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Sick of the same boring Jack O’Lantern faces? For something different this year, fire up Photoshop and make your own custom stencils out of Photographs or nearly any kind of image.
Virtually any image can work with this technique, although higher quality is better. Fine details are also hard to carve, so keep in mind you want to stay simple as possible.
will desaturate your image and turn it into grayscale.
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You want to increase your contrast until your image looks roughly like this. You want heavy blacks, minimal grays, and stark whites.
Go to Image > Adjustments > Threshold.