Cartoon effect with Photoshop

Step 1 : I have opened this image in Photoshop. Let us give it a cartoon effect.

Step 2 : First duplicate the layer. Drag the Background Layer to the New Layer Button. (The icon like folded paper shown by the black arrow). This will produce a Background copy layer.

Step 3 : Go to Filters>Artistic>Poster Edges as shown.

Step 4 : This is how the image looks with Poster Edge filter applied.

Step 5 : Go to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast

Step 6 : Set the Brightness to 10 and Contrast to 30.

Step 7 : This is how the image looks now.

Step 8 : Now go to Filters>Artistic>Cutout.

Step 9 : This dialogue box opens (in Photoshop CS 2 you can do this in Photoshop 7 also). Click OK.

The finished image. Go to Layers>Flatten Image. Then File>Save as. Save as Jpeg in a folder of your choosing on your computer. You are done.