There are many applications or programs that are used to make all kinds of edits to your photos and images. But one that has permeated the taste and preference of millions of users is Photoshop. Perhaps it is because of its versatility and easy use, that is why we are going to show you through this article how to convert a photo or face into a caricature in Photoshop, easily and quickly.
Although, effectively, making 3D effects or cartoon effects in your photos, can take a long time and the person who makes it, have the necessary knowledge and experience. But here in this tutorial, we are going to teach you a very simple way to do this effect in less than 5 minutes with the use of a very practical tool.
How to turn photo or face into caricature in Photoshop
Using a tool called Pen. With it, you can make a caricature with all the photos you want, but yes, they must have a very good resolution, with enough details and have well-defined facial features.
To start and transform our photo into a cartoon, we must first open the Photoshop program. After this, we are going to search the files on our PC for the photograph that we are going to convert, we select it and make a clip in the Open option. This action will make it appear in the program.
When we have the photo, we must select the Pen tool. We are going to find it in the side menu that is in the left part of the window. As we must work precisely with the outline of the image, we must Zoom so that we have a better view and detail of the outline.
Using the selection pen tool and fill layer
Now start outlining the entire outline of the image, as we have already told you you must be very precise. This depends on whether your cartoon is very professional, try to delineate the outline of the ears well, the area that joins the hair with the forehead. Outline only the skin, if there is a shirt or blouse, outline only the junction between the skin and the fabric.
After you have finished performing this operation, you must press the Ctrl + Enter keys, to transform into selection. Then with the edge selection tool, we go around the entire contour of the hair so that the union of the skin and the hair can be shown in a cleaner way.
In the parameters of edge radius, the edge offset, smooth, we adjust so that the edges can be cleaner. You should have the last word at this point so that the image has the best possible detail. When you have finished we will clip on the Ok option, now we will select the option to create a fill layer.
This is located in the lower right part of the window and when making a clip several options will appear and we will choose the uniform color. In this section, we will choose the skin tone that best suits the one in the photo. After this is done, we are going to make a clip in the option Ok, now we are going to do the same but with another color.
We select the pen tool again and select the areas with shadows, the contour of the chin, the neck, the eyes, etc. now we are going to create a fill layer and choose another color, now we multiply in gray color blending mode. And we lower the opacity and repeat this procedure with other areas of the image.
And finally, with the quick selection tool, we select the hair and then select the edges and apply the fill layer again. And for the eyes use the selection tool, make two ovals and then fill them with color.