Hand drawn effect

hey

i need to apply an effect to a picture for a project but i cant seem to find a way of doing it in PS...basically i have a house which needs to look as if it was sketched by hand in black and white for a letterhead...i have tried all the filters in PS but none come close to the desired effect...any ideas?...

use the search feature on this forum and search for "sketch"

I uploaded an action not long ago that will do exactly what you are looking for.
There is also a post or two on here where I explained the steps involved

ok i downloaded the action but now what?!...i couldnt find any comments on performing this task and i dont know how to install actions :(

also i have spent all day on a pic and its almost done but i cant seem to go back and change somat i done about 10 mins ago - the history window seems to have a mind of its own, is there a way to set it to store all the actions from start to finish or somewhere i can go which will show me all the actions performed so far?....i really hope so otherwise this pic is ruined!...heeeelllpp!

in your preferences in photoshop you can set how many "history" events you want it to remember, but that takes up resources. If what you want to undo isn't in the history pallet, you can't undo it.

To install the action:

create a folder (named "downloaded actions") inside the photoshop6 folder. Unzip and place the action file inside that "downloaded actions" folder.
Now launch photoshop, go to the actions pallet and click the little "right pointing" arrow for the pallet flyout menu and select "load actions". Navigate to the folder you created and select the action file.

(Now that said, I wanted to say, You don't HAVE to create another folder, you could put it in the actions folder already in the folder system inside the Photoshop folder. I just like to know if it is a preset, custom made by me, or a downloaded action.)

ok well i have managed to make the action work - thanks - but it just turns the pic gray with black outlines...is there a way to have all white with black outlines? (bearing in mind it will be a letterhead on white paper)

....also how do i get rid of your watermark?...i understand nuthin is for free but whats the point if we cant actually use the action?!...

cheers again

MAke sure your colors are black and white. I'm not sure why it is giving you a gray background... I downloaded it and used it just to check it and it gave me a result just like the result shown in the thread where you downloaded it.

That watermark is just a layer, delete it.