cutout feature of photoshop

[coylo]

ive been trying to get this effect from a couple of photo's of mine but i cannot quite get it correct. is there a certain way of doing it right.

[coylo]

i know there's no pic im not allowed to post it

[coylo]

hopefully it's shown here

[Yorky]

Impressive results.

Welcome to the forum, as you have found you can't post pictures until your third post, an anti spambot measure.

Doug

[archivalarts]

Photoshop filters look different on different photos. The contrast of the original photo plays a key role in the outcome of the filters. If your photo has low contrast, filters will not work very well. I have even found that adding contrast to photos that are weak just doesn't work that well so you have to start with a very good crisp contrasty photo for filters to work.

If yo don't have a lot of contrast, try using "Select Color Range" or magic wand with a tolerance around 30 to 50 and then fill your selection with each tone of color starting with the darkest colors and working toward the lightest. It might be a good idea to save your selections as alpha channels so you can go back and change the density on each area as needed. You may have to de-select previous selections as you are selecting each tone just so they don't overlap. Hope that makes sense, It's not easy to translate the things going on in my head!

good luck!

[coylo]

thanks guy's will def try playing with the contrast/brightness.