Has anyone ever turned photos into hand painted looking photos in photoshop?
If so, could you share them and how you acheived the look?
Also, I have tried a few here...the first one is the original, and the three after are different versions.
Opinions?
BTW, these were just done fast without properly selecting hair or anything...so just critique the idea not the exact process.
Well, I'm not an expert...
But, there is one cool program for
"digital painting" named Corel Painter (v.8)
It simulates all typs of brushes, and material
(veter coloures, crayons, choal, etc...)
You can try to "paint" with that over your photograph.
Most people here probably like real photo looking photos.
My sister used to paint b/w pictures. She had an oil set, pencils, made specially for it. I think that would be the key to getting it right. There are some powders you could purchase also. All the ones I've heard about have been done on real printed photos, not inkjet, though I don't know if there would be a difference.
Your pictures: I don't think you went far enough with the first two and too far with the last one.
If you want to experiment, maybe get some printable canvas and try regular oils on it after your picture is printed. Only do a few spots on the dress, hair and background and don't touch all the areas you want good details to be, like her face. I'd use washes if I was going to try it.
Good luck with your experiments.
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also, has anyone done traditional hand painting on b&w prints?
What about on ink jet printed b&w?
I have a set of Marshall's Photo Oils, which I used many years ago to hand color B&W prints. Many years after that, I dusted off the box, and let my kids color some prints I believe we made on the laser, and I think it worked ok. Ink jet prints should work much better as the paper will be less absorbent.
You can also do this digitally in various programs.
The forums there are full of people who do this sort of work all the time, both on photographic and inkjet prints.
Typically you'll need to use watercolour paper in your inkjet printer, that has been specially coated for this purpose. Lots of info at that site above.
I'm taking college photography courses and hand toning will be after my next class. However, I do a lot of what you're wanting in PhotoShop and in PSP (paint shop pro). If I can help you in any way just send me a email note and I'll be happy to help you with any of it I know :)
Thanks for the links.
I am definitely going to practice this skill as I found that it sells.
I included one or two of them in my proofs for a client, and sure enough she wanted one that way.
Here is the painted one that she picked.
Innographx can do the retouching for you, also, go to the Forum. Click here to see an example of their work.
If you want to learn yourself, it can be done in photoshop but Corel's Painter 8 should be the answer. I believe betterphoto.com will offer that course in the next few months.
I'm doing lots of experiments with a 'hand painting' technique, but not with color as much as with other tools.
Here are a couple of examples. they were done with the smudge tool and other tools (lots of them mixed together or layered on one another):
I've noticed that using any tool in Photoshop or any other program doesn't give great results unless you use several together. That's when nifty stuff happens. I'm not sure how to apply this is portraiture, but. . .
I'm doing lots of experiments with a 'hand painting' technique, but not with color as much as with other tools.
Here are a couple of examples. they were done with the smudge tool and other tools (lots of them mixed together or layered on one another):
I've noticed that using any tool in Photoshop or any other program doesn't give great results unless you use several together. That's when nifty stuff happens. I'm not sure how to apply this is portraiture, but. . .
I've noticed that using any tool in Photoshop or any other program doesn't give great results unless you use several together. That's when nifty stuff happens. I'm not sure how to apply this is portraiture, but. . .
Yes! I think this is a real key point and a big factor in good photoshop work, rather than obvious, derivative boring photoshop stuff.
I like using all the plain old, boring, cheesy photoshop filters. But I apply them to masks, rather than to the image, as an example.
