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ThistutorialexplainsyouhowyoucanoptimizetheresultofthisPhotoshopaction.
Firstofall,choosethepictureyouwanttoturninPopArtwiththisaction.Prepareyourpictureand
resizeitpreferably.
ThenstartthePhotoshopaction.
Step1:StampFilter
I'mgoingtoreducetheLight/DarkBalanceto6andtheSmoothnessto2forthisphotoinorderto
givemoredetailsthenthedefaultvaluesdo.
myadjustments defaultadjustments
Step2:ThePhotocopyFilter
Thisstepisonlyheretogivemoredetailstothepicture.IchooseDetail10,Darkness19.Theresult
don'tlookveryprettybutdon'tworrythenextstepswillarrangethis.(ThisLayerisplacedinthe
blendingmodemultiplytomakethetwolayersappears)
Mines Defaults
Step3:ThresholdAdjustment
ThisstepisveryimportantbecauseitallowustogetaBlackAndWhitepictureandonly.Ireducethe
levelto100.
Step4:GaussianBlur
Nowwehavetosmooththepicture.Ireducetheradiusto0.9pixels.
Step5:CurvesAdjustment
Thisstepusedtodeletetheblurredofthepicture.Defaultvaluessuiteme.
TheLastStep!
Inthisstep,youhavetoworkalittlebitmoretheninthepreviousones.
Infact,wewanttohaveathreecolorimagesinthefinalresult.Forthetimebeing,wewillhaveonly
atwocoloronesifwerestarttheaction.Sowehavetoerasedebackgroundofthe"image2"inorder
tomakeitappearsinred.TheeasymethodshouldbebyusingthebrushtoolwiththeLayerMaskof
the"image2",orbyusingthepentool.Butitshouldbeaperilousworkthatnotalwaysgivesgood
results.SoI'mgoingtogiveyouanothermethodthatworksquitewellinthiscasebecauseofthe
onecolorbackground.
Sureenoughwecansethatthebackgroundiscompoundedofthreeparts.
SoI'mfirstgoingtoduplicatethe"image2"Layer.ThenIfillinthebridgesbetweenwhite
backgroundandmysubject.(Youcanseethenonthetopofherarm,onherneckandonthebottom
ofherrightcheek)
NowIcanusethe"BackgroundEraserTool"(E)onthiscopytodeletethebackground.Andusethe
EraserTool(E)toeliminatetheremainingblackpointsonthebackground.
Lastly,I'vejusttoCtrl+Clickonthe"image2copy"torecovertheselectionofthisLayer.
Ideletethe"image2"LayerMaskandIaddapplyonitanewLayerMaskthatwillhavetheformof
theselection.I'vejusttodelete"Backgroundcopy"&"image2copy"Layers.AndrestarttheAction.
Theresult:
(NotaBene:ofcourseyoucanbackupthelastactioninyourHistoryPalettetochangecolors...)
Havefun!