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Dedicated Program or Plug-in for Converting Photos into Cartoon
I doubt it. The procedure is much more complex than it sounds. We had a Challenge for just this topic, and I don't think any two people used the same technique.
However, if you're talking about simply converting into vector, then Adobe Streamline is a dedicated program just for that. Most draw programs like Illustrator and Freehand also have that capability. But there's a huge amount of work to do after the conversion.
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I agree with Doug, complex and there are many styles of cartoons etc.
I would suggest using Photoshop liquify or some other tool like Goo or whatever to give character to the image, you may also experiment with making heads larger with other transforms or whatever.
Next edgefinding and photoart techniques to simplify and produce more hand rendered effects.
With a bit of work much of the effect could be done, not saying it will be easy or pretty though. <g>
This plug-in from Future Fantastic is a difficult one to review. To begin with it is definately High end as in expensive. What it does is to produce Flares,Glows and other assorted effects and it does it very well. However, there are a few down points. The interface, while touted as being improved from...
I had wondered for some time about this plug-in and after trying a demo with only so-so results and reading what I could find, I decided to buy it as, I reasoned, Demos usually leave out the really neat stuff. In this case they didnt. Reading the Ads one would be led to believe that this program could...
Prior to the addition of the text warping feature in PS 6, flowing text in creative ways was a difficult process. I purchased this plug-in about a year ago to circumvent the difficulties but.... To begin with, this program does all that it claims to. It simply is not as easy to use or as versitile as...
Here is one plug-in I can honestly say is a keeper. However before running down to the plug-in store and throwing a Large handfull of cash at the check-out folks, read on. If your work involves lots of masking and especially of the complicated nature, this plug-in is a great help. Having tried Corel...
I have a client that wants me to take photos and render them out as a greek mosaic. The regular mosaic filters just do a simply grid. Is there anything out there that does the mosiac but follows the contours of the image? My client is willing to buy the plug-in for me. Any suggestions would be nice....
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