (MSI) and 1.10.6; Affinity Publisher 2.4.2 (MSI) and 1.10.6. Windows 10 Home x64 version 22H2. Dell XPS 8940, 16 GB Ram, Intel Core i7-11700K @ 3.60 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mondolini Posted November 13, 2021 Author Share Posted November 13, 2021 Thanks to all of you for your help here. Not exactly my style of working but I have a client who would like me to put a few images like this for her together. You've been super helpful. Cheers - M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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