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kilroy

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Mar 31, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/31/98
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Hi, can anyone please tell me where i can find a filter to convert photos
into oil paintings

kilroy

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Scott Smith

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Mar 31, 1998, 3:00:00 AM3/31/98
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On Tue, 31 Mar 1998 18:15:46 +0200, "kilroy" <exec...@icon.co.za> wrote:

>Hi, can anyone please tell me where i can find a filter to convert photos
>into oil paintings


Have you tried the Photoshop Artistic filter 'Fresco'? It does a decent
job of creating oil painting like effects, IMO.

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Robbyn

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Apr 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/1/98
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>Have you tried the Photoshop Artistic filter 'Fresco'? It does a decent
>job of creating oil painting like effects, IMO.

O-kay - I just tried this and it does create an interesting effect (thanks
for the tip!)

But I got better results (for MY eye - you'll have to play around to get the
most satisfying results for YOUR eye) when I then clicked Filter -> Fade and
set the values in the dialogue box to Color Burn at about 63%.

This is going to be fun to play with!

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Lawrence Dillard

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Apr 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/1/98
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In PhotoShop WOW book there is several good oil painting filters. There is
a Van Gogh and several others. Try them out...


be...@met.co.nz

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Apr 2, 1998, 3:00:00 AM4/2/98
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> >Hi, can anyone please tell me where i can find a filter to convert photos
> >into oil paintings
>

> Have you tried the Photoshop Artistic filter 'Fresco'? It does a decent
> job of creating oil painting like effects, IMO.

Check out the March/April issue (#33) of Design Graphics magazine.
It has an article on Ken Milburn, and his techniques for converting low-res
digital photos into high-res paintings.

Basically, the trick is to select different parts of the painting (e.g. sky,
foreground) and apply different Artistic and Brushstroke filters to these
areas, often using different filters on separate layers then experimenting
with blending layers. He recommends posterizing before filtering
(Watercolor & Underpainting seem to crop up a lot), and I'd add that
following these up with judicious use of the Lighting Effects filter can
give a good textured 'impasto' effect.

The PS4 Wow book also has a good section on 'Imitating Paint and
Canvas', where it recommends the Dry Brush filter as one of the steps.

The gist of all this is that, while Photoshop's Artistic filters can often
give a respectable imitation of various painterly styles, the best results
are obtained by being sensitive to the nature of the original photo and
using its strengths to guide your explorations.


Cheers,

Tom Beard

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