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01/24/2008 07:36:15 PM · #1 |
...and what's the more efficient method to use (assuming Photoshop) for creating something like this:
You may have seen them before, but I sometimes see a photograph of a group of people with a smaller companion image that only contains the outlines of each person. It's usually a white background with the outlined lines in black. On this outline image, each person is numbered. Below this smaller image is a reference key (e.g. 1-John Doe, 2-Jane Doe, ..., n-someone else) used to identify individuals in the main photograph.
Who has done this before, or what's the easiest way to do this?
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01/24/2008 07:45:59 PM · #2 |
I've never tried this, but just spent a couple minutes experimenting.
What I did was make a new layer, used fine pencil, outlined the images, deleted the original layer, and used fill on the empty space. It was pretty quick and easy, but there's probably a better way. :) |
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01/25/2008 04:10:49 PM · #3 |
| Gee, I was hoping to see some other ways, so I could learn along with you, Les. |
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01/25/2008 04:14:03 PM · #4 |
Isn't there a PS plugin that does this?
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01/25/2008 04:20:13 PM · #5 |
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01/25/2008 04:53:51 PM · #6 |
It can be done in PS.
I took a shot with a couple people and went from this:
to this, in just a couple minutes:
And if I'm reading it right, you want to end up with something along these lines?
(yes, that's a pun intended)
What I did was to check and just the levels, then desaturated it and bumped the contrast.
Then did Filter, Stylize, Find Edges, and I imagine each image will need to be adjusted in the sliders to suit. Once done, check the two color boxes in the tools on the right side and see that the background box is set to white, get a sharp edge brush on the eraser tool and erase away all black pixels not wanted. Zoom in as needed to clean it up as neat & tidy as you want. Adjust contrast as needed and clean up again if needed. It's a pretty easy work-around anyway. |
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01/25/2008 06:29:45 PM · #7 |
PSP X2 (and others)
Effects > Edge Effects > Find All (or Find Horizontal or Find Vertical)
Will give this effect with a bit more detail. |
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01/25/2008 10:41:48 PM · #8 |
Gee, I think my way might actually be easier than Brad's... THAT would be a first! :)
eta; gave both a try on the same group shot and it was six of one, half a dozen of the other :)
I imagine Brad's way would work superbly where the group are wearing roughly the same shade clothing, such as a team. It didn't work well on one person in mine because she was pretty much all dark to start with. (Took a lot of cleanup on her)
Message edited by author 2008-01-26 06:59:33. |
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