Cutout Roses
11 May 2008



Creating art from photos, as you gathered by now, is one of the activities I most enjoy when using Photoshop CS3. If you want to transform any picture to art and be guaranteed to have infinite choices, follow my simple steps:

  • Open your photo in Photoshop CS3.
  • Double click on the background layer.
  • Use the select tool to select part of your picture. Here I selected the three roses.
  • Use Filter, Artistic and select as you wish. I selected the Cutout Filter.
  • Inverse the selection to select the rest of your photo.
  • Use Filter, Brush Stroke,  to transform the rest. Here I selected the Sumi-e.
  • Add a Layer Style is optional to create the extra dimension.
  • Finally save as jpg and add it to your digital art collection.
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