Image Processing: Paper Camera

The "Paper Camera" style of image, a kinda faux-sketch view of the world, is actually a very simple set of image processing steps:

1. Take an image (this is Franklin bridge in Philadelphia):

2. Find the edges in the image and make them into a dark outline:

3. "Posterize" the brightness to make it look cel-shaded:

 4. Layer the edges onto the posterised image and desaturate slightly:

You can download this filtering effect as a plugin for ImageJ from my website: here.

Software used:
ImageJ - Scripting and image processing