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auilani

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Apr 8, 2002, 12:14:56 PM4/8/02
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Could someone recommend a particular program/feature/or filter that does a
good job turning a photograph into an oil painting or watercolor or other
artistic medium. If it takes a series of filters that would be fine also.
Or does anyone know if Painter 7 has the ability to transform a photograph
into it's supported media. If so, could someone describe the steps from
opening the photograph to applying the transformation?

thanks


dcl

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Apr 8, 2002, 3:04:03 PM4/8/02
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auilani=dcl

Try www.fo2pix.com

the package is called fo2pix .. its not an automatic filter transformation,
the more artistic ability you have the better it gets.

Cortez

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Apr 8, 2002, 3:37:58 PM4/8/02
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Try: Filter> Artistic> Cutout

Play with the sliders for best results.


Ctk


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Robin McDonald

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Apr 8, 2002, 9:43:51 PM4/8/02
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The Buzz software plugin recommended above does a pretty good job. But tough
to predict sometimes. That cutout tip was pretty interesting. I either
forgot about that or never knew. There is a tutorial or two that will
probably pop up soon about using the watercolor filter combined with find
edges that can look nice. Also decent is the free Fantastic Machines paint
engine. http://www.fantasticmachines.com/. All of these can look good with
some images but are often disappointing. The most consistantly nice looking
"paint" plugin I have tried is Pyramid paint in the KPT Effects package. Its
also the most expensive. Also pretty nice is the paint cloners in paint
packages like Painter and Deep Paint but they require more judgement on your
part.

Robin

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Sally Beacham

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Apr 8, 2002, 10:18:23 PM4/8/02
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> The Buzz software plugin recommended above does a pretty good job. But
tough
> to predict sometimes. That cutout tip was pretty interesting. I either
> forgot about that or never knew. There is a tutorial or two that will
> probably pop up soon about using the watercolor filter combined with find
> edges that can look nice. Also decent is the free Fantastic Machines paint
> engine. http://www.fantasticmachines.com/. All of these can look good
with
> some images but are often disappointing. The most consistantly nice
looking
> "paint" plugin I have tried is Pyramid paint in the KPT Effects package.
Its
> also the most expensive. Also pretty nice is the paint cloners in paint
> packages like Painter and Deep Paint but they require more judgement on
your
> part.
>
> Robin
>
>

A subject near and dear to my heart.....

I've never been able to "get" Paint Engine, I don't know, I can't seem to
get a decent result out of it and the lack of documentation is totally
frustrating. But, it's freeware, as the wise man once said, "Whaddya want
for nuthin'?"

Pyramid Paint is great, but ultimately everything looks the same, too little
control.

Virtual Painter from Jasc is cheap, I'm on the fence about it's effects.
Some folks find them realistic, I don't.

I hear Propellor Paint Engine is terrific, unfortunately their site seems to
be down right now.

My personal favorite, and the price is right if you can get it, is the
Impressionist plugin from the old Image Composer included with FrontPage 98.
Find the CD, rip the plugin out, and throw everything else away.


--
Sally Beacham / www.dizteq.com
www.lvsonline.com / Filter Frenzy, Xara X
FilterMunky / www.psppower.com


auilani

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Apr 9, 2002, 11:19:11 AM4/9/02
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I have painter and deep paint, can someone explain how an existing photo is
used in both. I think they are great for original artwork, the media
brushes are phenominal, however how would one use those programs to
transform a photo into a painting.

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Smiling Triangle

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Apr 9, 2002, 2:59:43 PM4/9/02
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In article <PDDs8.16923$%A.14...@news1.west.cox.net>,
"auilani" <aui...@cox.net> wrote:

> I have painter and deep paint, can someone explain how an existing photo is
> used in both. I think they are great for original artwork, the media
> brushes are phenominal, however how would one use those programs to
> transform a photo into a painting.

Select an existing photo as Clone Source in Painter. Select Cloner
brushes, and play with the variants. "Spattery clone spray" and "flat
impasto" are fun ones to start with.

Regards,

Typpi

Estudivan

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Apr 10, 2002, 10:06:03 AM4/10/02
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As previously pointed out, you can use the cutout filter in Photoshop, or try
some of the others, watercolor etc. You might want to play with the saturation
a little and then also consider applying a brush texture after for a painted
effect.

Painter 7 is really great for creating paintings from photos using the cloning
feature. In Painter you can do chalk, oil, pastels or watercolor, with alot of
variations. Gives alot more control for painting than just photoshop alone.

Earl

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