Converting photos to black and white

[utiler]

Hey guys, wanting to know if anyone can tell me how to convert a photo to something like this? Or even as close to a line drawing as possible...

I play a little bit with Fotosketcher which is great but this is going to be a little more in depth I think.

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[cotty]

Inkscape has a function to trace an image: http://inkscape.org/doc/tracing/tutorial-tracing.html

[rodman100]

The following link is good for Gimp/Photoshop and is quick and easy to follow....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yupmgRJqwTc

[utiler]

Thanks guys, will have a look!