from a photo to painting.

[Peter]

I'm trying to understand how to make a picture go from a normal photo to a
type of painting.

I once saw a picture in a magazine where they took a picture of a woman's
face and transformed it so it looks like a painting but didn't lose the
actual quality.

It was almost like they colored the other picture in 16 colors as opposed
to millions, but kept the same quality.

Am I explaining this right?

Thanks

[LMO]

Check out:
http://www.virtualpainter5.com/
I have used it through several upgrades. Very easy to use as astand alone or
a plug-in (I use the PS plugin). You can doenload a trial to check it out.
And no, I jhave no connection to it...just really like it!

--
LMO
21st Century Schizoid Man
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[Mike Hyndman]

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Peter,

It sounds like it was "posterized", go to Image>Adjustments>Posterize and
play around with the number of levels.

MH

[Peter]

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The picture I'm "sort" of referring to is at this website:

http://www.fossmfg.com/

I have NO connection at all and there are no pop-ups. I just like the
picture of the house on the right side and believe this isn't a normal
photograph that was "fixed up".

The picture I saw in a magazine one time was unbelievable and I wished I
read up on it.

[Owen Ransen]

On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 18:25:49 -0500, Peter <pri...@private.com> wrote:

>The picture I'm "sort" of referring to is at this website:
>http://www.fossmfg.com/
>I have NO connection at all and there are no pop-ups. I just like the
>picture of the house on the right side and believe this isn't a normal
>photograph that was "fixed up".

This looks very very much like a 3D rendering rather than
a retouched photo.

http://www.ransen.com/

[Tom Tilney]

I couldn't find a link that has shown me exactly what you mean but you might
want to check out Corel's Painter. I've worked with this program, along
with Photoshop and Illustrator for over 10 years, and each has it's own
advantages. One very big advantage is Painter's brush engine. It gives you
a very real painterly look. Some of these brushes look like painting with
heavy oil. It's worth checking out. They have a free download for a full
version of PainterIX for a thirty day trial.

Tom

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