Oil Paint Filter Photoshop Not Working

[Mike Fowler]

Good day ... Went a to a new MacBook Pro not long ago ... info below. Loaded up the Adobe applications
that I have been using successfully on previously MacBook Pros as well as MacPros. After updating to
Photoshop 19.1.16 the application started acting buggy. This in terms of speed being much slower in various
ways and now the current issue is that I'm unable to use filters like oil paint as it returns a message saying
the Intel Iris Pro video needs to be updated. The OS is as current as offered for the laptop as are the drivers
and I sent a considerable amount of time trying to find a solution to this last night without any luck.

These onboard graphics processors from Intel, especially early ones, are just not as capable as an AMD Radeon or nVidia graphics card. It is possible recent OS updates or software updates may have made changes that do not allow these features, like Oil Paint, to work reliably so they are made unavailable.

Thanks for the post ... my question is why would Adobe have changed the code in a way that breaks it on while
a bit older a laptop ... but still widely used laptop? I get that speed increases are great things but I would be happy

But up until this last PhotoshopCC update everything was running properly and this was with another memory
demanding graphics app open that I switched back and forth from with ps. I use the oil paint and other graphic

All OS updates are the most current available and I've checked drives, emptied caches. purged etc ... and made
all the recommended changes as well as all the complete power restarts. Last night I spent 2 hours digging through
sites looking for driver updates I may have missed ... nothing. As well as looking at numerous sites that I found any
mention of issues with drivers or filters like Oil Paint and again nothing that made a difference. Most just kept pointing
back to the links above and others which again went over all the steps I tried many times with no fix.

So, all I can really track this to with any confidence is the latest release of Photoshop CC (version 19.1.6) which was
performing well until the current update was run and created a conflict somewhere. Again thanks for your input ... Ira

There are no video drivers beyond what Apple includes in the OS. This isn't Windows where you have to dig around to find some third-party software. Do make sure you have installed any firmware and OS updates, and try creating a brand-new user account for testing and run Photoshop there to see if that fixes the problem.

Interesting but I better not have a refurbished computer ... it was sold to me as brand new at brand new pricing
at an Apple store. I was very specific in asking for new. Anyhow I guess after meeting I guess I have to head back

Thanks Daniel ... I agree on the video cards but I had pretty close to the same laptop for years that worked without
issues like this. If anything it was less capable than this current laptop is supposed to be. Anyhow, I'll report back

Again ... laptop aside ... these filters and drivers worked fine prior to the most current Photoshop update install so,so whatever issues the Intel video may have it didn't impact app use before this.

I thought you bought it online. That is the mid-2015 model, but it was discontinued in June 2018 so if you got it new, it was just the older model without a touchbar. It will have Thunderbolt 2 and not USB 3.1 ports, and a card reader.

The Photoshop error is generic. You may just be running low on RAM. That integrated video can only use 1.5GB of system RAM, it doesn't have dedicated VRAM. You would be far better off getting one of the models with a discrete video card instead.

Thanks again folks for the input. It brought to light what's a problem for me in a number of ways. When I bought the laptop
it was in June .... and I had told them explicitly I want the most current laptop release but I didn't need that touchbar. So, the
laptop I bought should be outfitted exactly the same just not touchbar. Which the salesperson acknowledged and told me this
was what I wanted. My bad is I trusted them to have understood clearly what I wanted and as I'm finding out wasn't the case.

I've been on the phone with Apple on and off a number of times today about this. When I got to second tier support and explained
what was going on the rep said, "So you're having this problem with the AMD card?" ... to which I told him that the laptop had
the Intel Iris pro. Line went silent for a moment and he confirmed it wasn't a new model ... other than being "new" in the box it

So, I explained that after 3-4 hours of digging last night on all sorts of sites, trying the troubleshooting instructions numerous times and finding no sign of any updated drivers existing on Intel site or anywhere else. That it appears that the new photoshop and other applications that are graphic intensive won't work properly. Requiring me to go back to old software to do my graphics work and thats not acceptable.

I'm waiting on a call back from customer relations now and made clear that we need to work something out that gets me a laptop
that I can do my work on as expected. Not sure what they will offer to do but even if I have to pay a few hundred more to get the

Just really peeved that they pushed a discontinued model on me to get it off their shelves. I'm a many decades old Mac User and stupid me I thought that would earn me a little respect from them. Good old corporate bs ...

updating the driver I would have to use old versions of Photoshop and whatever other apps no longer will work.
Don't get me wrong ... you were right in I should have made sure it was equipped as I expected to be instead
of trusting a salesperson. So, if it took me spending some addition cash to get the proper machine I would.
Also, what's pretty lame is I apparently bought this a week or 2 prior to these "new" MacBooks being released.
Apple sales people should be required to inform customers of releases so close to the day of purchase. Sure.
they give you a couple weeks to swap it out but until Adobe discontinued the driver support at least I could

Btw ... sorry if I come off as irritated ... it's not directed at you. But the whole situation including my not taking
the time to check closer specs. All I can say that in over 2 decades nothing like this has ever happened whether
I researched everything or depending on my Apple rep.

Just an update but after a number of hours on the phone with Apple at various levels they
were good enough to offer me the option of upgrading my Mac Book for whatever the price
difference was from the previous old model. So, I ended up going with a 2018 i9 model that

In the video, Samed starts by claiming that this technique can be achieved in under five minutes. But before we get into the actual editing, it is explained that Photoshop got rid of the oil paint filter in some versions, so you may have to go about getting to the filter differently. Also explained is the difference between good and bad oil filter styles. Not all are equal.

If anyone has used filters before you know they can be applied in an overzealous way. For me, less is more. So when Samed is turning various features of the filter off, it makes me very happy. I have seen too many bad oil filter images; restraint is best. As the tutorial chugs along, Samed is true to his word, and the technique only takes a short amount of time. But with the subtle changes, it works far better than most of the other oil filter techniques that I have seen online. I especially loved the way he managed to retain detail in the image after using the filter.

This tutorial is great for beginners and even intermediate Photoshop artists who want to get the painterly or even cartoony feel to their work. There are lots of ways to get this effect, but I think this has to be the shortest and most efficient way I have seen yet.

Clinton Lofthouse is an Advertising/Entertainment photographer, creative artworker and Photoshop expert from the U.K. Specializing in composite and photomanipulation imagery.
When he is not chained to his desktop PC editing, Clinton likes to put on Synthwave music, wear Aviator sunglasses and pretend to be in an 80s movie.

Learn how to use Photoshop's Oil Paint filter to turn photos into beautiful and stunning paintings. Discover how the Oil Paint filter's brush and lighting options affect different aspects of the painting effect, and how to combine two Oil Paint filters on the same image! A step-by-step tutorial.

The Oil Paint filter in Photoshop can turn any photo into what looks like an oil painted masterpiece. In this tutorial, you'll learn how to use it create an oil painting effect, even if (like me) you have no painting skills at all.

The Oil Paint filter first appeared way back in Photoshop CS6 but then disappeared in Photoshop CC, only to reappear again in CC 2015. Then in Photoshop 2022, the Oil Paint filter received a performance upgrade, making it faster when working on larger images.

Before applying the Oil Paint filter, first convert the layer into a smart object. This will let you apply Oil Paint as a smart filter which will keep the filter settings editable in case you want to go back and make changes.

You can then inspect that part of the image in the preview window at the 100 percent zoom level, while still having the document zoomed out far enough to see how the oil paint effect looks on your entire image.

Larger Scale values tend to work better with high resolution images. But all of these sliders will give you different results depending on the size of your image. So if I was working with a smaller image, I would need to dial back the settings to get a similar effect.

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