Another way to make a pencil portrait.

jamac4k · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 11:01 am **(#21)**

Steeno:

I'm more used to reading or listening WTF. In spanish we don't use acronymes usually.

Thanks.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

@jamac4k, I deleted the old pdf and made a new one with the GMIC screen shots included. It should be a little more clear with those in there.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Ok, I tried the pdf and everythang went fine until I got to the very last step 10, how can I set red to 12 then set it to 12 again. Anyway, this is what I ended up with. Thank you for the tutorial. :yes

jamac4k · **Posted:** Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:43 pm **(#25)**

Each pic is a world.

Try playing with red and yellow in midtones and lights. Other way is use Colorize or Hue and saturation instead Color balance.

All steps, exclude the last, were thought to apply to the most of pics, but allways we'll have to do anything to obtain what have in our mind.

Ronounours · **Joined:** Jan 03, 2011 **Posts:** 1656

Very nice tutorial Jamack4k.
I've tried to do a G'MIC script that does all the steps you describe automatically, and added then a new filter 'Black & White / Pencil portrait' that looks like this :

You can get it by 'Updating' your filters. Hope you'll like it!

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

I like what you did there very much Ronounours. This is my results with Angelina.

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12788

Wow David. Excellent result. I knew there was a way to get G'MIC to do it all. Thanks.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

You did your dad proud again Lyle, he must have quite an album full by now.

Odinbc · **Posted:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:11 pm **(#30)**

Lyle, That's one of the better ones you've done of your Dad, it has a very classic look :bigthup

steeno · **Joined:** Nov 28, 2012 **Posts:** 85 **Location:** France

jamac4k wrote:

Steeno:

I'm more used to reading or listening WTF. In spanish we don't use acronymes usually.

Thanks.

In french too, but it's the preferred of my manager :cool

lylejk · **Joined:** Sep 24, 2010 **Posts:** 12788

Appreciate the comments. Dad still have his glass version hanging on the pin board (has a lot of pictures of grand-kids, great-grand-kids and stuff on his pinboard).

hanciong · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2011 **Posts:** 112

Sorry, I can't follow the tutorial in the step where we apply sketch and hard sketch (and afterwards).

1. what layer should I apply skecth and hard sketch? visible? so, in the visible layer, I apply hard sketch, and then sketch. is that correct?
2. if that's correct, then I have 4 layers: visible, L1, L2, and background (the original image). that's why I don't understand when we apply Hard Sketch : Mode Multiply , 50 % Opacity; Sketch : mode Lighten only , 50% opacity; etc; because I don't have layer named "Hard Sketch" and "Sketch"

Thank you for your help

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Here is a screen shot of the layers, after you do the sketch, you rename your layer to sketch, then hard sketch, It makes it easier to know what layer you should be on.

jamac4k · **Posted:** Tue Dec 25, 2012 1:50 pm **(#35)**

Begining on Visible layer:

You must work the layers in G'mic with Output mode set in: New layer(s).
G'mic named each layer according to the applied filter.

Hard Sketch and Sketch applied with Visible layer selected with the settings ut supra dicitur.
Ink wash applied with Blackground or L1 selected.

From bottom to top:

Ink wash → Visible → Hard Sketch → Sketch

Set layers mode and opacities.

Go on tut.

Look screencap what what Molly has posted.

hanciong · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2011 **Posts:** 112

Thank you jamac4k !

jamac4k wrote:

Begining on Visible layer:

From bottom to top:

Ink wash → Visible → Hard Sketch → Sketch

Set layers mode and opacities.

Go on tut.

Look screencap what what Molly has posted.

hanciong · **Joined:** Oct 31, 2011 **Posts:** 112

Thank you molly! I want to upload my result, but my Internet is having problem. It doesn't let me upload anything to the Internet

molly wrote:

Here is a screen shot of the layers, after you do the sketch, you rename your layer to sketch, then hard sketch, It makes it easier to know what layer you should be on.

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

Are you using this upload file button?

Rod · **Joined:** May 16, 2010 **Posts:** 16079

Nice tutorial.

I had assumed blacken meant to darken so i used darken mode but it turned out ok.
Thanks for the lesson in G'MIC! :bigthup

I used the same image you did by the way. :hehe

Wallace · **Posted:** Mon May 20, 2013 4:23 pm **(#40)**

I was trying to follow along with your tutorial, but most of the values for the filter seem to be different form what I can apply. There seem to be more values then I have inputs for.

So I can't complete the tutorial.

I do like your results, but the values need to be more clearly defined in order for me to get it right.

I'm going to try the tutorial again using the 'pencil portrail.pdf'. Maybe with the pdf, I'll be able to sort things out better.

The 'pdf' was good, but I could not complete the color-balance at the end, because I could not understand the settings needed to create the color in the tutorial.