Painting software: Do any of you know of a type of software, that can make a photograph look like a painting.

Mike77 Loc: Ontario

Do any of you know of a type of software, that can make a photograph look like a painting.

TedPaul Loc: Madison, MS

No, but I think the Oly EM5 had a program in camera. Had one for a couple weeks.

richgin60 Loc: Central New York

Mike77 wrote:

Do any of you know of a type of software, that can make a photograph look like a painting.

Topaz, they have lots of different pp programs. If you wait you could get it with a big discount.

lbrandt79 Loc: League City, Tx.

Mike77 wrote:

Do any of you know of a type of software, that can make a photograph look like a painting.

Checkout Topaz, here are a couple I have done, have not mastered it by any means but have found it works for some photos not for others.

Baker Beach

(Download)

Barn, Mormon Row and Tetons

(Download)

Stream in Yosemite

(Download)

mffox Loc: Avon, CT

Photoshop & PSE both have a painting-effect technique

lbrandt79 Loc: League City, Tx.

thefox wrote:

Photoshop & PSE both have a painting-effect technique

That is true, Topaz is a PS plugin, found it easier to use, they have done a lot of the work for you with their different effects/filters.

Mike77 Loc: Ontario

Wow! Thats great, I'll check it out, thanks a lot for sending samples.

Mike

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

http://topazlabs.com/store

Download trials for 30 days, or watch webinars (and You Tube). You must have a compatible host program to run these plug-ins:

http://support.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us

Check some of UHH user Treepusher's topics. He's a master!
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_topics_listing.jsp?usernum=24465&page=1

Here's one I did

lbrandt79 Loc: League City, Tx.

lbrandt79 wrote:

That is true, Topaz is a PS plugin, found it easier to use, they have done a lot of the work for you with their different effects/filters.

Thanks Mike, it has it's place I think, I believe these were all "oils" will send you a couple with Watercolor and one with what they call Buzz Sim which I like. I have only purchased the one package from Topaz, as someone said, wait for a sale, they put them on often. I also have a gallery on Pbase with a lot more at http://www.pbase.com/lbrandt79/oil_paint_filter_ps_6. Also, by the way, this software will suck a lot of time out of you, regards Larry

Watercolor

Lone Cypress Tree Watercolor

Wildflowers Buz Sim

lbrandt79 Loc: League City, Tx.

Linda From Maine wrote:

http://topazlabs.com/store

Download trials for 30 days, or watch webinars (and You Tube). You must have a compatible host program to run these plug-ins:

http://support.topazlabs.com/hc/en-us

Check some of UHH user Treepusher's topics. He's a master!
http://www.uglyhedgehog.com/user_topics_listing.jsp?usernum=24465&page=1

Linda, that is awesome. Do you find that it 'just works' with some photographs and not so with others.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Mike77 wrote:

Do any of you know of a type of software, that can make a photograph look like a painting.

Almost all software title do that, usually under filters.

I am sure that there are dedicated software that do only that too but I do not have this information. Use the web search?

Bob Yankle Loc: Burlington, NC

FotoSketcher .... free software that has sketch, watercolor, oil and a few others.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

lbrandt79 wrote:

Linda, that is awesome. Do you find that it 'just works' with some photographs and not so with others.

Thanks! And absolutely some shots work better than others. However, there are many controls in order to tweak the initial pre-set. And you can combine effects :) If you use layers, that's a handy way to add control.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

lbrandt79 wrote:

Thanks Mike, it has it's place I think, I believe these were all "oils" will send you a couple with Watercolor and one with what they call Buzz Sim which I like. I have only purchased the one package from Topaz, as someone said, wait for a sale, they put them on often. I also have a gallery on Pbase with a lot more at http://www.pbase.com/lbrandt79/oil_paint_filter_ps_6. Also, by the way, this software will suck a lot of time out of you, regards Larry

#1 and #3 are gorgeous :thumbup: :thumbup:

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

lbrandt79 wrote:

Checkout Topaz, here are a couple I have done, have not mastered it by any means but have found it works for some photos not for others.

Nice work! Which Topaz program did you use?