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How to Make a Photo Suitable for Faxing - Photo to B&W Dot Pattern

By Sue Chastain, About.com

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Simplify by Filling the Background with White

Fill the background with white using a new layer.

Fill the background with white using a new layer.

Once I had a good selection of the background, I created a new layer above the head shot, and filled it with white using the Edit > Fill command.

Index: How to Make a Photo Suitable for Faxing - Photo to B&W Dot Pattern

  1. Converting a Photo to a B&W Dot Pattern
  2. Select the Background
  3. Simplify by Filling the Background with White
  4. Convert to B&W Using Channel Mixer
  5. Convert to Indexed Color with Dithering

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