
Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks272
Photo to Line Art Morph
This is a great little trick that morphs a photograph into line art. I’ve seen this used numerous times, most recently in a backlit ad
on the terminal wall at LAX. Those who remember the award-winning video for the song “Take On Me,” by the group a-ha, will
experience a momentary 80s flashback when they try this technique.
STEP ONE: Open the image you want
to morph into a line drawing. Go under
the Layer menu, under New, and choose
Layer via Copy (or press Control-J) to cre-
ate a duplicate of your Background layer.
STEP TWO: While on this duplicate
layer, go under the Filter