Engraved/Woodcut Effect

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The Magician
Oct 12, 2006
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Been searching for some kind of Engraved/Woodcut effect like they do on faces in the New York Times.
I was wondering what the actual process is that they use in the newspaper… and if it’s possible to achieve it using Photoshop. I tried a few filters by Andromeda, etc., but so far have not found a filter or a way to duplicate this effect exactly.
Any ideas…?
Here’s an example:
http://www.edimsum.net/archives/vagabond/vagabond031902.jpg

Thanks a bunch!
Da Magish
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macxprt
Oct 13, 2006
Andromeda makes a great set up plug-ins for different halftone effects. The plug-in you should check out is called "CutLine" Check out their website at http://www.andromeda.com/main/cutline.php

BTW: This company is also noted for writing Adobe Streamline as a subcontractor for Adobe back in the day…

The Magician wrote:
Been searching for some kind of Engraved/Woodcut effect like they do on faces in the New York Times.
I was wondering what the actual process is that they use in the newspaper… and if it’s possible to achieve it using Photoshop. I tried a few filters by Andromeda, etc., but so far have not found a filter or a way to duplicate this effect exactly.
Any ideas…?
Here’s an example:
http://www.edimsum.net/archives/vagabond/vagabond031902.jpg
Thanks a bunch!
Da Magish
TM
The Magician
Oct 13, 2006
On 12 Oct 2006 19:20:38 -0700, "macxprt" wrote:

The Magician wrote:
Been searching for some kind of Engraved/Woodcut effect like they do on faces in the New York Times.
I was wondering what the actual process is that they use in the newspaper… and if it’s possible to achieve it using Photoshop. I tried a few filters by Andromeda, etc., but so far have not found a filter or a way to duplicate this effect exactly.
Any ideas…?
Here’s an example:
http://www.edimsum.net/archives/vagabond/vagabond031902.jpg
Thanks a bunch!
Da Magish

Andromeda makes a great set up plug-ins for different halftone effects. The plug-in you should check out is called "CutLine" Check out their website at http://www.andromeda.com/main/cutline.php

BTW: This company is also noted for writing Adobe Streamline as a subcontractor for Adobe back in the day…

Yeah I did check them out awhile ago Mac… thanks.
They KINDA achieve that look… but don’t really come close. But thanks again.
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Owen Ransen
Oct 13, 2006
On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 19:51:25 -0400, The Magician
wrote:

Been searching for some kind of Engraved/Woodcut effect like they do on faces in the New York Times.

What you should notice is that the drawing follows the 3d contours of the face and clothing. A plugin will not be
able to "guess" those contours, hence plug-ins, on their own, will not be able to get the same effect.

Look at where the cloth "ripples". The rippling is clearly a 3d effect, not just light and shade, though related.

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