If you have a vector drawing program (I used Xara Designer Pro) it can be done in a few minutes. Possibly it can be adapted for Photoshop.
Why not download the free trial and have a go. See attached mini tutorial.
Bob.
Last edited by iamtheblues; 11 October 2014 at 09:07 AM.
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interesting though that is Bob, it's not an engraving effect, its a wave effect...
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iamtheblues, I caught your idea although your tutorial shows only simple basic steps but it can be extended. The main problem is what the result will look too synthesize, without a charm of hand-made work. Also, I would like to use Photoshop and I dont want to buy the Xara editor additionally.
There is a Photoshop filter that simulates wood cuts and steel line engravings. See http://designerstuts.com/2014/05/23/...-in-photoshop/
There was a similar effect in Xara years ago http://www.xaraxone.com/guest/guest31/index.html
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Personally, I am more a button-pusher.
The below were done using a plug-in. Both images were low res, the Alice drawing from the one tut was a screen-grab. This plug-in is the one from AlphaPlugins Engraver. Depending upon the resolution of the image, the amount of pre-processing required, and perhaps post-processing, the actual settings used will always need to be altered. This plug-in has always been adequate for me.
Oh, and btw, always size the image before you process it. "Engraved" images look even worse than a regular photo resized up or down in size.
Mike
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Interestingly when I did a search for steel line engraving it showed the Xara Xone Guest Tutorial image at the top of the images.
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if you look carefully at Lincoln on a US dollar you see that what is important for a 'hand-made' effect is that the etch lines follow the contours of the face, ie the bone structure
you cannot get that automatically with a computer because that information is not in 2D drawing or photograph, all you have is light and shade
the example Mike posted is a fair example of following the light and shade, but if you want a true 'hand-made' effect it needs to follow the bone structure and you need to tell the computer where that is and that means work
if anyone knows a shortcut I'm all ears...
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