Photoshop Special effects filter Tutorial: Che Guevara Classic Prints portrait

The effect of reproducing this classic in Photoshop is very simple, except that the tools and techniques involved in the process are quite different from what we normally use when dealing with photos. To achieve this particular effect, we need to use the special effects filter.

Few photos in people's minds can be more than the artist Jim Fitzpatrick the photographer Alberto Korda lens under the Guevara portrait of the classic deduction. Strong colors and simplified details make this picture very easy to recognize and remember. Like other great works of art, the work affected later artists, including the poster Obama used in the presidential campaign.

The effect of reproducing this classic in Photoshop is very simple, except that the tools and techniques involved in the process are quite different from what we normally use when dealing with photos. To achieve this particular effect, we need to use the special effects filter. But before performing a filter operation, you first need to use the threshold feature to simplify the photo to a high-contrast picture with only Black-and-white color. In order to make our photos look more modern, finally we used a layer blending mode to add texture to the picture, enrich the depth of the picture.

You can also use your own photo experiment after you have completed the tutorial with the documentation we provided. Before using the threshold command, you can use the image > Adjust > Shadow/Highlight feature to optimize the photo tone ahead of time, converting the photos to Black-and-White can also help us more clearly grasp the picture shade distribution. In addition, when the color knife filter is executed, the different stroke size setting can also bring different details to our photos, which is worth a try.

1. Remove background

Open the file, long press the Lasso tool icon and select the Polygon Lasso tool in the pop-up menu. Enlarge the screen and use the tool to carefully select the entire character along the edge of the character. Open the Adjust Edge window and set the smoothing option to 20.

2. Use thresholds

Use the shortcut key CTRL + C and CTRL + V to copy the selection and paste it onto a new layer. Perform image > Adjust > Thresholds, the left and right moving threshold slider can change the proportion of the black and white tone in the adjustment results. This photo, set to 85, allows the character to be very well represented.

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