How to make an oil paint effect in Photoshop. How to Use the Oil Paint Filter in Photoshop CC

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This lesson can be done in any version of Photoshop.
Complexity- complicated.

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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!

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.

With a brightness value of 16, you'll get a paper color that roughly matches the background color. When moving the slider to the right of the value 16, the color will be lighter, to the left - darker.

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 the 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).

The Invert checkbox inverts the 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

Size controls whether the picture is shown as an original or a negative. Brightness determines how much the background affects the image. In this filter, you can choose the color of the neon glow.

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).

Here you can set the type of brush (Brush Type).

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).

Here is a variant of the picture with the filter applied with settings brush size - 0, sharpness - 6 and smoothing - 1 and the second copy of the layer with settings brush size - 5, sharpness -10 and smoothing - 15. Transparency - 50%. The texture is overlaid on top.

Luneburger Heide / Thorsten Schier

Poster Edges. Enhances the outlines of an image.

• Edge thickness
• Edge intensity (Edge intensity).
• Poserization (Posterization).

Finds the outlines of the image and outlines them with black lines. The result will look like a poster. In this case, a filter with settings is applied edge thickness - 10, edge intensity - 5 and posterization - 6. Sometimes the image needs to be blurred before applying the filter.

Superhero businessman / Nomad_Soul

We will talk about other filters and their application in the next article.

Turning a photo into a painting is one of the most popular topics in the lessons on working with graphic editors. Modern 2D applications are so perfect that they give the opportunity to try yourself as a real artist, even for those who have never been good at drawing. Sliders, checkboxes, and other customization options work just as well as a paint palette and canvas.

One of the confirmations of the high interest of users in the topic of drawing is the appearance in the arsenal of the latest version of Photoshop of the Oil Paint filter ("Oil paint"), with which you can turn an image into a painting in a matter of seconds. And if you have a modern graphics adapter, you can watch the changes being made in the preview window in real time. However, like any other tool, the Oil Paint filter is not perfect. In particular, it does not allow you to individually control the size and nature of strokes in different parts of the image. Therefore, other methods for obtaining a picture from a photograph remain relevant. In this review, we will look at both Oil Paint and three more ways to get this effect.

⇡ Using the Oil Paint filter

Oil Paint is one of the new Photoshop CS6 filters that uses the Mercury Graphics Engine (MGE). The latter uses OpenGL and OpenCL technologies and makes it possible to significantly speed up the result by shifting part of the work to the GPU. However, unlike some of the other new CS6 filters, Oil Paint also works with older video cards, however, in this case, only processor resources are used for calculations.

For convenience, the command to call the Oil Paint filter is placed directly in the Filter menu.

The filter contains six sliders: four of them are related to brush parameters, and two are related to lighting settings. The Stylization and Bristle Detail sliders are designed to add contrast to simulated brush strokes. They create light borders between each curve or swirl and thus make the effect more pronounced. The difference between these two settings is that the first adds an extra random effect to the pattern created by the brush strokes, while the second affects mainly the contrast.

The Cleanliness slider allows you to change the detail of each brush stroke. High values ​​of this parameter correspond to painting with a new soft brush, and at low values ​​you can get the effect of painting with an already dirty brush with sticky bristles - the image will have more "grain".

With the Scale option, you can essentially change the size of the brush.

As far as lighting-related settings are concerned, Angular Direction determines the angle at which the simulated light reaches the surface of the canvas, which in turn affects the contrast between strokes. When lighting changes, strokes can look bright or, conversely, dark. The Shine parameter sets the overall severity of the effect.

⇡ Turning a photo into a painting with filters

This method of creating a picture from a photograph is interesting because it allows you to get a completely acceptable result without using a virtual brush. The secret lies in the consistent application of filters, of which there are a great many in Photoshop.

Note that the filter settings will be different for images with different resolutions, so you may need to adjust them. We provide settings for 1024x768 resolution.

So, after loading the original image in Photoshop, use the keyboard shortcut CTRL + U to open the Hue / Saturation window (“Hue / Saturation”). Increase the saturation of the image to forty-five.

Open the Filter Gallery by selecting it from the Filter menu. Go to the Glass filter. Since we want the image to look like it's on a canvas, set its texture type to be similar to Canvas. Other parameters should be selected depending on the resolution of the image. Reduce distortion by setting the Distortion parameter to a lower value, and select a small value for the Smoothness parameter.

Click on the New effect layer button at the bottom of the Filter Gallery window to add an additional layer to apply the filter.

Set the filter to Angled Strokes. It simulates brush strokes applied at a certain angle. For the parameter stroke length (Stroke Length) set the value to 3, and the value of the parameter Sharpness ("Sharpness"), which determines how sharp the image will be, reduce to one.

Add another effect layer using the same New effect layer button. Assign a filter to Paint Daubs (“Oil Painting”). The key setting here is the brush type. In this case, you need to select the type Simple (“Simple”), and then reduce the brush size to four and lower the value of Sharpness (“Sharpness”) so that the strokes are less clear.

Create the last layer of the effect. Assign a Texturizer filter. It adds a canvas texture to the image. In its settings, select the appropriate texture type - Canvas ("Canvas"). Then select the texture scale (Scaling parameter) and its relief (Relief parameter).

The main work is completed. To apply filters to the image, click the OK button. It remains to make the strokes more clear. Create a copy of the layer using the CTRL+J command. Select the layer desaturation command Image → Adjustments → Desaturate (“Image” → “Correction” → “Discolor”).

Now apply the filter Filter → Stylize → Emboss to the top layer (“Filter” → “Stylization” → “Emboss”). In its settings, reduce the value of the parameter Height (“Height”) to one, and the value of the parameter Amount (“Effect”), on the contrary, increase to 500.

For the current layer, change the blending type to Overlay ("Overlap"). Ready!

⇡ "Painted" oil painting

And here is another interesting way to turn any photo into an oil painting. It's more labor intensive than using the new Oil Paint filter, but it gives you more creative options.

Open an image.

Create a new layer and select the Fill tool and fill it with white. Select the Art History Brush tool. On the History palette, check Set the Source for History Brush.

In the tool settings, select the brush for painting with oil 63 Oil Pastel (“A wide stroke with oil pastel”) and in the field Area (“Diameter”), set the spread area for it to thirty.

Right click on the image and reduce the brush size and paint the layer. The smaller the size, the smaller the stroke will be and the more detailed the picture will be.

Apply the filter Filter → Sharpen → Unsharp Mask (“Filter” → “Sharpening” → “Unsharp Mask”) to make strokes more expressive. Increase the value of the Amount parameter ("Effect"). Finally, apply the Texturizer filter to create the illusion of a canvas. In Photoshop CS6, this filter is not in the Filter menu by default, and it is called through the Filter Gallery. Select in the list Texture ("Texture") - Canvas ("Canvas") and, focusing on the preview window, select the values ​​​​of the parameters Scaling ("Scale") and Relief ("Relief").

The image now looks like an oil painting.

⇡ Almost real painting in Photoshop

Most painting simulation methods in Photoshop are based on applying a certain sequence of filters. These methods have one serious drawback - they often lack the individuality of the artist. In this tutorial, we will talk about one painting simulation method that will allow you to create a unique, one-of-a-kind painting based on any photo.

The secret of the originality of the images obtained using this method lies in the fact that the user himself applies strokes in an arbitrary way. But in order to draw a picture in this way, it is not at all necessary to have the talent of an artist.

So, open the image that will serve as the basis of the picture. Increase the size of the canvas a little. To do this, run the command Image → Canvas Size (“Image” → “Canvas Size”).

Execute the command Edit → Define pattern ("Define pattern"). Create a new layer and fill it with white using the Fill tool. Make it slightly transparent by lowering the Opacity value to 80% so that the original image shows through the top layer.

Create a new layer and arm yourself with the Pattern Stamp tool. In the list of patterns on the toolbar, select the option saved earlier using the Define pattern command. Check the Aligned checkbox for the correct positioning of strokes and the Impressionist (Effect) checkbox to give them an impressionist style.

Select one of the brushes in the Pattern Stamp tool settings. Customize her profile using the settings on the Brush palette. It is desirable that the profile be similar to a stroke of a real brush - a trace of the villi should be visible in it and the texture of the canvas should be visible. Start painting directly on the image, in short, small strokes. They can be applied in a completely arbitrary way, trying to see the profile of the brush on each stroke.

In the process of painting a picture, the size of the brush can and even needs to be changed. In areas of the image where detail is low, such as where the sky or sea is, you can use larger brushes. In those areas where there are a lot of small details, it is better to reduce the size of the brush used so that the elements of the picture are better marked on the canvas.

The process of creating a picture takes a lot of time, because you have to pay attention to every recognizable detail in the image. However, it is this "handwork" that makes the picture realistic. The position of the strokes cannot be described by any algorithm, this is exclusively the work of the artist. When there are no light spots left on the image, you can save the result.

⇡ Conclusion

This article looked at several ways to get a picture from a photo in Adobe Photoshop, but there are many other programs that can achieve a similar effect. There are many free ones among them, for example FotoSketcher. This program offers more than twenty drawing styles, from watercolor and pencil drawing to cartoon drawing. Each style has several settings with which you can influence the appearance of the finished "picture".

Despite the fact that FotoSketcher can quickly produce a number of interesting artistic effects, there is still not enough freedom in programs of this kind to implement creative ideas. Many operations are done according to a pattern, and therefore the result, to a greater or lesser extent, repeats the previously obtained pictures. So Photoshop was, is and remains the main tool for the artist working with digital painting.

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 500 pixels, 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. AT special video you can see the detailed instructions for using the action.

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) the 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.