How To Make a Color Photo Resemble Pen and Ink

Do you have a lot of pictures of friends and family, and you want to add a little flair before sharing them online or getting them printed? Well now you can make your color photos look like they were hand drawn with a little help from a photo editor. This artistic filter will give your pictures the distinction that you really want with minimal effort.

Your first step is to get your picture into a digital format and onto your computer. If you are taking digital photographs, the process is simple and very quick. Just use your camera's USB cable or memory card to transfer the information from your camera to your computer. If you are not using a digital camera, you can either have a photo CD made when you get your film developed, or you can scan your pictures in after they have been developed. Either method will work fine, though the better resolution your pictures are taken at, the better the end result will look.

When you have your photographs on your computer, you will need to use a photo editing software such as Adobe Photoshop to apply what is typically known as a filter to your picture. This process is very simple. In a piece of software like Photoshop, you will open the picture in whichever software you may be using, and using the filter option, apply the appropriate pen or ink filter that you feel enhances your photo the best.

To share your photo online, you can choose any number of social networking sites, or online developing sites to host your picture, or you can even build your own website! If you need to print a copy, you can then save your picture to a disk, flash drive, or memory card, and take your picture in to be developed. This will give your picture the professionally developed look that you want, and it will be a nice gift for friends or family. If you have a photo quality printer, you can also make your own prints, and save some money by doing it yourself.

Making your color photo look like pen and ink is an easy way to give a unique gift, or allow you to see your pictures in a whole new way. Whether you are doing this for display online, or for printing and displaying, it is a great way to add new life to old pictures.