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Budgie Stencil

Photoshop way of creating stencils without the long winded process

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/budgie-stencil • Posted by MischievousRaven

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

You will need

Project Budget
Almost Nothing

Time

0 h 10

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
Medium budgie stencil Medium dscf0170

Description

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

Instructions

  1. Open up the file you want into Photoshop

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

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

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

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

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

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