Cartoon Yourself Using Paint.net Tutorial

A while ago I did a blog post tutorial on how to cartoonize yourself using Photoscape, but do you know you can cartoon yourself using Paint.net also? Paint.net does not have a “cartoon” button like Photoscape does, but it is very easy to get the cartoon effect. With a few clicks and adjustments you can in fact, cartoonize any photograph.

Sure there are some free online site that will allow you to cartoonize yourself, but you would need to upload your personal photos and you must be online while doing it. Some people may not be comfortable uploading their personal photos online. But, anyone can download and use Paint.net and cartoon their photos anytime they want to, at their own discretion without uploading their private pictures or having to stay connected on the Internet.

In just a few clicks, you can go from the photo on the left to the cartoon on the right.

Follow these steps to cartoon yourself. Note: You can find my video tutorial below these written instructions if you learn better from seeing how it’s done.

1. Download Paint.net if you don’t already have it. It can be downloaded at www.GetPaint.net.
2. Open Paint.net
3. Click “File” & “Open” to load the photo you want to cartoon.
4. Click “Effects”, “Artistic”, “Ink Sketch”.
5. Adjust the “Ink Outline” & “Coloring”. Click “OK”
6. Click “Effects”, “Noise”, “Median”.
7. Adjust the “Radius” & “Percentile”. (Note: Radius is best at a low number).
8. Adjust the “Ink Sketch” again if necessary. You can also adjust the color hues, etc.
9. Optional: Fill in backgrounds with a bright color for a more dramatic cartoon-like effect. Also, add cartoon-like text. 

That’s it. Very easy. Here’s my video tutorial if you want to watch me demonstrate.

Now, that you see how easy it is to cartoon yourself using Paint.net; try it for yourself. Have fun!

The photographs used are public domain. Special thanks goes to: www.Pixabay.com and www.PublicDomainPictures.net.

Thank you for reading and watching! Happy photo editing!

How To Cartoonize Yourself Using Photoscape Free Photo Editing Software

This is a tutorial how to cartoonize photos using Photoscape

If you want to cartoonize yourself using photo editing software, you can do it manually by adjusting the colors, the threshold, and different filters. You can do this in Photoscape as well. However, Photoscape has an easy way to cartoonize photographs. It has a preset filter that will change photos into cartoon images instantly. 

Cartoonizing yourself with Photoscape's preset filter is very easy. Once you have selected the photo you want to cartoonize, there's usually a three button process to complete the process using the preset option. 

Sometimes the preset cartoonizer may not give the final results you want, so you may need to make some adjustments before using preset cartoon filter. This is because not all photographs are perfect. For example some photos might have too much light in the background. Some pictures might have been taken in very little lighting, etc. 

I have several examples to show you how to cartoonize your pictures. A big thank you goes to PublicDomainPictures.net for the use of the free public domain photographs I am using in this tutorial. 

Alright. So, lets cartoonize some photos.

To Cartoonize Photo Without Pre-Adjustments:

Select the photo you want to cartoonize from the photo list. Your photo will appear inside the canvas area. On the "Home" tab. Click the "Filter" button. Click "Picturialization". Click "Cartoon".

The photo will change into a cartoon and the cartoon dialog box will appear. Adjust the Pen Thickness and the Threshold to get the look you want. Click "OK".

Click "Save" to save your cartoonized photo.Here are the before and after pictures of cartoonizing. 

To Cartoonize A Photo That Has Dim Lighting:

Open Photoscape and Click "Editor". Select the photo you want to cartoonize from the photo list. Your photo will appear inside the canvas area. This photograph is a little dim, so I want to deepen the colors in the photo before I cartoonize it.

On the "Home" tab Click the "Bright, Color" button.  Click "Deepen". Click "Middle (Gray Tone)". This change will be applied to your photograph. Note: If you chose the wrong thing you can click the "Undo" or the "Redo" button. You can click the "Undo All" button to start over again. 

On the "Home" tab. Click the "Filter" button. Click "Picturialization". Click "Cartoon". 

The photo will change into a cartoon and the cartoon