Click on the image below to see a
larger and more clear image of the final results.
Old halftone print effect
Download and open this photo in Photoshop. Now we are going to increase the overall
contrast of the picture by burning it a bit. Go to IMAGE > ADJUSTMENTS
> LEVELS…With this image we are going to set the INPUT LEVELS to 60
/ 1.00 / 220. But this is only for this example. Choose the best settings
for each photo.
In this step we are going to give
the photo an illustrated look with some graininess to give the illusion of an
old and bad quality paper. It is not a realistic effect, it is just some
distortion to the image to help us achieve the final look. Go to FILTERS
> ARTISTIC > FILM GRAIN. In this case we are going to use: GRAIN:
4, HIGHLIGHT AREA: 0, INTENSITY: 10. Try different settings for different
photos.
Duplicate
the layer and name the new layer HALFTONE
In this step we are going apply a
halftone pattern to the image to give the final old comic book printing effect.
Go to FILTER > PIXELATE > COLOR HALFTONE. Set MAX RADIUS: 4
and leave the rest with the default values. Press OK and then go to the LAYERS
PALETTE and set the BLENDING MODE to DARKEN.
Adding comic book elements to the
picture
The effect looks nice so far. It is
not a realistic old comic book effect, it simple resembles that look. To make
it more real, now comes the fun part. We are going to add some unique elements
that are very popular on comic books and strips
Select the HALFTONE layer and set a STROKE LAYER STYLE of WIDTH:
20px, POSITION: Inside and COLOR: #F5ECE1.
Add a new layer and draw a small
rectangle at the top left of the frame of the image. Give it a STROKE of
3 pixels and paint it orange. An orange to yellow gradient looks better.
Draw another rectangle, a bit larger this time, on the lower left corner of the
frame. Give it a STROKE of 3 pixels and paint it white. The final
result should be like the one below:
Lets add a border to the image: Add
a new empty layer above the layer containing the rectangles we created in the
previous step. Select the RECTANGLE SELECTION TOOL from the TOOLS
PALETTE. Draw a selection from the top left (right inside the frame) to the
bottom right border of the image.
Go to EDIT > STROKE, set WIDTH:
4px, COLOR: BLACK, LOCATION CENTER and press OK.
DESELECT the current selection and go to FILTER
> BLUR > BLUR MORE. Then apply a small distortion using FILTER
> DISTORT > RIPPLE… (Amount 20%, Size Medium). Now, lets sharpen the
stroke a bit with FILTER > SHARPEN MORE and there you have a nice
simulated hand drawn border.
Adding captions using a comic book
font
To add captions to the photo you can
use any font you like, but only using fonts specially designed for comic books
you will be able to achieve the desired look. Download the free font Digital Strip and install it. At the end of this article you will find a
lot of free and commercial comic book fonts and resources.
Using the Digital Strip font
you’ve just downloaded, type a date on the top orange rectangle. Play with the
first letter of the text by adding a stroke, a shadow and a bright contrasting
color.
Then write a caption for the photo
at the bottom white rectangle. Highlighting some words in bold also looks good.
And that’s all. Your image should
look similar to the one below:
Click on the image to see a larger and uncompressed version.
Adding other comic book elements to
your photos
If you want to learn more about
comic book design, you can browse sites like Comic
Book Fontsor Balloon Tales for some inspiration. Balloon Tales has published a fantastic
comic book lettering tutorial that you should read if you want to
make some stunning sound effects. There are lots of comic book resources, but
these two are very colorful and loaded with design tips and examples.
As an example, I’ve created two
images using other design elements such as balloons and sound effects:
Click on the images to see a larger and uncompressed version
of each one
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