The grandkids are coming. Does anybody know how to make a ready-to-color page from a photo? I have PSE #9. I would love to keep them busy with a quiet project or two.
Is there a cartoon or sketch or outline preset?
DJ Mills wrote:
The grandkids are coming. Does anybody know how to make a ready-to-color page from a photo? I have PSE #9. I would love to keep them busy with a quiet project or two.
Try this: Take your photo into PS and run the saturation slider all the way left to make it black and white, go to Filters>Find Edges, then Image>Adjustments>Levels and play with the grey slider until it looks like you want it. Save to a 8X10 JPG and print.
We've got a 17 month old grand daughter who has just started trying to draw. You've given me a great idea. Thanks!
DJ Mills wrote:
The grandkids are coming. Does anybody know how to make a ready-to-color page from a photo? I have PSE #9. I would love to keep them busy with a quiet project or two.
PicSketch in Apple store (mac only). Not sure it does exactly what you want and the image would need to be fairly simply for coloring purposes. Here is an example. I use it for playing around with various photos.
For Apple iOS and optimized for Apple smartphones, consider Inkwork developed by Code Organa LLC. This app easily turns photos into sketches that could be colored by children with crayons. You can change the shade/tone of the drawing and the background.
This is great help. Thanks!
DJ Mills wrote:
The grandkids are coming. Does anybody know how to make a ready-to-color page from a photo? I have PSE #9. I would love to keep them busy with a quiet project or two.
Your camera might be able to do it. My D7200 has a nice feature that allows me to convert a photo into a "color outline" which looks just like a coloring book page. Just print it.
Ken S.
kschwegl wrote:
Your camera might be able to do it. My D7200 has a nice feature that allows me to convert a photo into a "color outline" which looks just like a coloring book page. Just print it.
Ken S.
I was going to say what Ken said....look in your camera retouch settings. The 7200 has the color outline. Easy! I turned pictures of my daughter and son-in-law into coloring pages for the kids at their wedding reception.
DJ Mills wrote:
The grandkids are coming. Does anybody know how to make a ready-to-color page from a photo? I have PSE #9. I would love to keep them busy with a quiet project or two.
In PSE, there might be a filter that will render the photo into a line drawing. I know that my ver. 11 and 14 can do that.
kschwegl wrote:
Your camera might be able to do it. My D7200 has a nice feature that allows me to convert a photo into a "color outline" which looks just like a coloring book page. Just print it.
Ken S.
WOW! I never knew that. Guess I better look at the manual again.
DJ Mills wrote:
The grandkids are coming. Does anybody know how to make a ready-to-color page from a photo? I have PSE #9. I would love to keep them busy with a quiet project or two.
This turns out to be much easier than I thought. In PSE I simply clicked on the filter for "sketch" and then "photocopy" and presto! BE SURE you have black set for your background color.
If you want to reply, then
register here. Registration is free and your account is created instantly, so you can post right away.