Creating Manga Background From Photo

Photos tin live on exercise to speed upwards the procedure of creating manga trend background art. It tin live on either exercise equally a reference ikon for inking the line of piece of occupation travel or converting the photograph into greyscale too exercise it equally a shading for the background.

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Ink layer / Line Art Render

To exercise photograph equally a reference remove for inking line of piece of occupation layer. We only need to lower downward the photograph ikon opacity too delineate the line of piece of occupation inward only about other layer

Greyscale Shading

After completing the line of piece of occupation layer, nosotros tin drib dead along to shade the background image. Generally, nosotros tin either shade the artwork manually amongst grayscale colouring cloth or convert the photograph into dark too white ikon too exercise that equally our shading. Image below is an representative of converting a photograph into grayscale amongst contrast adjustment.






Photoshop

• Convert the photograph to grayscale. Image > Mode > Grayscale
• Adjust photograph contrast too level. Image > Adjustment > Level (CTRL-L) . Adjust the Input Level

MediBang Paint

• Convert the photograph to grayscale Layer > Convert > Convert to 8bit Layer
• Adjust photograph contrast too score Filter > Level (CTRL-L). Adjust the Input Level

Halftone

One concluding stride earlier sending to impress is to convert the dark too white ikon to halftone shading.





Photoshop

• Convert the photograph to bitmap Image > Mode > Bitmap. The ikon accept to live on inward greyscale trend first! You volition likewise need to adapt the dpi properly.

MediBang Paint

• Add novel halftone layer. Layer > Add Halftone Layer
• Merge the shading layer amongst halftone layer. Layer > Merge Down (CTRL-E). After merging, the ikon volition live on automobile converted into halftone shading. Medibang pigment appear to live on able to automobile generate amend screentone/halftone past times default

Video

Below is a timelapse video showing how I practise manga trend background from a photograph using medibang paint.

Artwork

Reference

Youtube Creating Manga Style Background from Photo
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