How to cartoonize an image? With photoshop, there are tons of tutorials outside, but with GIMP? I have found a very nice walk through:
- Layer – Duplicate Layer
- Select the new layer, Filters->Edge-Detect->Edge, select Sobel, Amount should be 2.0, and Black should be checked
- Invert the edge-mask layer, it’s in Layers->Colors->Invert
- Back in the Layers Dialog, change the Layer Mode to Divide
See my result (in this case, I’ve used multiplication instead of divide):
You may play around with the modes to get different results. Found at:
http://ocaoimh.ie/2004/10/01/cartoonizing-photos-with-the-gimp/
Update 06.12.2008:
Thank’s a lot Timo. Here is an example by using the gimp build-in function which you can find under artistic -> cartoon. The result is also not bad, but much less work.
nicole@younic
December 4th, 2008
just thought that if the original image was darker (perhaps an evening scene) your method would really look gruselig cool!
Timo
December 1st, 2008
Ok, this is a methode – but try the simple build-in filter “cartoon” in Gimp. You can find this filter in Filters > Artistic > Cartoon.
In my opinion, no simple filters in Gimp or Photoshop is as good as if you spend time for redrawing a photo in multiple layers.
sorry 4 my bad english
mk_michael
November 28th, 2008
because is was a little light-colored – with multiplication, it becomes more dark.
looks also great.
nicole@younic
November 28th, 2008
why didn’t you take divide?