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Photoshop way of creating stencils without the long winded process
I used this to make a stencil of my budgie for my homemade screenprinting kit for a college project. Enjoy
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- MischievousRaven entered her project Budgie Stencil to StickerApp 20 Oct 21:49
- MischievousRaven entered her project Budgie Stencil to Ladies Of Letterpress 08 Jun 10:30
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Step 1
Open up the file you want into Photoshop
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Step 2
Duplicate the background layer into a new layer and the select the Magnetic Lasso Tool
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Step 3
Draw round the image and then right click in the selection you just did and select 'Layer Via Copy'.
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Step 4
Delete the other layers and tidy up the edges using the 'Rubber' tool
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Step 5
Go to the top bar, select; Filter - Artistic - Layout
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Step 6
Enter these details;
Number of levels = 4
Edge Simplicity = 4
Edge Fidelity = 1 -
Step 7
Click okay and Voila. . . Just print and use how you wish