How can I get this sort of effect on my photo?

Question

I'm looking to get this sort of effect on my photo with the vintage type look with a red coloured highlight, I'm using photoshop & have tried using threshold color but the look doesn't come out very similar. Specifically the highlights don't look great. Does anyone know a good way to reproduce something like this in photoshop? Or the techniques they are using to do this?

Answer 1

I assume you want to get something similar to the human figures, and that you have already removed any background. So here's one method to get something similar.

Here's the image I used

1. Turn your image layer into a Smart Object, and do Filters > Camera RAW, and use settings similar to those shown below. The idea here is to try to add extra contrast to the image to make it look a bit like an illustration.

2. Next, sample the colours of your original example to create a gradient something like this

3. Do Filter > Artistic > Poster Edges, with settings as shown

4. Do Filter > Sharpen > Smart Sharpen, with settings as shown

5. Apply the gradient you made previously as a Gradient Map adjustment Layer

Here's the finished result. I added some gradients as a background. Note all the filters and adjustments here are non-destructive, so you can edit and tweak everything until you get the desired effect.