Budgie Stencil

Photoshop way of creating stencils without the long winded process

Posted by MischievousRaven

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I used this to make a stencil of my budgie for my homemade screenprinting kit for a college project. Enjoy

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You Will Need (2 things)

  • Photoshop
  • Printer

Steps (7 steps, 10 minutes)

  1. 1

    Open up the file you want into Photoshop

  2. 2

    Duplicate the background layer into a new layer and the select the Magnetic Lasso Tool

  3. 3

    Draw round the image and then right click in the selection you just did and select 'Layer Via Copy'.

  4. 4

    Delete the other layers and tidy up the edges using the 'Rubber' tool

  5. 5

    Go to the top bar, select; Filter - Artistic - Layout

  6. 6

    Enter these details;
    Number of levels = 4
    Edge Simplicity = 4
    Edge Fidelity = 1

  7. 7

    Click okay and Voila. . . Just print and use how you wish