User manual DIGITAL ANARCHY TOONIT PHOTO 2.5

[. . . ] Photo 2. 5 Easily create a cartooned look in Photoshop and Photoshop Elements [ from: Digital Anarchy] f/x tools for revolutionaries [render code by] www. digitalanarchy. com ToonIt!Photo 2. 5: Table of Contents Introduction to ToonIt!Photo 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 4 5 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 Creating good source images How it works Easy, believable cartooning OS & Application Support Installation & Location Support, Registration & Training Plan your photos Check for good lighting Illuminate the subject Pay attention to clothing Look for the little details Watch out for shadows Resolution affects cartoon detail How to apply ToonIt settings Apply & Cancel buttons Move command Undo, Redo Zoom In, Zoom Out Contextual menu Show Original Image Works with Actions & Batches Effects Palette reorganization New Effect groups New Supersmart Blur type Other changes Quality vs Speed Tips for faster render The spinning cursor. . . Last settings & Reset button Changing the settings 3 Overview of Interface 7 Changes from ToonIt 2. 0 to 2. 5 10 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 Render times & settings 11 © 2010, Digital Anarchy : revolutionary tools for photos | ToonIt! [. . . ] Other params default. Sensitivity at 90. High Sensitivity levels can also produce strange artifacts as it picks up edges in gradients. This usually happens in darker regions where there isn't much detail. The artifacts look like squiggly lines in areas that clearly shouldn't have lines. Strength Determines how heavily the Comic lines are drawn. Increase this for a heavier woodblock/linotype effect. This works very closely with Sensitivity. Generally Strength will make lines darker and thicker, while Sensitivity will cause more lines to appear. However, high Strength values will also cause more lines to appear and high Sensitivity values will make lines darker. It's usually at higher values where the functionality crosses over. 47 © 2010, Digital Anarchy : revolutionary tools for photos | ToonIt!Photo : Give photos a cartoon look. ToonIt!Photo 2. 5: Outline Effects Palette Strength at 70. Other params default. Strength at 90. Linotype/woodblock stylization. Thickness Sets how thick the Comic lines are drawn. This can have some interesting effects if you really crank up the value. You can start getting a brush painting or woodcut sort of look depending on other parameter settings. Comic Thickness at 1. Other params default. Comic Thickness at 2. Lines are a little thicker. Antialias A percentage slider for the final result antialiasing to help tone down any jagged edges. Transparency This sets the opacity level of the Comic effect. The higher the value, the more transparent the comic lines are. The lower the value, the more opaque they are. 48 © 2010, Digital Anarchy : revolutionary tools for photos | ToonIt!Photo : Give photos a cartoon look. ToonIt!Photo 2. 5: Outline Effects Palette Quality popup Determines the quality of the Comic Outlines effect, or basically the amount of detail that is affected by any setting. The popup menu has two options, a Fast Quality and High Quality. Set it to Fast for faster results while making your parameter tweaks. [. . . ] This allows it to selectively blur objects in the background, making them less noisy and distracting. Original image. Poster Paint applied. 106 © 2010, Digital Anarchy : revolutionary tools for photos | ToonIt!Photo : Give photos a cartoon look. ToonIt!Photo 2. 5: Style Selector Poster Paint 1 Poster Paint 1 sets the number of levels in the first posterize algorithm. If you set Poster Paint Blend to 0, you'll see what Poster 1 looks like by itself. [. . . ]