Turn a Photo into a Stencil!

Step 2 Cleaning it up

Right now we have a very rough, jagged stencil. It won't work well for cutting out with a knife at all. This step is what took me some time to figure out.

• Filter>Blur>Gaussian Blur - Set the radius to a level that still leaves a distict image, but with evenly blurred edges. 4 pixels was perfect for me.
• Posterize it again, this time at 2 levels, and you should be all set!