How to Make Wood Cut Prints in Illustrator
You can use the layer modes and filters in Adobe Illustrator to alter an existing image to give it a wood cut style. For the best quality prints, start with a high-quality image of at least 300 dpi, such as photos taken by a quality digital camera or scanned to the computer using a high dpi.
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Instructions
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Launch Adobe Illustrator on your computer.
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Click “File” and then click “Open” to browse your computer for the desired image. Double-click the image to load it in the program.
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Hold the “Ctrl” key on your keyboard and press the “A” key to select the entire picture.
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Hold the “Ctrl” key and press the “C” key to copy the image. Then press the “V” key to place a copy of the image in a floating layer on top of the original image.
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Click the "mode" drop-down menu in the Layers window and select “Multiply.”
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Click the “Filter” menu from the top toolbar and select “Other.”
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Select “High Pass” from the menu, place the Radius setting at around "1.6" and click “OK.”
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Click the “Image” menu and select “Adjustments.”
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Click “Threshold” to and move the Threshold Level slider setting to "127."
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Click “OK” to apply the filter. You should now see a wood cut style overlaying your original picture.
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Select the "background image layer" in the Layers window, click the “Filter” menu and choose “Blur.”
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Select “Gaussian Blur” and move the Radius slider to about "6." You may need to experiment with this setting until you get the blur effect that looks best.
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Click the “Layer” menu and select “Merge Layers” to flatten the image.
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Save the image under a different file name from the original on your computer. You now have a wood cut style image that you can print.
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