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Step 1: Abstracting the Photo

If you are a fan of pop art and the work of Andy Warhol, then this is the Adobe Photoshop tutorial for you.

The first step is to find an image/photo. Warhol created his silkscreen prints from a variety of sources and
subjects. There really is no limitation on subject matter at all when you consider that Warhols work ranged from
Coca-Cola bottles to Marilyn Monroe.

I have chosen to use one of my own photos. The picture shown above is a scaled down version of the end result I
achieved.

At the end of this tutorial save the file to disc, take it down to your local print shop and get a large high-quality
print. It will make a fantastic piece of Andy Warhol inspired art for your wall or a great gift! Lets get started

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a) Preparing the Photo

Open up your photograph/soon-to-be-masterpiece in Photoshop and duplicate the background layer. Just
click the layer called Background and drag it to this icon at the bottom of the layer window to
duplicate the layer.

Rename this new layer Photo or something similar.

Create a new layer ( ). Make this new layer white. Drag it below the Photo layer and rename it
background. You can delete the original layer called Background. Your layers window should look like
the one in the picture below.

Now working on the Photo layer we need to clear out all the unwanted parts of the photograph. In this
case I want to isolate the kissing couple and delete the rest i.e the background walls and sofa.

To cut out the couple I use the Pen Tool. Now to some-up how to use Photoshops pen tool in a few
sentences isnt easyif you have never used the pen tool before, do the PEN TOOL TUTORIAL first.

Remember to make sure the pen tool is set to create a Work Path. See below.

*NOTE: You could use the eraser tool but the results wont be as professional. Make Andy
Warhol proud!

Take the pen tool create a path around the couple and then make it into selection. Invert the selection
(CTRL + Shft + i) and hit delete.

Desaturate the photo (Ctrl + Shft + U) and Crop so that the photo has an interesting composition.

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b) The Cutout Filter

Apply the Cutout Filter to the photo layer with the settings approximately as shown below.

Filter >> Artistic >> Cutout

Adjust the Levels (Ctrl + L). You want to adjust the sliders until your photo is black, roughly 3 shades of
grey, and white.

Now apply the cutout filter again. This time increasing the edge simplicity. The idea behind this is really to
abstract and simplify the photo. Of course dont just use the numbers shown below, trying experimenting!

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