Painting effect

[jhtowhsley]

Anita painting effect.Hamish

[Tina_B]

Hamish
Wow that is a good one. I love the colors , that is just a good painting effect. You did a good job on that one.
Tina B

[John L Gray]

Hamish,

The image is excellent. Your gallery is filled with wonderful images. Thanks so much for sharing.

John

[susangreen]

What a lovely effect. I'd love to learn the painting effect. Is there a tutorial for it somewhere? It is just great!

[jhtowhsley]

Susan it is from Anita ,The tutorial is in before and after. Hamish

[Tina_B]

Painted effect from Westiemom

Duplicate layer.

Run high pass filter filter>other> high pass about 3

Set the Blend mode to hard light

Combine the layers

Filter> stylize> diffuse> anisotropic
you can do this twice. You want to get a liquidy, smooth, painted look.

unsharp mask 150/.3/0

Smart Blur 3/12/ High

You can also increase the contrast if needed.

These are the directions that I followed and I think it works great.
Tina B

[Tina_B]

Are Anita and Westiemom the same person ? or did I give credit to the wrong one? Must give credit to the proper person. Help me out here.
Tina B

[AngelicKim]

Tina, Anita is WestieMom. Great job Hamish. I just can't seem to get any of my images I try it on to look right. I even tried the anisotropic 3 and 4 times to no avail. Instead I did the Filter>Brush Stokes>Sumi-e set to 6-5-3. I did it twice and got this.

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ExjwpRKbOsaPv8zIPNBMQwZrZXGy0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ExjwpRKbOsaPv8zIPNBMQwZrZXGy0)

[jhtowhsley]

Kim that is a lovely effect.
I think the other effect works best when there is a lot of contrast, I may be wrong but I look for photos with a lot colours. Hamish

[AngelicKim]

Hamish, my other attempt is in the thread Sela started. I increased the contrast in that one to try to get a better effect. It only looks painted if I print it as an 8x10. Smaller than that and not much shows.

[Tina_B]

I had a hard time finding the right photos to work on too. I did one of a chapel that turned out looking painted. Some of the ones I did didn't look painted at all. When I printed them they looked better than on the screen. I printed 5 x 7 and they did look painted. I guess it just takes an eye for the right photo. With me it is hit and miss and luck.
Thanks for letting me know that Anita is Westiemom
Kim I like what you did too.
Tina B

[westiemom]

Hamish, your tulips are gorgeous. Kim, sometimes using this technique on a smaller file makes it look more painterly. Also increasing the contrast will also help. Again, Hamish I really like your tulips. That's a perfect photo for this technique.

Anita

[Diana]

Okay, everybody's painted images look so great, I had to try a couple. I really love this effect.

A photo I took off the coast of CA
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1cgbiZ7Cw5mWeqGmK13nw5ihZNmCz_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1cgbiZ7Cw5mWeqGmK13nw5ihZNmCz)

Our cat, Scotchie
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1EsLHsDDZpYAIXDEZPaDavDaV8LT0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1EsLHsDDZpYAIXDEZPaDavDaV8LT0)

The thumbnails really don't look as "painterly" as the full images.

Diana

[Russinator]

Diana: Great job. I agree with you about the thumbnails not showing the effect that much.

Russ

[westiemom]

Diana, they are both terrific. I especially like the ocean photo. Just beautiful!

Anita

[Diana]

Thanks. And thank you, Anita, for posting this technique. It's easy and gives a new look to an image.

Diana

[Cmcburnett]

Diana, those look great. I love your cat, looks a lot like mine:D