Several of my friends went to the Disney Oz Event and Disney tuned them each into fun little 8Bit characters like in the film Wreck It Ralph. I thought they were so cute that I wanted to try to create my own. Now this is not a true 8-Bit, and of course I am not Disney, but I thought the end result turned out pretty cute, too.
How to Make an 8-Bit Picture
To create my picture I used Photoshop Elements.
1. Open your photo using Photoshop Elements. Close up portraits work best. I used the polygonal lasso tool to get rid of the back ground.
2. Next go to Filter, Adjustments, Posterize. I put 4 in Levels, and hit okay.
3. Image, Resize, Image Size. Before you change the width, remember the number that is there. Change the width to 120 and hit okay.
4. Next go to Image, Mode, Indexed Color, and change the number to 8. Click ok.
5. Next you need to make the image large again so click Image, Resize, Image Size, and then type in the number in the width that you needed to remember from step 3. (Mine was 612) Click ok.
6. You now have your 8-Bit Picture!
I love the 8-Bit image that I made of Baybah.
Don’t have Photoshop or Photoshop Elements? Try this!
Wreck-It Ralph is out on Blu-Ray Combo pack today!
Here is one of the bonus clips featured in the Wreck-It Ralph combo pack! Creating the 8 Bit World – The animators discuss creating the different worlds within Wreck-ItRalph and what it was like asking some of the best animators in the business to ignore years of training to go back to linear worlds and pixelated characters.
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Wreck-It Ralph is available on Digital Download
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Wreck It Ralph Facebook, Wreck It Ralph Twitter, and www.Disney.com/WreckItRalph
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Awesome! Now who do we need to talk to in order to get you into the sequel?
Lol! Thanks Liz for making me smile. :)
That’s cool!
Inventive idea! Weren’t their 8-bit characters sooooo cute?!
I usually leave the photoshopping to my hubby… he can do some incredible things. But with your tutorial, I might be able to do it. :)
Haha, that’s awesome!! I’ll have to try that.
So cool! My 3 year old is sitting here with me and just yelled excitedly, “Wreck it Ralph!” My boys just saw it for the first time on Saturday and loved it!
So cute! I’ll have to make some for the boys!
Super cool effect!
That is so neat! My kids would love to do that. We’ll have to try it out.
Fun! I need to try this.
How cute are those! Love them.
How cool! Thanks for the step by step directions!
My daughter is a whiz at photo shop and she loves making (as she calls them) “retro” video game graphics.
cool idea!
that is funny
How fun!
super cute and fun!!
those came out pretty cool
How fun is this!
This is so cool!! Thanks for sharing!
Lolo, I found you to be a cool mom..you always find ways to look for some new ideas! :) Love the 8-bit picture of you and your adorable son! :)
Isn’t it funny that this is the technology we grew up with and now it’s all “retro.” Makes me feel ancient!
What a cute tutorial :)
Very cute and creative!
That is really cool!
That looks super cool!
That looks super cool!
how awesome! I have elements so I will be trying this
LOL how cute.