Step 1: Convert the Background Layer to a Smart Object
There are two ways to apply any filter to a layer, including the oil paint filter. The first of these is a normal, static filter, which means that by applying the filter we will make permanent, irreversible changes to the pixels of the layer.
Another way is to apply the filter as a smart filter, which will save the filter settings and make it fully editable later (this method is called Non-Destructive and it is always better, because the filter settings can be changed and even temporarily disabled or removed ).
So, open the original photo in Photoshop, open (if not open) layers panel, our photo is now the background layer, right-click on the background layer and select the line "Convert to Smart Object" (Convert to Smart Object). As a result, we have a smart object from the background layer, the icon located in the lower right corner of the layer thumbnail tells us about this:
The background layer has been converted to a smart object.
Step 2: Selecting the "Oil Paint..." Filter (Oil Paint...)
It starts in the usual way. through the main menu tab Filter --> Styling --> Oil Paint (Filter --> Stylize --> Oil Paint).
Note. For some reason, in my assembly of Photoshop, the filter is not translated, the name and interface are still in English.
This will open the filter dialog box. In Photoshop CS6, the dialog took up the entire screen, but now in the CC version, the window is much smaller and fits nicely into the rest of the interface. At the very top there is a preview window, and below it are various options for controlling the oil paint effect, all of which we will now consider:
Oil Paint... Filter Dialog Box
Preview window
The filter provides the ability to view its action in real time right in the document, but this is not always convenient, for example, if the source image is large and does not fit on the monitor at 100% scale.
Fortunately, the preview window at the top of the filter dialog box gives us an easy way to view and analyze sections of an image at 100% scale. Of course, only a small part of the image will fit in the preview, but you can easily navigate to the desired areas by simply clicking on that place in the document. which you want to watch.
When you hover your mouse cursor over the image, you will see that the cursor has changed to a small square that represents the borders of the preview window. Just click on the place you want to see you want to see. Here I clicked on the area between the yellow and pink flower buds:
Preview in the filter window at 100% scale.
Directly below the preview window is the current zoom level indicator, which is set to 100% by default. Use the plus and minus icons to change the display scale.
And finally, the "Preview" option to the right of the window enables/disables preview within the document itself. whether or not to see that we are previewing the oil painting effect inside the image itself. You can also turn on / off the preview in the document with the P key.
Brush Options
The filter options in the dialog box are divided into two main parts. The first contains the brush settings options: Stylization (Stylization), Purity (Cleanliness), Scale (Scale) and Bristle Detail (Bristle Detail). We use these settings to adjust various aspects of the strokes.
Below the brush options are the lighting options that set the direction of the light source as well as the overall contrast of the effect.
We'll start by looking at the brush options. But before we continue, make sure that the option "Lighting" (Lighting) is enabled (the checkbox is ticked). The reason is that without lighting effects, we won't be able to see our strokes of oil paint. Also, with the lighting option turned on, increase the value of the Shine parameter, which adjusts the stroke contrast so that you can clearly see the brush strokes in the image. The value should not be too large, 2.0 is fine. However, this is only needed now to make it easier to learn how the brush options work. We'll take a closer look at the lighting settings later, but for now let's get back to the brush options.
Stylization
The first brush parameter is Stylization. It sets the style of the brush strokes, ranging from rough smudging at the lowest setting to very smooth motion at the highest settings. Here's what the document will look like if you drag the styling slider to the left, down to its lowest value (0.1). As you can see, the minimum Stylization value makes the strokes rounded, roughly outlined, the picture is given a detailed look:
Filter "Oil paint with a minimum value of the parameter" Stylization "(Stylization)
As the Stylize value is increased, the strokes become smoother and longer. And if you move the slider all the way to the right to a maximum value of 10, the document will look like this:
An effect using the maximum Styling value.
For my image, I will choose something in between, I think a value of 4 will do. The value, of course, depends on the original image.
Here's what my drawing looks like with value 4:
An effect with a Styling value of 4
Cleanliness
The second brush setting is Cleanliness. She's in control length brush strokes, ranging from short and choppy at low settings to long, stringy strokes at high settings. Short strokes make the painting more textured and detailed, while long strokes give it a less detailed, smoother look.
Here's what the document looks like with the "Purity" slider dragged to the left
The effect obtained with the "Purity" slider set to 0.
And this is the view of the document at the maximum value of "Purity":
Painting with "Clarity" set to 10.
I think long, blurry strokes work best for this image, but at maximum Purity, they are too long. I would like to bring back a little more detail, so I will reduce the setting value to 7. Another value might work better for your image.
Scale
So we've learned that the Stylization setting controls the smoothness of strokes, while Cleanliness controls their length. The third setting, Scale, controls the size (or thickness) of the brush itself. Use low scale values for thin, narrow brushes, or higher values for larger, thicker brushes.
I lower the "Scale" value down to its minimum value (0.1). At the lowest level, the strokes look like they were painted with a very thin brush. Notice also that because thin brushes tend to use less paint, we don't see a lot of paint relief on the canvas:
The effect at the lowest "Scale" value.
Now let's see what happens if we drag the slider to the opposite end, increasing the scale to the maximum value (10). The strokes are much thicker, as if using a large brush. And, since I used a larger brush, the relief from the strokes on the canvas is more pronounced compared to the thin brush we used earlier:
The effect at the maximum "Scale" value.
Bristle Detail
The fourth brush setting controls the grooves left by the brush bristles. At lower values, the grooves are subtle and soft, becoming deeper and more pronounced as the setting value is increased.
I will be lowering the Bristle Details value to its minimum value (zero). To better see the effect, I've zoomed in on a portion of the image to 200%:
Result with Bristle Detail set to zero.
Let's increase the parameter to a maximum value of 10. The grooves become much stronger and more obvious:
Effect with Bristle Detail set to 10.
Of course, the maximum and minimum values of the above settings are rarely used in practice. I use the following settings for my image:
- Stylization - 4
- Cleanliness - 7
- Scale - 7
- Bristle Detail - 5
Here's what my picture looks like with the filter options listed above:
Intermediate result.
Lighting Options
Under the brush options is a section with lighting settings. Although there are only two of them ("Corner" and "Shine"), they play a crucial role in shaping the effect of converting a photo into an oil painting. Before we start setting the lighting parameters, we must first make sure that the box to the left of the word "Lighting" (Lighting) is checked.
Angle
This setting controls the direction of light falling on the painting, which affects the direction of shadows and highlights created by strokes of oil paint. To change the direction, click position the mouse cursor inside the circle, hold the cursor and move it to rotate the disk. In addition, you can manually enter the numbers that define the angle in the input field. For example, an angle value of 90° corresponds to the direction vertically from above, a value of 180° - the light comes from the left.
In my case, it feels like the image itself has a light source coming from the top left corner, so I'll set the value to something like 135°:
Pressing the left mouse button and moving the cursor inside the circle.
For comparison, here's what this picture originally looked like before changing the lighting angle, back, with the light coming from the bottom right corner. Pay attention to shadows and highlights:
An oil painting effect with light coming from the lower right corner.
And here is what it looks like after rotating towards the top left corner. At the bottom, the white and yellow flowers have lost some relief detail after the lighting change, while others, such as the yellow flower near the center, are now shown in more detail:
The same picture after moving the light source to the upper left corner.
Shine
And finally, the "Shine" option controls the brightness of the light source, which affects the intensity of shadows and highlights (streaks of paint, not the actual image). Setting "Shine" to its lowest value, zero, essentially turns the light source off, giving the effect an almost flat appearance (or rather, no effect).
Increasing the value to the maximum, ten, creates overly strong, unnatural shadows and highlights. In most cases, a fairly low value works best, something like 0.5 - 4. Here I've set the "Shine" value to 2:
The average value of "Glitter".
Disabling lighting options
Now that we've covered the lighting options and their importance to the overall appearance of strokes, why don't we turn the lighting off? Simply put, disable to see brushstrokes! Why don't you want to see smears? Well, with the strokes visible, we get the embossed effect created by the shadows and highlights from the relief of the paint on the canvas. Turning off the lights smoothes the image, which gives us a very clean, soft and smooth result.
To turn off the lighting, simply uncheck the option of the same name (in the English interface - Lighting). This will not completely disable the effect created by the oil paint filter, but will give the following result:
Filter operation when the lighting option is off.
Finally, when you're all set, click OK to apply the filter action and close the dialog box.
oil paint filter in Photoshop SS! Learn, step by step, how an artist's oil filter brush and lighting options make it easy to turn any photo into an oil masterpiece!
written by Steve Patterson. The oil paint filter was first introduced as an official filter in Photoshop CS6. But for some reason it disappeared in the initial release of Photoshop CC. Thankfully, as of the November 2015 Creative Cloud update, Oil Paint Filter is back! And while it's essentially the same filter as in CS6 (which isn't a bad thing), the CC version now has a much smaller, less intimidating dialog box that makes it easier to use than ever.
Now I am the first to admit that I am not an artist. And if you see anything that I tried to draw, you will be the second person to admit that I am not an artist. But thanks to Photoshop and its oil filter, I don't have to be! I can still pretend that I'm the next Vincent van Gogh without any real proof. And while the oil painting photoshop effect may not fool professional art dealers or ever hang on a gallery wall, turning one of your photos into an oil painting is still a lot of fun and the results can look very impressive.
Since the Oil Paint filter was recently added to Photoshop CC, you'll want to make sure your copy is up to date before you continue, otherwise the filter might not be available.
here's the image I'll be using, which I downloaded from Work:
Original image.
and this is how it will look after applying the oil filter:
end effect. How To Use Oil Filter
Step 1: Convert The Background Layer Into A Smart Object
There are two ways we can apply the Oil Paint Filter to our image. One is like static filter, which means we will be making permanent changes to the pixels in the image. Other - Smart Filter which keeps the filter settings non-destructive and fully editable. It's always best to work non-destructively in Photoshop, so let's use the Oil Paint filter as a smart filter. This way we can easily go back and try different settings until we get an effect that looks just right.
Layers panel that displays the photo on the background layer. in order to apply the oil paint filter as a smart filter, we need to apply it not to the normal layer but to Smart Object, which means we first need to convert our background layer into a smart object. To do this, click on the small menu icon in the top right corner of the layers panel:
Click the layers panel menu icon. select convert to smart object from the menu that appears:
Selecting the "Convert to Smart Object" command. it doesn't look like anything has happened to the image, but if we look again in the layers panel, we see a small smart object icon in the lower right corner of the layer sketch. This lets us know that the layer has been successfully converted to a Smart Object:
Layers panel with smart object icon. Step 2: Choose An Oil Paint Filter
Now that our layer has been converted to a smart object, we are ready to apply the oil paint filter. Climb up filter menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, select stylization and select Butter:
Go to Filter > Stylize > Oil Paint. The Oil Paint Filter dialog box will open. In Photoshop CS6, the dialog took up the entire screen, but now in Photoshop CC, it's much smaller and fits in nicely with the rest of the interface. At the very top we have the preview window, and below it are various oil painting effect control options, all of which we'll take a look at in a moment:
The New Oil Paint Filter dialog box in Photoshop CC. Preview Window
Even though Photoshop gives us a preview of the oil painting effect inside the image itself, most images these days are too big to fit entirely on the screen at their actual size. This forces us to view them at a level less than 100% zoom, which means we don't see all the pixels in the image, which means we don't see a really accurate representation of what the image looks like.
Fortunately, preview window at the top of the Oil Paint Filter dialog box gives us an easy way to view and inspect different areas of the image at that all important 100% zoom level. Only a small section of the image can fit in the preview window, but you can easily move to another area by simply clicking on the spot you want to check.
when moving the mouse hovering over the image, you will see the cursor change a little area A that represents the bounds of the preview window. Just click on the place you want to explore. Here, I click on one of the yellow flowers:
Clicking on another section of the image. the place you clicked is what you will see in the preview window:
The preview window now shows the area where I clicked. If you look directly below the preview window, you will see the current scale, established 100% default. you can use a plus and minus icons on either side of the scale to change it, but in general, you'll want to leave it at 100% for the most accurate look:
The current zoom level of the preview window, plus and minus icons to change it. finally, preview the option to the right of the window controls whether we see a preview of the oil painting effect in the image itself (as opposed to the preview window in the dialog box). In most cases, you'll want to make sure it's selected (checked) so you see a live preview of the image, but if at any time you want to see the original image again for comparison, just uncheck the preview. You can quickly turn the preview on and off by clicking on a letter P on keyboard:
Preview option. Brush Options
Now that we know what the oil painting effect will look like, let's learn how to actually create one. The options in the dialog box are divided into two main sections. First, we have brushes options (stylization, purity, scale, and bristle detail) that we use to adjust various aspects of the brush strokes. Below Brush Options lighting parameters (angle and brilliance) that control the direction of the light source as well as the overall contrast effect.
We'll start by looking at brush options. But before we do that, for the purposes of this tutorial, make sure that lighting option enabled (enabled). The reason is that without lighting effects we won't be able to see our brush strokes, which will let us know how the brush settings work a bit tricky. Also, with lighting options turned on, increase shine value (which controls the contrast of the effect) so that you can clearly see the brush strokes in the image. You don't need to crank it too high. I'll set mine to about 2.0. Again, this is just to make it easier for us to learn how the brush options work. We'll come back to lighting options later:
Make sure the lighting is checked, then increase the shine to make the brush strokes more visible. stylization
first version of the brush stylization. He controls style of the brush strokes starting from the stroke of the look at the lowest setting a very smooth stroke at the highest setting. If you drag the styling slider to the left to the lowest value (0.1):
Dragging the styling slider to the lowest level. This will look like your image has been painted with a brush stroke on the canvas, giving it a rough and detailed look:
An effect using the lowest styling value. As you increase the Styling value, dragging the slider to the right will begin to smooth out the brush strokes. And if you drag the slider to the right to the maximum value of 10:
Increasing styling to its maximum value. you create the smoothest strokes:
An effect using the highest styling value. for my image, I think something in between works better. I'll go with a value of 4. You may find that a different value works better for your image, but don't worry about getting it perfect. You will most likely want to go back and re-adjust things after setting other options, as they all work together to create the overall effect:
Set styling value 4. here's what my brush strokes look like so far. With a more average Styling value, the strokes have a nice combination of smoothness and detail:
Styling effect value 4. purity
second brush option purity. He controls length of the brush strokes, ranging from short and intermittent at the lowest setting to long and fluid at the highest. Short brush strokes give the painting more texture and detail, while long brush strokes give a less detailed and clean look.
I'll drag the purity slider to the left to its lowest value (0):
Dragging the purity slider to its lowest value. This gives me the shortest possible brush strokes:
Effect with purity up to 0. If I drag the purity slider all the way to the right up to the maximum value of 10:
Increasing purity to its maximum value. I get long, fluid strokes, resulting in a much cleaner, less detailed effect:
Painting with purity set to 10. for this image, I think long, fluid strokes work better, but at maximum purity, they are too long. I'd like to bring back a little more detail, so I'll lower the value down to around 7. Again, another value might work better for your image:
Setting the purity value 7. here is what the result looks like. It's important to keep in mind that all the options in the oil paint filter dialog box work together to create the look we see, so this result isn't just what we get by, say, setting the Clarity to 7. Clarity only controls one aspect of the painting. (the length of the brush strokes), but these are all combined options that create the overall effect:
Lowering the purity value to 7 shortens the brush strokes, bringing back detail. scale
So far, we've learned that styling controls the smoothness of brush strokes while cleanliness controls their length. The third option scale, control at the rate of or thickness the brush itself. Use low scale values for thin, thin brushes or higher values for larger, thicker brushes.
I will reduce the scale value to the minimum value (0.1):
Dragging the zoom slider to the left. on the lowest setting, the strokes look like they were drawn with a very thin, thin brush. Notice also that since thinner brushes tend to use less paint, we see a thin shore of paint on the canvas:
Effect at the lowest scale value. if you drag the slider to the opposite end, zooming in to the maximum value (10):
Dragging the zoom slider to the right. now the brush strokes are much thicker, as if using a larger brush. And, since large brushes tend to use more paint, a higher scale value creates what looks like thicker balls of paint on the canvas, as opposed to the thin layer we saw earlier:
The effect at the maximum value of the scale. I like the look of the big brushes for this image, so I'll keep my scale value quite high by lowering it from 10 to 7:
Scale setting 7. here is the result:
The effect after toning the scale value. Bristle Detail
fourth brush option Bristle Detail. He controls groove force created in the paint on the hair in the brush. At lower values, the grooves appear light and soft, becoming stronger and more pronounced as the value is increased.
I'll lower the bristle detail down to the minimum setting (0):
Dragging the Bristle Detail slider to the left. To make it easier to see the effect, I'll zoom in to 200%. At the lowest setting, there is very little detail in the way of the bristles:
Result with bristle detail set to 0. but if I increase the option to max value 10:
Drag the bristle detail slider to the right. the grooves will be much stronger and more obvious:
Bristle effect detailed set to 10. I'll split the difference and set my bristle detail value to 5:
Installing Bristle Detail 5. Here's what my oil painting effect looks like after setting all four brush options:
effect so far. Lighting Options
below brush options lighting parameters. Even though there are only two of them (angle and gloss), they play an important role in how the overall effect appears. Before we can set the lighting options, we first need to enable them, making sure that checkbox to the left of the word "lighting" is selected. We'll look at why you might want to turn off the lights after a few minutes:
Check the box to turn lighting options on or off. injection
the first of the lighting options, injection, control direction a light source in a painting that affects the direction of the shadows and highlights created by the paint. To change it, just click and drag inside the circle to rotate the watch face. In my case, the image itself has a light source that seems to be coming from the top left corner, so I'll rotate the corner to match it as closely as I can. Something around 135° should work:
Click and drag inside the circle to change the angle value. For comparison, here's what the painting originally looked like before changing the lighting angle, with the light coming from the lower right corner. Watch out for shadows and highlights:
An oil painting effect with light coming from the lower right corner. here's what it looks like after turning the corner to the top left. Some areas, such as the white and yellow flowers at the bottom, appear to have lost detail after the lighting change, while others (such as the yellow flower in the center) now show more detail:
The same oil painting after moving the light source to the top left corner. shine
finally, glitter controls intensity a light source that affects the intensity of shadows and highlights (paints, not the real image). Setting Shine to its lowest value of 0 essentially turns off the light source, giving the effect a very flat look, while cranking it up to its maximum value of 10 usually creates shadows and overly strong highlights. In most cases, a reasonably low gloss value works best.
If I set Shine to a very low value, something like 0.5:
Drag the slider to the left for a low gloss value. we can see that the shadows and highlights in the paint look very soft and subtle:
Low gloss values create soft shadows and highlights. If I increase the gloss value to the middle (5):
Increasing the gloss value. The intensity of the light source is increased, creating much stronger highlights and shadows:
Higher gloss values provide more intense illumination. For this image, I'll set my gloss value to around 2.5, which adds a good amount of detail without making things look too harsh:
Shine setting 2.5. here is the result:
The effect after reducing the gloss value. Disabling Lighting Options
Now that we've covered lighting options and how important they are to the overall appearance of brush strokes, why would you want to turn lighting off? Quite simply, you would turn it off when you don't want to see brush strokes! Why don't you want to see brush strokes? Well, with the brush strokes visible, we get the embossed effect created by the shadows and highlights, with the paint looking like it's been layered on top of the canvas. Turning off the lighting evens out the image, giving you a very clean, soft and smooth result.
to turn off lighting, just uncheck main lighting option. It does not hide the entire effect created by the oil paint filter. It only turns off the lights:
Turn off lighting options. As soon as you turn the lighting, your image will appear very soft and even. For comparison, here is the effect with the lights on:
The effect with brush strokes is visible. and here's what it looks like with the lights off. It still looks like a painting because much of the detail in the original image has been smoothed out. However, without the shading and highlight detail from the brush strokes, we get a much cleaner looking effect. You can go back to the brush options and change stylization and purity values if you turned off the lighting to adjust the smoothness of the effect. In this case, I increased the styling value from 4 to 6:
Effect with lights off. Applying Oil Paint Filter
I'll turn the lighting options back on and set the styling value back to 4. When you're happy with how the oil painting effect looks, click OK in the upper right corner of the dialog box to close it and apply the settings:
Click OK to apply the oil paint filter. here is my final result:
The final effect of oil painting. Re-Editing Oil Painting Smart Filter
Back before we applied the oil paint filter, we first converted the background layer into a smart object. This allowed the filter to be applied as a smart filter. If we look again in the Layers panel, we can see the oil paint filter listed as a smart filter below the image.
The main advantage of smart filters is that they remain fully editable. If you need to make additional changes to your filter settings, simply double click the icon directly to the name "Oil". Photoshop will re-open the Oil Paint Filter dialog where you can make any changes you need:
Double-click the oil paint smart filter at any time to change its settings. and there we have it! Here's how to use the brush and lighting options in the Oil Paint Filter to easily turn any photo into an oil painting with Photoshop CC! Check out our Effects Section for more Photoshop effects tutorials! And don't forget, all of our Photoshop tutorials are ready to go.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to create an oil painting effect in Photoshop. I will try to explain everything in as much detail as possible so that even beginners who have opened the program for the first time can cope.
The picture above shows the effect we will be creating in this tutorial. If you want to get a more advanced result, as in the screenshot below, then I suggest you try my action.
For work, we need a stock photo. The picture from the lesson is paid, but you can download the archive with alternatives or take your own photo.
Document preparation
Step 1
First, open the photo with which we will work. Let's move on File-Open(File - Open), find the desired file on the computer and click on the Open button. Next, check the document settings:
- Photo must be in RGB mode, 8 bits/channel(bit/channel). To check, go to the menu Image-Mode(Image - Mode).
- To obtain a high-quality result, it is better to take the image size within 2000-3500 pixels in width/height. To check, go Image - Image Size(Image - Image Size).
- The photo should be the background layer. If this is not the case, go Layer - New - Background from Layer(Layer - New - Background from layer).
Step 2
If you changed the size of the document in the previous step, then on the panel Window-History(Window - History) at the bottom, click on the button in the form of a camera to create a new picture. Then click on the empty cell to the left of the created snapshot to define a new source for the archive brush.
Step 1
Now let's go directly to creating the effect. Adding a new layer Layer - New - Layer(Layer - New - Layer) and name it "Large Details".
Step 2
Activate Art History Brush Tool(Y) (Archival art brush). On the top panel, set area(Diameter) by 500px, tolerance(Tolerance) - by 0 pixels and style(Style) - on Tight Long(compressed long). Then we right-click on the working canvas, in the menu that opens, select a soft brush, set size(Size) by 20 pixels and paint over the entire image.
Please note that the detail of the result depends on the size of the brush. The smaller it is, the more details will be drawn.
Step 3
Create a new layer Layer - New - Layer(Layer - New - Layer) and name it "Medium Details".
Step 4
Activate Art History Brush Tool size(Size) by 10 pixels and paint over the entire image.
Step 5
Adding a black mask
Step 6
Now on the toolbar, click on the color square and in the window color picker(Color selection) choose black (#000000). Activate brush tool
Notice that the layer mask is selected in the layers panel. If you made an extra stroke, then you can restore the desired area if you switch to the white color of the brush. Black - hides, white - restores.
Also, while working, adjust the diameter of the brush to work out fine details more carefully. Use the [ and ] keys to quickly change the size.
Step 7
Create a new layer Layer - New - Layer(Layer - New - Layer) and name it "Small Details".
Step 8
Activate Art History Brush Tool(Y) (Archival art brush). We leave all the settings that were in step 2, only change size(Size) by 5 pixels and paint over the entire image.
Step 9
Adding a black mask Layer - Layer Mask - Hide All(Layer - Layer Mask - Hide All) to hide all the contents of the layer.
Step 10
Now select black color (#000000), activate brush tool(B) (Brush), select a soft brush and paint over the areas where you want to keep more details.
Create an embossed effect
Step 1
Press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E to create a separate copy of all visible layers. Then Ctrl+Shift+U to desaturate the resulting layer.
Step 2
Let's move on Filter - Style - Emboss(Filter - Stylization - Embossing). Install Angle(Angle) 135 degrees, Height(Height) - by 3 pixels and Amount(Effect) - by 200%.
Step 3
At the top of the Layers panel, switch the blending mode of this layer to hard light(hard light).
Congrats, this is what the final result looks like:
The picture above shows the effect we created in this tutorial. If you want to get a more advanced result, as in the screenshot below, then I suggest you try my action.
With the help of the action, you can create a realistic oil painting effect in Photoshop in just a couple of mouse clicks. You just need to open the picture in the program and run the action. He will do the rest of the work for you! As a result, you will get a layered result that is easy to customize to your taste.
The action also includes 10 color variations and 5 textures to overlay on photos. V special video you can see the detailed instructions for using the action.
Today we will talk about artistic filters in Photoshop. With the help of these filters it is possible to stylize as a painting (oil, pastel, pencil), imitate surfaces and structures. With these filters, you can create works of art from your photos.
Filter - a tool for changing the image. This can be blurring, sharpening, styling, embossing, changing colors and much more.
You can find all filters in the "Filter" tab, which is located at the top. When you click on this tab, a menu appears in front of us.
Watercolor (Watercolor) . Watercolor painting effect.
Imitates drawing with watercolors. But not very good. With a couple of tricks, you can achieve wonderful results. Do two copy the photo with Ctrl + J, then select the “Watercolor” filter.
We see the settings
- Brush Size (Brush size).
- Brush Detail (Brush details). Determines how accurately details will be saved.
- Texture (Texture). Determines the severity of the paper texture.
Adjust the settings to taste. On the left we see the texture, on the right - the result.
Marine watercolor / luceluceluce
Change the blend mode of the first layer toScreen(Lightening or Screen), and the second onMultiply(Multiplication). Add masks to both layers. Hold down the Alt key to create a black mask. Using a white brush and a watercolor brush, variations of which you can find online, paint over the masks. This way you will simulate typical color transitions. Photoshop did the preliminary work and prepared the sketch. With the help of brushes and textures, you can get the desired effect.
Colored Pencil (Colored pencil). Imitates drawing with a colored pencil.
The Colored Pencil filter uses the current background color as the color of the paper on which the drawing will be created. That is, even before applying the filter, you need to make a small decision. The colors of the picture will change to the colors of the pencils. Between the pencil strokes, the color of the paper will be visible.
- Pencil Width (Pencil thickness). Adjusts the thickness of strokes.
- Stroke Width (Dash pressure). Simulates strong or weak pressure on a pencil.
- Paper Brightness.
Since small details are rarely worked out well, it is better to work with large photographs. With a one-time filter application, it is difficult to get a good result. Therefore, I recommend making several copies of the image, applying different settings on different copies and using layer masks to draw those areas that best fit this part of the photo. The texture of the paper makes the image look more realistic. In this case the texture is on a layer above all other layers and I used the layer blend modeMultiply(Multiplication) with little transparency.
sexy woman / stryjek
Smudge Stick. Smooth, soft image effect.
The filter softens the image by adding diagonal strokes, making light areas brighter and less detailed. This filter uses the colors of the image to simulate feathering. In this case, you can set the length of the stroke, which naturally affects the details and sharpness / blur. You can change the brightness of different areas of the image and the brightness intensity.
- Highlight Area (Brightness zone).
- Intensity (Intensity).
Since the content of the image does not change, it is possible to create a “photo-realistic” picture. To do this, make two copies of the original and go to the filter. On the bottom layer, set stroke length, brightness zone and intensity to 0. On the top layer stroke length - 10 , brightness zone - 10 and intensity - 3. Change the blend mode of this layer to overlay (Overlay) and set the Opacity to 50%.
This will ensure that the strokes are not too uniform. Of course, it is important to choose the right motive here. Fantastic collages are more suitable here than, for example, a portrait.
The Temple / Zuboff
Cutout (Application) . Turns a photo into a colored paper application.
The filter combines similar colors and imitates an appliqué made from glued pieces of paper. The number of levels determines the number of colors in the collage. Edge simplification - how accurately and evenly the pieces of paper were cut. Edge precision is only responsive when the abstraction level is not set to 0. The lower the scale value edge Simplicity (Edge Simplification) and more scale value Edge Fidelity, the less distortion. Image brightness does not change
- No of Levels determines the number of color levels
- Edge Simplicity (Edge Simplification).
- Edge Fidelity (Edge Accuracy).
That is, using this filter, you can achieve the effect of illustration. Even a simple outline is enough to determine the content of an image. Here, too, it is very important to choose the right image. Here, too, it makes sense to use different layer blending modes, for example, Overlay (Overlay).
Green forest with fog / andreiuc88
Fresco (Fresco) . Fresco painting:
This filter simulates the application of paint to still fresh plaster, at least in theory. The choice of motive is very important here as well.
- Brush Size (Brush size).
- Texture (Texture). Adjusts the sharpness of the edges.
To make the photo look like a fresco, I applied a filter with the settings r brush size - 1, brush details - 10, texture - 1, overlaid the texture with the appearance of plaster and usingImage - Adjustment - Hue/Saturationreduced the saturation of the image. Then I changed the layer blend mode toMultiply(Multiplication).
Saint Mary Magdalene / zatletic
Dry Brush (Dry brush). Imitation of drawing with a dry brush.
The result of applying this filter is a drawing that is very reminiscent of the dry brush technique (painting with a large amount of paint with a small amount of water).
- Brush Size (Brush size).
- Brush Detail (Brush details). Specifies how much detail to keep.
- Texture (Texture). Adjusts the severity of the paper texture.
Here you can apply a filter with settings brush size - 1, brush details - 10, texture - 2. The picture is starting to look like a painting. Make a copy of the layer and apply the filter again with the settings brush size - 10, brush details - 10, texture - 1 and change the layer opacity to 50%. Paper texture can enhance the effect.
Mediterrane Impression / pk200258
Rough Pastels (Pastel). Pastel drawing effect.
Using this filter gives the effect of a pastel drawing. The upper part of the dialog box sets the stroke length and the level of detail. In the lower part, the properties of the material on which the pattern is applied, the size of the texture, the relief and the direction of the light are determined.
- Stroke Length (Dash length).
- Stroke Detail. Determines how strong the strokes will be.
- Texture (Texture). Allows you to select the texture: brick (brick), burlap (burlap), canvas (canvas), sandstone (sandstone).
- Scaling (Scale).
- Relief (Relief).
Settings depend on the motive. After the filter settings, it is necessary to remove (or partially remove) the filter action on some parts of the image using a mask.
meditation / pepe
Film Grain. Superimposes grain on the image, imitating shooting on a film camera:
On contrasting shots it gives quite an interesting effect. Grain scale(Grain) controls the grain size,Highlight Area (Lighting) - the percentage of lightened areas, and Intensity (Intensity) - exposure (illuminance).
- Grain (Grain). The amount of grain in the image.
- Highlight Area (Brightness zone). Increases the brightness of the final image.
- Intensity (Intensity). Adjusts the brightness and sets the intensity of the bright areas.
Make two copies of the picture and apply a filter with settings to the top layer grain - 8, brightness zone - 14, intensity - 2. Change the blend mode of the top layer toMultiply(Multiplication), and the layer below it onScreen (Lightening). This will give you a contrast shot with grain.
Fine art image / konradbak
Plastic Wrap (Polyethylene wrap). It gives the impression that the picture was placed inside a plastic bag or film.
- Highlight strength (Strength of highlights). Determines how strong the polyethylene highlights will be.
- Detail (Details). The level of detail of the outline.
- Smoothness (Smoothing). Glare smoothness.
Fashion Couple Dramatic / Gabi Moisa
Underpainting (Drawing under the surface). Creates the effect of drawing under different surfaces.
- Stroke Length (Dash length).
- Texture Coverage
- Texture (Texture).
- Scaling (Scale).
- Relief (Relief).
- Light (Light). Allows you to select from which side the relief will be illuminated.
In this case, I took the texture of the canvas scale 50% and terrain height - 5. Light - bottom right, stroke length 0 to get the outline. Here is the result:
Grand Cru Rotwein/Wilm Ihlenfeld
Palette knife (Spatula). Imitation of the image applied by a tool such as a wide knife.
Allows you to imitate the technique of oil painting, performed by a special tool such as a wide knife (spatula or palette knife). The image becomes emphatically rough.
- Stroke Size (Stroke size). Adjusts the size of the stroke around the edges of the path.
- Stroke Detail (Stroke detail).
- Softness (Softness). Smoothes the picture.
Unfortunately, the filter only affects small areas of color. Color transitions are not affected. This can be fixed by choosing the right texture and overlaying it with the blend modeMultiply(Multiplication). Then merge the layers (original and texture) and make two copies. Apply a filter with settings on the top layer stroke size - 50, stroke detail - 3, softness - 0. Set the layer opacity to 80% and change the top layer's blend mode toScreen(Lightening).
dutch mills 3 / dzain
Neon Glow (Neon glow). Creates a neon glow along the contours of the object in the picture.
Turns an image into a monochrome negative and adds a light stroke, "glow", to the outline of objects.
- Glow Size
- Glow Brightness
Feuerwehrschlauch / 77SimonGruber
Paint Daubs. Creates the look of an oil painting.
Makes the picture look like an oil painting.
- Brush Size (Brush size). Already familiar to us parameter.
- Sharpness (Sharpness).
Filter applied here with settings brush size - 25 and sharpness - 20. Brush type - wide and medium hardness. Texture overlaid on top with blend modeMultiply(Multiplication) and transparency 25%. Then a copy of the layer was made and the blending mode was selected.soft light
(Soft light) and transparency 50%
rotes Italien / Grischa Georgew
Sponge (Sponge). Sponge effect.
- Brush Size (Brush size).
- Definition (image clarity).
- Smoothness (Smoothing).
Luneburger Heide / Thorsten Schier
Poster Edges. Enhances the outlines of an image.
- Edge thickness
- Edge intensity (Edge intensity).
- Poserization (Posterization).
Superhero businessman / Nomad_Soul
We will talk about other filters and their application in the next article.
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This lesson can be done in any version of Photoshop.
Complexity- difficult.
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Download brushes for work:
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Also, to help you, friends,
please see the Video Lesson from Bratskij Valentin.
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To do oil painting effect we need two source images:
background and image of a girl.
Material for work:
1. Create a new document.
We transfer the image Background to work.
Stretching the Background with Free Transform
throughout the document.
2. Open and cut out our girl in any way.
We transfer to work and arrange as in the screenshot.
3.Ctrl+J-create a duplicate layer -girl-.
Change the Blending Mode to Linear Light.
Select Menu-Filter-Other-Color Contrast..
Note. Choose color contrast values
at your discretion, the main thing is that your girlfriend's face
became clearer and more contrasting.
You can also apply Filter - Sharpen - "Smart" sharpness ..
4. On top of all layers, add an adjustment layer
Selective color correction.
We set the values.
For my girlfriend:
Reds: Purple (-100)
Yellow: Blue(-100), Yellow(+100)
Green: Blue(-100), Yellow(+100)
White:Yellow(-100)
Neutrals: Blue(-20)
5. We load the Butterfly brushes from the material for work into Adobe Photoshop.
Create a new layer and draw butterflies like in the screenshot.
Add layer styles to the butterfly layer Shadow and Outer Glow.
6. Convert the layer -butterflies- into a smart object.
What is a smart object can be read
Select Menu-Filter-Blur-Motion Blur..
7. Click on the filter effect mask thumbnail.
Take a soft black round brush, Opacity 50%.
We erase in some places the blur effect on the butterflies.
8.Create a new layer and draw stars.
Also add an Outer Glow layer style.
Set the values to your liking.
9. Get on the layer -girl-.
Add to layer -girl- layer styles Outer Glow and Stroke.
10. Get on the topmost layer
and press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E - print all visible layers
(or just do Merge All Visible Layers)
Ctrl + J - make a duplicate.
We zoom in on the image.
Let's start to draw our picturesque picture.
We load the brushes that are offered at the beginning of the lesson for download into Adobe Photoshop.
Select the Finger Tool.
Choose from a set of brushes Brush number 795.
11. Set the size of the brush, which is more convenient for you,
In my work, at first I set the brush size to 70%, Intensity to 40%.
We begin to draw on our girl.
First of all, draw on the girl's face.
In the course of work, the Intensity values are reduced if necessary.
and the size of the brush is done somewhere smaller, somewhere more.
We try to move the brush in such a way as to observe the main directions of the anatomy of the face:
along the nose, around the eyes, along the cheekbones, along the lines of the lips.
Draw the same on the edges of the eyes, pupils, sinuses.
Then we move on to the arms, neck.
We process each finger separately.
Also change the Intensity and Size of the brush.
During the blur, we do: circular movements, along, across.
We draw on our girl in such a way that not a single untreated area remains.
Note. This processing, of course, takes a lot of time and patience.
From the first time, you may not succeed as you would like.
The more often you practice this interesting effect,
the faster you will achieve high-quality results.
Then we move on to the hair.
Increase the intensity on the hair up to 50%.
You can try to take another brush from the presented set,
for example 557 or 464 or 500-experiment.
We draw clothes and a wreath on the girl’s head with a brush
Intensity 25-30%. We also change the size of the brush.
We draw each leaf separately
Imagine that you are painting on paper.
12. When finished with the processing of the girl,
create a new layer on top of the layer with the girl,
To do this, press Ctrl+Shift+N.
13. Take the tool O-Clarifier and Dimmer
We set Exposure, about 10-15%,
values again, we change in the course of work -
somewhere more, somewhere less.
And with a regular round soft brush, also in the course of work
by changing its size we lighten the light parts of the face, hands, hair of the girl.
Darken the dark areas with a dimmer.
It is difficult for me to describe in words exactly where to lighten and darken,
therefore, do not be too lazy to watch the video lesson from Bratskij Valentin
and, hopefully, it will become clear how to work with the Dodge and Burn tools.
14. Finished with the drawing of the girl,
added lights and shadows.
Now we make a print of all visible layers - press the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Alt + E.
Add a Photo Filter Adjustment Layer.
I wish you all creative success
and pleasant impressions from the work done!
Thank you for your attention to my work!
