Make a photo look like a comic book, how?

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/07/2007 08:44:31 AM · #1

I want to try and make some of my pictures look like pictures from comic books/graphic novels. I have no idea how to go about it, i've tried a few things on photoshop but can't seem to get anything even remotley close. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers

Axleuk

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

03/07/2007 08:47:41 AM · #2

Have a look in my -=experimental=- folder in my profile.

Is that what you are referring too ?

jenesis

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

03/07/2007 08:49:57 AM · #3

Probably not quite what you're looking for, but I was messing around in photoshop one night and came up with this using a mixture of the Cut-out and Poster Edges filters. I'm sure there's probably an action out there somewhere that might do what you're talking about. Might try a google search of Comic Book photoshop action or something like that.

GeneralE

Canon PowerShot S3 IS

Canon 12x IS USM (S3 IS built-in Lens) -- 36-432mm (35mm EQ)

03/07/2007 08:50:47 AM · #4

Try "Posterize" under color adjustments, and set it to 3-8 colors. Using the "Find Edges" filter can be a way to create illustration-like accents.

03/07/2007 08:51:02 AM · #5

//www.dpchallenge.com/image.php?IMAGE_ID=480213

That one is kind of like what i want to do, not quite but a lot closer than i managed to get. What i want to do may not even be possible.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

03/07/2007 08:52:40 AM · #6

Originally posted by jenesis:

I think if i did this then added some hard line edges and my own shading i could get close to this sort of thing,

//entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2028155070077487780OJkKzn

JamesKW

Canon EOS-5D

03/07/2007 08:53:56 AM · #7

I don't know if this helps. Done with Lucisart plugin

Axleuk

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

03/07/2007 08:56:48 AM · #8

Lucis Art is a good place to start, it give you the basis of something to start with.

You could also use the Dragoniser Filter which again give you a slightly different effect, but can be tweaked as you go along.

It is not beyond the realm of possibility to create it from scratch, but it is going to take you some time to experiment.

Tamron AF 70-300mm f/4.0-5.6 LD for Pentax

03/07/2007 08:59:44 AM · #9

I don't want to make the pictures from scratch i have some shots already that i want to comicbook-ize. Some good ideas here already, cheers guys anything else still appreciated though.

Message edited by author 2007-03-07 13:59:59.

santiago9er

Pentax K-x

03/07/2007 09:09:39 AM · #10

I don't know if this is the effect your looking for but, all I did was posterize then do poster edges.

Before

After

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

03/07/2007 09:25:15 AM · #11

do you mean something like this from one of keeanu reeves movies called A Scanner Darkly

//imdb.com/gallery/ss/0405296

and then look here at a tutorial if thats what your looking for

//digg.com/design/Imitate_A_Scanner_Darkly_in_Photoshop

and

//www.illustratortechniques.com/imitating-a-scanner-darkly.html

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

03/15/2007 08:45:53 AM · #12

Cheers guys, still can't quite get what i'm looking for but if i play around with the ideas you've given me i think i'll crack it at some point.

MudHut

Canon EOS-40D

07/20/2007 09:36:48 AM · #13

Here's the nearest I've ever got

A mixture of PhotoShop and Iiiustrator