Something About Painting Effect in Photoshop

One popular technique that most of us try at some stage is applying a painted effect to an image. For some time now, there has been a Photoshop CS4 and CS5 extension called Pixel Bender which included an Oil Paint filter.

This filter has now found a permanent home in the Photoshop CS6 filter line-up making it easier to use than in earlier versions of Photoshop. Here we’ll show you how to prepare our sample image to use with the Oil Paint filter and then how to apply the filter. If you are using your own photo, start with a small image as the filter works best when not overstretched.

Sometimes it’s good to take a step back and have a little fun with Photoshop. Try new filters, new blend modes… experiment a bit! CS6 offers plenty of opportunity for this with new features like Blur Gallery, greatly improved Lighting Effects, and the new Photoshop Oil Paint filter..

Something About Painting Effect in Photoshop