# I am looking to spice up my interface

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**Created:** [September 4, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-looking-to-spice-up-my-interface/161477 "2005-09-04T11:08:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![samsoner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@samsoner](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/samsoner)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2005, 11:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/i-am-looking-to-spice-up-my-interface/161477/1 "2005-09-04T11:08:33Z")

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I am doing a Flash splash page for two musicians, but I am starting my layout in Adobe Photoshop. My idea is this: When the user rolls over a button that has their name on it, a swf loads up that displays a normal photo of the artist in a border, and then the background of the splash page is 3/4 or 1/2 filled with an abstract photo of the artist performing. The \*style \*that I’m looking to accomplish in Photoshop is similar to the image effects done on this webpage:  
[http://www.tonikhealth.com/](http://www.tonikhealth.com/)

However, if I have a picture of the artist performing, then it wouldn’t be another close-up portrait of the artist…rather it would be a mid or wideshot of the artist performing (please take a look at the image below as an example)  
The style that I’m looking for is a 2-3 pixel thick line drawing effect of the photo. I’ve messed around with Photoshops filters (Find Edges, Stamp, Threshold) but then when I use those, the detailed features of the photo (like the hand that holds the microphone or the person’s face) dissapear. So I was wondering if anyone knew the “recipe” for creating a line-drawing (not too smooth, kinda rough yet it doesn’t take away from the image much) cartoonish effect on a regular photo. Thanks