Photo Shop or What?

[SilverRRCloud]

OK, guys, I hope you can help me here.

Do you know what kind of software do I need to convert my digital photos into the Wall Street Journal style photos?

I am attaching a pic for you, to make it, ehhhm, more graphic.

Thanks a million.

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[trawler69]

I've just tried it in photoshop and it is much more difficult than I thought to create a drawing from a photo and then apply a screen to make it look like newsprint. I seem to remember having more luck in corel draw. I'm sure the artists in here will be able to give better advice.

 

[prfplum]

Actually the 'cutline' and other PhotoShop filters form Andromeda seem to be the best for this if you don't want to do it by hand...

http://www.andromeda.com/main/cutline.php

 

[Paws]

This is more Pointillism than Pop-Art.

 

[EricCage]

Yeah I remember that you can change a photo to any kind of "art" in Adobe Photoshop. You can have a watercolour or pastel or oil finish with different size brush strokes or you can have a charcoal etc.

 

[WYSIWYG]

I think the WSJ will do the conversion for you if my memory is correct. Much easier if they still do it! I'd check with them first.

 

[SilverRRCloud]

Thanks, guys. You have been a great help.

I'll be looking into this and hopefully getting there, too

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[LaloGS]

The drawings used in the Wall Street Journal, are not done with a computer, but by hand with a technical pen.

It's actually pretty easy to so if you have a lightboard (a glass topped box with a light under the glass) and the proper technical pen. Place a xerox copy of the photo you want to be done in the style of WSJ, and cover the xerox with either a transparent piece of plastic, or what is called vellum, both of which are available in professional art supply stores. Vellum works best, because it has a translucent quality that is easier to work on than the plastic.

Then you sit there for hours making little dots with the technical pen. Photoshop won't do it for you.

I used to do technical illustrations like that for AT&T publications, and I can attest to this method as being tedious.

 

[SilverRRCloud]

The drawings used in the Wall Street Journal, are not done with a computer, but by hand with a technical pen.

It's actually pretty easy to so if you have a lightboard (a glass topped box with a light under the glass) and the proper technical pen. Place a xerox copy of the photo you want to be done in the style of WSJ, and cover the xerox with either a transparent piece of plastic, or what is called vellum, both of which are available in professional art supply stores. Vellum works best, because it has a translucent quality that is easier to work on than the plastic.

Then you sit there for hours making little dots with the technical pen. Photoshop won't do it for you.

I used to do technical illustrations like that for AT&T publications, and I can attest to this method as being tedious.

Thanks. I will start searching for a tech student, who needs some extra pocket money

Thanks, guys again.

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