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Half Sketch Effect in Photoshop | Photoshop Effect | Photoshop Tutorial

Updated: Nov 6, 2022

In this tutorial , you will learn how to give this Half sketch effect to your photos in Photoshop. So just follow the steps and learn this easy method to create it for yourself . So let's get started!


Half sketch effect in Photoshop | Photoshop effect | Photoshop tutorial
Half Sketch Effect






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Steps on how to give this Half sketch effect to your photos in Photoshop :-


  • So the first step is to create a duplicate of the image by pressing CTRL + J


How to create duplicate of layer in Photoshop
Press CTRL + J to create a duplicate of the background layer
  • After that go to Image and then adjustments and then select Black and White over there and then in the pop up keep everything to default and then click on Ok which will convert the Image into a Black and white Image


How to convert an image to Black and white in Photoshop
Go to Image and then adjustments and then select Black & White over there
  • Now right click on the duplicate layer and select Convert to smart object over there


How to convert a layer to smart object in photoshop
Right click on the duplicate layer

how to convert layer to smart object in photoshop
Now in the pop up select Convert to smart object to convert a layer to smart object
  • Then go to Filter and then select Filter gallery over there


Filter gallery in photoshop
Go to Filter and then select Filter gallery over there
  • After that expand Artistic folder and select Colored pencil over there and then set the following , Pencil Width : 8 , Stroke pressure : 7 , Paper brightness : 50 and then on Ok


colored pencil in photoshop
Expand the Artistic folder and select Colored pencil and then set the following
  • Now make the original image layer active by clicking on it


make a layer active in photoshop
Make the original image layer active
  • Then press CTRL + J to create a duplicate of it


How to create a duplicate of image in photoshop
Press CTRL + J to create a duplicate of image
  • After that drag that layer to the top


Drag that layer to the top
  • Now click on Add layer mask icon


add layer mask icon in photoshop
Add layer mask icon
  • Now make the foreground color as black and then select Brush tool and brush as Soft round


foreground color in photoshop
Foreground color black

brush tool icon in photoshop
Brush tool icon

soft round brush in photoshop
Soft round brush icon
  • After that using brush click and hover over the right half of the image to remove it (Shortcut to increase and decrease size of brush:- Press [ to reduce the size of the brush and ] to increase it's size )


using brush tool in photoshop
Click and hover over the right part of the image to remove it
  • Now open any torn paper image in a new tab


torn paper image
Open torn paper image in new tab
  • Then select only torn paper using Magic wand tool or quick selection tool


magic wand tool icon in photoshop
Magic wand tool icon

selection using magic wand tool
Selecting only torn paper using magic wand tool
  • After that press CTRL + C to copy the selection and then go to Original image tab and press CTRL + V to place it over there


placing torn paper image in photoshop
Go to original image tab and then press CTRL + V to paste the selection
  • Now press CTRL + T and then rotate and scale the paper image to half part of the layer


how to scale image in photoshop
After pressing CTRL + T

rotating and scaling torn image in photoshop
After rotating and scaling torn image
  • Then right click on the layer and select create clipping mask over there


Right click on the torn paper layer

create clipping mask in photoshop
Then in the pop up select Create clipping mask over there
  • Now click on Add layer icon and select Blending options over there


add layer icon in photoshop
Add layer style icon

blending options in photoshop
Select blending options in the pop up
  • Then in the pop up click on Drop shadow and set the following , Blend mode : Multiply , Opacity : 75% , Distance : 10px , Spread : 10% , Size : 20px and then click on Ok


Drop shadow in photoshop
Click on Drop shadow and set the folowing

So now this will give you your Half sketch effect in Photoshop!



half sketch effect photoshop
Final image after using Drop shadow

So that's it guys! So now if you guys liked this tutorial then hit the like button also share it to the ones who might be interested in such tutorials!


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