Blueprint Photoshop Tutorial

Take an ordinary photo and make it look like a technical blueprint with Photoshop.

Step 1

Open a photo into Photoshop. This Photoshop tutorial works best with architectural images that have strong edges. To open an image, go to File> Open and select the file that you want to open.

Step 2

To begin, we'll duplicate the layer by pressing Ctrl+J or going to Layer> Duplicate Layer. You should now have a new layer called "Layer 1".

Step 3

First, we need to remove all excessive tiny details that we don't want visible in the blueprint. For this, we'll use the Surface Blur filter. Go to Filter> Blur> Surface Blur.

Step 4

In the Surface Blur settings, adjust the settings so that you get results like the image below. The edges should still be visible but most of the tiny details should be gone.