Today it is difficult to name the field of design and graphics where graphic applications are not used. And this is quite understandable, because they allow you to almost instantly create an unusual photo montage or an intricate collage, turn a photograph into a real work of art, successfully adding several interesting effects, or creating an image based on an ordinary photograph that resembles traditional graphics or painting. In graphic applications, you can simulate smoke and fire, sky and water, the texture of metal, fabric and other natural surfaces. With their help, it is easy to depict various natural phenomena: snow, rain, wind, waves; amazing results can be achieved by adjusting the lighting, etc.
You can also use graphics applications to create caricatures and caricatures. Both of them, as before, quite often accompany a variety of news information, having a socially critical orientation and ridiculing any social, socio-political, everyday phenomena, real persons or characteristic types of people, or are purely amateur in nature and are an original way of depicting friends, relatives and acquaintances. By the way, the service for creating caricatures and caricatures is offered today by many art studios, and it is in constant demand.
Note that it is not necessary to create caricatures and caricatures from scratch, drawing out all the elements of the image, because this will take more than one hour. Considering that the prototypes for caricatures and cartoons are most often real people and animals, it is much faster and easier to create them based on ordinary photographs. In this case, three paths are open to users, each of which we will consider further.
Creating caricatures and cartoons using universal graphics applications
To create caricatures and cartoons, you can use popular universal graphics applications; in one form or another, the corresponding capabilities are available in a variety of packages. For example, Adobe Photoshop has a built-in Liquify module, called by the Filter=>Liquify command and designed to distort images. Jasc Paint Shop Pro has a distortion brush called Warp Brush, which allows you to stretch parts of an image or create the effect of enlarging individual parts of it. There is a whole group of tools in the Adobe Illustrator package for this purpose. Liquify Tools, with the help of which you can instantly distort the image and quickly achieve bizarre deformations that are not achievable by other means. The possibilities of universal graphics applications in terms of image deformation to obtain one or another caricature effect are very wide. In addition, in many packages, after achieving the desired distortion effect, thanks to the presence of appropriate filters, it is easy to turn a photograph into a pencil drawing or a brush drawing and, if necessary, correct it by hand and add background elements and the cartoon or caricature is ready. However, there is one drawback - all universal graphic applications are quite voluminous and require a lot of time to master. However, they are the ones chosen by professionals.
Let's try to use Adobe Photoshop and Jasc Paint Shop Pro to create a friendly cartoon. Let's take as a source the photograph shown in Fig. 1, this photograph, due to its comical and enthusiastic facial expression, is ideal for the intended cartoon. We will carry out the necessary operations to color correct the image and remove all unnecessary elements that will significantly complicate the creation of the cartoon (Fig. 2).
and removing unnecessary elements
After this, we will proceed directly to creating a caricature from the photograph. Load the built-in module Liquify(Fluidity) caused by command Filter=>Liquify let's take a tool Bloat(Bloating), adjust the brush parameters and start experimenting: enlarge the nose, make the cheeks plumper, etc., trying to emphasize the characteristic features of the person depicted in the picture. Then we will continue to work with other tools in this example the tools were used Pucker(Compression) and Warp(Distort), each time adjusting the brush settings as needed. The final result is shown in Fig. 4.
Now you need to turn the photograph into a drawing; let’s focus on the version of a black and white pencil drawing. It is more convenient and much easier to do this in Paint Shop Pro. To do this, first create a duplicate of the background layer with the command Layers=>Duplicate e (Layers=>Duplicate) and change the blending mode of the duplicate layer, for which all further actions will be performed, to Color. Make a negative of the image using the command Adjust=>Negative Image(Adjust=>Image Negative) and then turn the color photo into black and white with the command Image=>Greyscale(Image=>Grayscale). Call up the layer properties window again and change the blending mode to Dodge as a result, only the darkest details of the photo will be visible, and the resulting version will bear little resemblance to the finished pencil drawing, but rather only its individual sketches. Therefore, reduce the layer opacity parameter to an acceptable value - it will be different for each image; in this example, the opacity was set to 94%. As a result, the photo will look better (Fig. 5). Merge both layers with the command Layer=>Merge=>Merge All(Layer=>Merge=>Merge All). Now you can copy the person’s face into a new image and add other elements of the cartoon (Fig. 6) in this example, we simply used the caricature background of one of the cartoons of the ART art studio presented on the Internet.
in pencil drawing
Creation of caricatures and cartoons in specialized packages
You can use software products specifically designed for creating caricatures and caricatures. They are easy to learn just like in universal graphic applications, deformation in them is carried out using visual deformation tools and therefore are designed for amateurs who have no experience with graphic applications, but at the same time want to try themselves as an artist -cartoonist. Note that programs in this group, despite their apparent simplicity, can have very good capabilities and often allow you to achieve no less professional results, and with minimal effort and time.
But there are very few packages with such capabilities, so there is not much to choose from, and a significant part of them have not been updated for a long time. Perhaps the most famous and popular application in the world from this group is the SuperGOO program from the once famous company Metaacreations. Unfortunately, the company no longer exists, no new versions of SuperGOO appear, but if you really want, the application can be found, and it works great under Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000. And among the specialized applications currently sold by developers, the clear leader is the Deformer 2.0 program from the Russian company STOIK Imaging.
Deformer 2.0
Developer: STOIK Imaging
Distribution size: 5.58 MB
Distribution method: shareware
Price:$29
Work under control: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
Deformer is currently the best program for quickly creating funny caricatures and animations, aimed at a wide range of users. A friendly, albeit not entirely familiar interface, coupled with extremely simple operating methods, makes it the optimal solution for home users who, in a matter of minutes, can use it to create funny caricatures and caricatures of their friends and acquaintances, having only a good photo in their arsenal .
The program supports a very large set of visual deformation tools, for convenience, grouped into groups Catastrophe, Toolkit, Global, Shrink, Plain and Grow and allowing you to perform various manipulations with image fragments captured by the mouse: compression, stretching, twisting, etc. (Fig. 7 ). The deformation process is carried out by simply moving the mouse across the image. After performing a few manipulations, you can quickly transform a photograph into a cartoon, caricaturing the characteristic features of a person. All transformations are carried out in real time and displayed on the screen, and at any time you can abandon the resulting caricature and return to the original image.
Any images can be used as source images, both available on disk and downloaded from TWAIN devices. The results of the work are saved in TIFF, BMP, PCX, TARGA, JPEG, GIF AND PNG formats, image optimization is possible. The created deformations can be included in the video track to create an animated video in AVI or animated GIF formats.
A Russian-language version of the Deformer 2.0 Reformer+ program is available for sale (publisher: New Disk (http://www.nd.ru/), price: $4.5, Fig. 8). It additionally contains a built-in database of photographs of politicians that can be transformed at your discretion, and is intended for everyone who loves funny jokes and practical jokes and feels the hidden talent of a cartoonist. As already noted, the program interface is extremely simple, and hints that pop up during operation make it easier to master the application. Thanks to this, even children can master Reformer+, and it can be useful for them for two reasons: Reformer+ is suitable for teaching the nuances of graphic transformation and at the same time allows you to get acquainted with the art of creating cartoons and caricatures in an easy and fun way.
Cartoonist 1.0
Developer: VicMan Software
Distribution size: 3.15 MB
Distribution method: shareware
Price:$19.95
Work under control: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/2003
This compact and easy-to-use program allows you to quickly create caricatures based on photographs by deforming their individual fragments. Cartoonist has a simple and intuitive interface, allows you to see the results of transformations in real time and supports step-by-step rollback or a complete return to the original image in case of an unsuccessful operation. The created cartoon images can be saved in BMP, JPG and PNG formats. If desired, in JPG format it is easy to determine the quality of the saved images and save EXIF data.
While Cartoonist only has one distortion brush, it supports adjusting brush size and background color. However, the program is currently under active development (its latest version appeared in late 2004), so there is every reason to believe that Cartoonist will support a wider range of warping tools in the near future.
Using morph editors
Theoretically, there is a third way to create caricatures based on photographs: deforming photographs using morphing editors. The term "morphing" comes from the word metamorphosing, which means "transformation", and refers to an animation technique in which one image is gradually transformed into another. Thus, the main task of morph editors is to create animations, but they can also be useful when creating caricatures. An ordinary photograph can serve as the source, and the final result will be presented in the form of a series of generated intermediate frames, ensuring a smooth transition from the initial image to the final one. As a rule, frames can be saved not only as a whole as animation, but also individually in popular graphic formats JPG, GIF, etc., which you can use.
The technology of deformation in morph editors is fundamentally different from the deformation methods discussed above and consists in the fact that it is necessary to manually compare the correspondence points in the source and final images. The more dots you place on the images, the better the morphing result will be. For best results, dots should be placed in all key areas of the images. Moreover, in the case of creating a caricature, the role of the initial and final images will be played by the same photograph. Note that achieving a good result by choosing this method is much more difficult than in the case of deforming photographs using visual deformation tools; you will also need some knowledge about morphing technology and the ability to work in morphing editors. And creating a caricature this way will take much more time, and placing correspondence points is a very tedious process.
As for editors for creating morphing, there are a lot of them. For example, consider one of the most popular and at the same time quite simple ACD Morpheus Photo Animator. This program comes in two editions: standard Morpheus Photo Animator and professional Morpheus Photo Animator Pro. To create caricatures and caricatures, the standard version is sufficient.
ACD Morpheus Photo Animator 1.85
Developer: ACDsystems
Distribution size: 3 MB
Distribution method: shareware
Price:$29.95
Work under control: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP
ACD Morpheus Photo Animator is an internationally recognized program for morphing photos, allowing you to add dynamics and emotions to them and is a plug-in module for the ACDSee package. The program is a convenient, fast and even fun tool for both beginners and experts.
It supports operating modes for beginners ( Beginner Mode) and for qualified users ( Normal Mode) and has a convenient and intuitive interface. In Beginner Mode, almost all customization tools are hidden from the user, except for the minimum set of tools necessary to perform simple morphing. To implement more complex morphing using a wider range of program capabilities, you will need to switch to Normal Mode. Morphing results can be saved in Shockwave, Flash, Animated GIF, AVI, JPEG, etc. formats.
The process of creating a caricature here, as well as in any other morphing editor, consists of three stages: loading the same photo as the source and final images, adding correspondence points and creating a morph with saving intermediate morph frames in graphic files. As a result, you will receive a series of graphic files, the last of which, if the morphing is successful, will be a caricature.
More and more often, simple online photo editors are not able to process photos in such a way as to make the photos truly interesting. Not everyone can learn complex programs such as Photoshop. However, those who want to add variety to their photographs will always find a way out. Upload a portrait photo to the service and you will be able to make amazing facial changes: facial morphing, changing facial expressions, and, finally, facial animation! That is, lips, cheeks, eyebrows and eyelids will actually move! Creating this effect will take no more than a minute!
The service also provides many other features. Here you can create not only realistic facial expressions such as a wink, a sweet smile, a sly squint, genuine surprise, or a sad lowering of the corners of the lips, but also a lot of parody effects . In addition, you can apply a cartoon effect to each caricature . Parody effects are reminiscent of creating a cartoon from a photo, or a photo caricature: just as fun, but incomparably simpler and faster. Upload a portrait photo of yourself (or a friend's photo ;)) and turn into an alien, a fat guy, a lightbulb man or a troll!
Facial animation is a unique animated avatar!
Have you ever thought about your avatar? Is it individual? Does it reflect your personality? A sure way to make an avatar “yours” is to put your own face on it. But anyone can just cut a face out of a photo, it’s boring. Mega-original change face you can go to the website. Your avatar can become either animated or static (for those sites and social networks that prohibit animation). Smile at your friends, wink at them or make funny faces. They will appreciate your new avatar!
Effects for photos and online photo jokes: manufacturing technology
Creating photo effects with a face is a whole science. First, you need to correctly find the main facial features, such as the corners of the eyes and mouth, and nose. Secondly, correctly set the function of their transformation, for example, a sequence of frames for the smooth appearance of a smile. Then, with the right selection of parameters, you can get an excellent result. But don't worry, the site will do all this for you, and completely automatically!
Application cartoon effect (or comic book effect, hand-drawn effect) requires finding the sharpest boundaries in the photo. These boundaries are then carefully drawn, the number of colors in the photo is reduced and the transitions between adjacent colors are smoothed out. Thus, by applying the “Cartoon Effect” photo filter, you can turn a portrait photo into a cool cartoon picture.
In order to surprise a friend and give him a funny present, you can make a comic image of his photograph - a cartoon. What could be more fun than a comical face spreading into a stupid but very funny smile or facial features exaggerated several times - nose, lips, eyes. In order to make a similar cartoon image online from a photo on the Internet, there are special services that will allow you to make caricatures online yourself completely free of charge.
Cartoon.pho.to/ru – online service for creating cartoons and caricatures
To create comic images in professional photo editors, you need to have some knowledge and skills in order to end up with a really interesting photo. Not everyone has such knowledge. Creating such caricatures is a whole science, without exaggeration, because it is necessary to correctly select the facial features that stand out most clearly on the face. Next, choose the appropriate effect to apply to get the most fun image possible. But today there are no problems for those who want to create a cartoon online themselves; for this you can use a special service - Cartoon.pho.to/ru.
Service for creating cartoons Cartoon.pho.to The site allows you not only to distort facial expressions from a photo, but also to create an animated caricature that looks more interesting. Here you can make squinting, winking, surprise and other similar facial animation options from a photo. The Cartoon.pho.to service has a lot of different effects, such as a cartoon filter, pencil drawing effect, etc. After uploading a photo to the site, the character present on it can turn into a troll, an alien, a light bulb man, a fat guy and other comic characters.
How to use the service Cartoon.pho.to/ru
Photofunia.com/ru – take a fun photo online
Photofaniya is a site where you can make a cartoon or just an image of unusual text that you enter from the keyboard. Dozens of filters and hundreds of graphic effects will allow you to turn your photo into a masterpiece of the comic genre. All you need is to upload the image to the site and apply the desired effect and in a few minutes you will receive a finished caricature based on the photo.
To create a photo like this:
Avatar.pho.to – a set of services for creating cartoons and avatars
This service provides users with several types of image adjustments and adding various effects. Here you can create (best services for creating slideshows), collages, adding animated frames and particles. In order to make a funny picture, you can use either one photo or several to create slide shows and animations.
This way you can make funny cartoons online for free using your photos, (link to specialized services), slide shows in one service.
Upload your photo or a photo of one of your friends, select the caricature you like and you're done. The result is a cool image with your face or your friend's face.
Key features of the MomentCam application:
- Easy creation of comic images, a clear interface, and the ability to share funny pictures directly from the program.
- Many different templates (more than 500 different types). The ability to choose the most suitable subjects, so in the picture you or your friends can be whoever you want.
- The application does not require payment and does not contain advertising. No internal stores or hidden features.
- The application is integrated with the most popular social networks, which makes it possible to share funny pictures at a time that is convenient for you.
- Constant updates, which include new templates.
- supports several languages (Russian is not yet available).
- The program is fully optimized for Android mobile devices (We will help you).
Instructions for using the MomentCam application.
To create unique caricatures we will need download MomentCam app. Then we launch the program and take a photo, you can also download a photo from the gallery. Afterwards, the program will prompt us to select one of the templates, and the conversion of your photo into a caricature will immediately begin. The conversion is carried out automatically. It is recommended to take pictures or upload a photo in which the face is positioned from the front. It is better if the person does not have glasses, since this accessory can be selected in the program.
Since the entertainment application does not contain any unnecessary functions and is well optimized for touch screen devices, resource consumption when working with the program is reduced to a minimum. MomentCam is suitable for any Android device with different screen resolutions and different technical characteristics.
Moment Selfie Cam is a social network masquerade and selfie camera anime caricatures and selfie camera and photo effects for photos with caricatures. You can make cartoons from photos or caricatures from photos using the programs located in the left menu.
The application of masquerade on a photo with stickers and effects will make the caricature (face replacement) or cartoon more attractive, for example, stickers for the New Year will give the picture a New Year's effect.
Selfie Camera Moment Cam is a professional editor (translated into Russian), with which you can use ALL modern tools for working with photos.
The basis of which is a professional photo editor from Aviary.
The best photo editing apps are also built-in.
Opening these applications is as easy as shelling pears using the standard menu that slides out on the left.
You can see such famous applications as
camera for creating effects.
Photo Editor - An editor based on rich photo editing capabilities that allows
work with the following tools
- Brightness
- Trimming
- Warmth
- Red eye removal
- Beauty of photography
- Contrast
- Saturation
- Whitening
- Polishing
- Stickers and frames
- Lightening
- Classic photo effects
- Focus and orientation
- Defect removal
Momentcam is a famous application for creating wonderful comics.
Both still and animated.
VideoShop is an application for video editing. (Video Editor)
Paper Camera (PaperCam) - a camera for creating doodle photographs.
And of course a special camera for collages and grids.
In our application you will find absolutely everything and of high quality. It's practically photoshop for a phone.
Thanks in advance for installing. Photolab Moment will allow you to very easily and simply change your face - add a beard, mustache or a new hairstyle.
You can change old photos
or add elements to pictures shot directly on camera.
Have a good laugh with your friends.
Main functionality included in the photo editor:
1. Adding stickers to the picture. (Mustache, Beard, hairstyle, trench robe mask, spider mask, etc.
2. Adding filter effects. The effects were especially tailored to moments in the picture.
3. Frames for loving photos and more.
4. You can replace the hero’s face with your own or use a Costume
5. Effects are selected for photo moments.
The application combines the best solutions from the aviary editor to avatar creation of avatar pictures.
Selfie Battle will add variety to using the editor.
The friends section will allow you to stay in touch with your subscribers.
We tried to include in the application everything that you might need for editing funny photos and collages.
We are trying to improve the application.
After editing, you can share the photo on Snapster. Or in Russian Snapster, a new social network from Vkontakte ru. All other social networks are also available - Snapchat, Instagram, etc.
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