Converting a photgraph to a "painting"

[digi...@my-deja.com]

Can anyone suggest which (reasonably priced) photoediting package might
be the best for applying a "painting" effect to photographs. I have a
few artistic figure study photos (color) that I would like to "convert"
into paintings...at least that's what the model would like for me to
do. In particular I am looking for either a watercolor palatte or an
impressionistic (AKA Monet) palatte. Any suggestions would be helpful.
I am already running Corel PhotoPaint 8.0, but I don't think I have all
of the options loaded.
Regards,
Dick M.

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Before you buy.

[Billy]

Ulead's Photo Impact 5.0 will do this. It has Watercolor, Charcoal,
Colored Pen, and Oil Painting options.

It's also pretty cheap, 80 bucks for the full version (manuals, etc.)

http://www.ulead.com/pi/runme.htm

They have a trial version as well.

[Scott4ASG]

How are you going to print out your painting? I have the tools to do all the
effects, but printing on glossy paper doesn't do it justice.

[BHilton665]

>From: scot...@aol.com (Scott4ASG)

>How are you going to print out your painting? I have the tools to do all the
>effects, but printing on glossy paper doesn't do it justice.

Watercolor paper looks good, especially some of the Somerset stuff for Epson
inkjets.

For a look at alternate papers for inkjets try this link ... www.tssphoto.com/

[Mike]

In my limited experience, I've found nearly all editing programs can do this
to some degree. Even "freeware" Ifranview can do it. For better control, you
can use Photoshop LE. That's given away free with some hardware (I bought
it myself). If you have MS Office, MS Photoeditor comes with it (you might
have to look for it to install it). It can do it, too.

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[Bert]

No need to buy a bigger all-in-one photo editor. Without a doubt, the best
software dedicated just for this is "Professor Franklin's Photo Artist". It
gives you MANY options (ie- oils, watercolor, charcoal, etc) for many styles
of painting as well. And all you need to do is set your options and
literally move your mouse over the painting in brush strokes to achieve
whatever effect you want.

Best of all it costs only about $29 at Best Buy. The publisher is
Streetwise Software. To me, it sounds like this software will fill your
need nicely, and at a very reasonable cost.

[stevenp]

The ultimate paint synthesiser is "studio artist" from synthetik
softwate (http://www.synthetik.com). Literally thousands of different
paint/draw styles. Sit back and watch it do it's stuff. Oh yeah, a few
requirements.......at least 100megs of ram and a well set up machine.
It will only runs on a mac. Hope this helps,
steve

[Joe Kennedy]

camerauser <nos...@nope.com> wrote in message
news:38E960AB...@nope.com...
> I use fantastic machines paint engine, a plug in for paintshop pro or
> photoshop, ulead photoimpact also can use it. Fantastic machines paint
> engine is Free. of course if you don't have a graphics software then it
> won't help.
> http://www.fantasicmachines.com
>

Thanx for the great tip. For those who want to download this plug in the url
is www.fantasticmachines.com.

A "t" was missing in the original post.

[camerauser]

I use fantastic machines paint engine, a plug in for paintshop pro or
photoshop, ulead photoimpact also can use it. Fantastic machines paint
engine is Free. of course if you don't have a graphics software then it
won't help.
http://www.fantasicmachines.com

digi...@my-deja.com wrote:

[Joe Carr]

You have this feature in Corel PhotoPaint already. From the menu, select:
Effects/Artistic/Impressionist - you can even tune the "scatter" of the
effect.

--
Cheers,
Joe

http://JoeTourist.net

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[slp...@my-deja.com]

In article <20000403181207...@ng-ch1.aol.com>,

scot...@aol.com (Scott4ASG) wrote:
> How are you going to print out your painting? I have the tools to do
all the
> effects, but printing on glossy paper doesn't do it justice.
>

You might want to try coated artists' canvas. It looks very nice. You
can usually find it at computer/discount stores in packages of 5 or 10
sheets. Be sure to print on the shiny coated side--ink won't stick to
the plain canvas side.

[LKRZ]

>You might want to try coated artists' canvas. It looks very nice. You
>can usually find it at computer/discount stores in packages of 5 or 10
>sheets. Be sure to print on the shiny coated side--ink won't stick to
>the plain canvas side.
>

There are treated canvases where you can print on the canvas. If you're getting
``arty'' check out art papers.
Two good sources are:
www.digitalartsupply.com
and
www.tssphoto.com

Digital art supply has some nice sample packages that let you try a variety of
papers/canvases inexpensively.

[digi...@my-deja.com]

In article <8cati0$p2n$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,
digi...@my-deja.com wrote:

> Can anyone suggest which (reasonably priced) photoediting package
might
> be the best for applying a "painting" effect to photographs. I have a
> few artistic figure study photos (color) that I would like to
"convert" into paintings...

> Regards,
> Dick M.

Thanks for everyones' responses to my question. I guess PhotoPaint DID
have this effect afterall. DUHHHH!

Dick