Convert Photo to Oil painting

[Ben Theil]

Hello

The pictures I have are of very high resolution which I could print in
poster size. Instead of the photo, I want to convert and print it as a oil
paint. Using GIMP, how do I convert a digital photo into oil painting?

Any help appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

BT

[Josef G.]

Ben Theil wrote:

In Gimp 2: Filters -> Artistic -> Olify
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[kline]

"Josef G." <ns_g...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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Hi

To improve the effect try applying the Curves tool first to increase the
"depth" of the image.
Add Gaussian Blur. Create a Duplicate Layer and apply the Oilify Filter to
that and then adjust the Opacity level of this layer to suit. For a nice
finishing touch create another layer and add a canvas - Filters > Artistic >
Canvas.

Obviously play around until you find settings that work with the image, but
I've found that the above can create some nice pictures.

HTH

Kline

[kline]

"kline" <coma_e...@noospaamyahoo.com> wrote in message
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Also - the free phtoshop plug-in "Simplifier" can be a very good starting
tool for painting type effects.
http://photoshop.msk.ru/as/simplifier.html

You'll need Gimp 2.0.2 & the pspi plug-in
http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/gimp-pspi-1.0.3.zip (windows binary)

HTHT

Kline

[Jim Sabatke]

Two questions:

1. What do you mean by "increase the depth of the image?"
Do you cut off the high and low frequency colors?

2. For the canvas application. Do you duplicate the
oilified layer, or use a new layer with no image?

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