OIl painting effect
marty
this?
Thanks
Marty
David Macdonald
> How can I make my picture look like an oil painting. Is there a plug-in for
> this?
>
plug in already.
Try Effects > Fancy > Alchemy.
In the Alchemy dialogue take a look under Saved Styles.
ISTR there are two or three oil effects.
Use these as a basis and then fiddle with the settings
to fine tune.
David Mac
LADENE BEAN
directory.
All of these were created in Corel Photopaint 8 and CorelDraw 8. I did
not use a plug-in. You can get these effects by using the brush tool,
(experiment with the nubs - shape of the brush/size etc. the textures
feature, and lots of time)' the air brush tool, again experiment with
the nubs. The NUBs/BRUSH SHAPE is the clue. And don't hesitate to take
a tutorial again, only start with something of your own to begin with.
I took all of the tutorials in the manual, then on-line. Then started
to experiment. The first one I did is obvious. The last one is equally
obvious. Take the lesson that was in the Magazine, it was about
watercolor. I think October or so 1999. That was an awesome lesson and
went along way toward solidifying my brush control. I had not
considered water before. This became my first step in a lot of cases.
This list became another valuable asset. I read all listings. The
problem may not be applicable now, but - the fix may come in handy
somewhere along the line. And, search the archives. You'd be surprised
how much information is contained there.
I am a traditional artisan that allergies/disability drove from
traditional media. I was lucky enough to find Corel, and through
attention to the wonderful information provided by their tutorials, the
results are what you see. Almost all of them are a result of a lesson
somewhere on line or the manuals.
The best compliment I received was from an ADOBE PHOTOSHOP user that
asked if I had manipulated a photo! HA! That meant I had chosen the
correct program and am achieving my goal, finding replacement for
traditional media.
If you look at "Even at the mercy" you will note that the charcoal/conte
crayon effect is perfect, and the water effect is too (for me), this
too, was experimentation. This was a first attempt by my niece, while
she took a tutorial, the one about the tools. "By the Grace" started to
be a movie tutorial, but the head was all wrong (I was trying to make
dreadlocks and missed) so I turned it upside down trying to fix it, took
the nose and eyes out, and it looked like a flower I had seen so . . .
after that the daisy in Love Is was easier.
If you want to produce near traditional output, I would suggest spending
a lot of time learning the tools intimately, stretch what you think they
can do and push the envelope of what you expect. It gets easier. Don't
neglect to take the tutorials over and over and over.
I LOVE COREL!
P.S.: Another thing, go to the "Presets", i.e. - fill tool, and try to
duplicate the effect. Look at their settings, change them, when you
leave they go back to the default, but while you are experimenting,
notice the way the changes effect the way it looks, and don't forget to
try all the textures with everything. And flatten, then mask just a
section, and apply a different "preset/texture" and see the difference.
In a relatively short period of time, it comes together.
marty wrote:
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> How can I make my picture look like an oil painting. Is there a plug-in for
> this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marty
LADENE BEAN
"Sprayer tool". This was like my second thing on Corel.
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make smoke lesson in the archives works great for fog. The archives of
the Corel Magazine are great and chocked full of information and tips
that will help you achieve your goal - without the cheat of a plug-in.