HOW TO CREATE A DOODLE EFFECT
Step One: Open a photo in Photoshop; the more details in
the clothing—pockets, buttons, clothing layers, etc.—the
better. (If you’re starting in Lightroom, select a thumbnail
in the Library module and then choose Photo>Edit In>
Adobe Photo shop 2020.) Choose Layer>New>Layer and
in the resulting dialog, enter “clothes outline” in the Name
field, and c lick OK.
If you’d like to download the low-res watermarked ver-
sion of this image to follow along, click this link, log in
with your Adobe ID, and click the Save to Library button.
Double-click the image in the Libraries panel (Window>
Libraries) to open it in Photoshop. To make it easier to work
with the image, increase the resolution of the practice file.
(We normally don’t recommend enlarging images, but this
is only for practice purposes.) Go to Image>Image Size, turn
on the Resample checkbox, select Preserve Details from the
Resample drop-down menu, set the Width to 2,000 pixels,
and click OK. Create a new layer and name it “clothes out-
line” as described above.Doodling on a photo is a great way to add whimsy and visual interest, and you don’t have to be an
artist to give it a whirl. Today you’ll learn how to outline your subject’s clothes, how to isolate your
subject so you can put doodles behind her, as well as how to doodle using Photoshop’s Custom
Shape tool. Read on!Step Two: Press B to grab the regular Brush tool (circled).
In the Options Bar, c lick the Brush Preset Picker (also
circled), and from the General Brushes category, pick the
Hard Round brush. Set brush Size to around 50 pixels
for a high-resolution image (try 15 pixels for the Adobe
Stock preview image). Also in the Options Bar, ensure
the Mode menu is set to Normal and that Opacity and
Flow are both 100%. Take a peek at the color chips at
the bottom of the Toolbar (circled) and press the D key
on your keyboard to reset them to the default colors of
black and white. Then press the X key on your keyboard
to flip-flop them so white is on top.©Adobe Stock/InsideCreativeHouseLESASNIDER
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