
wonder how it would look with an added texture? I'm not usually taken with portraits done with adjust, but that comes across well, I suppose it's because of the rugged looks of the man to start with. Heide, I think the texture in your image comes across really well, it really makes it look like a painting. Thought I would see what your tut would do for people, tweeked settings alittle, used your preset soft line Maybe I made it a little bit to bright after applying the texture? Other than that I followed your instructions and used your filter watercolour medium (I also liked the watercolour soft line, but have to find the right picture for it) I used BuzSim in Topaz Simplify with Simplify Size = 0 to just get some more colours (instead of Topaz Adjust as advised by you). In the meantime, try applying the rest or any other tool to smooth just a little the image.
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Let me reasearch if Paint shop pro has something similar, I'll get back to you tomorrow night if I find something. It is not "necessary" but is good to do it just to smooth the "painting". Thank you so much for this, love your picture Question: The "Apply Diffuse mode anisotropic " - is that done in photoshop? or would I find this in Simplify? (I only have Paint Shop pro X2) Wow, that's an impressive result! Thanks a lot for the instructions, that's very helpful to encourage me to try a bit more using Simplify.

Then I applied a hue/saturation adjustment layer to increase saturation a tad andįinally applied a brightness/contrast adjustment layer to increase brightness. We converted to smart object to be able to go back to re-do the texture if necessary, but you don’t have to make the conversion (For the folks using PSE or the ones who don’t want to convert to smart object, I suggest make a copy of the layer to apply the texture in case you need to go back to the first painting). All textures are nice or you can create your own, scaling will magnify or minimize the size of the texture which will depend on the size of your image, relief make it stronger or weaker and light create interesting effects as you move the light and the texture creates shadows. This filter works as if a human would go over the image with a brush and repaint it, improving the edges and getting rid of inconsistencies.Ĭonvert to Smart Object (layer-smart objects-convert to smart objects)Īpply Texture (filter-texture-texturizer) Pick a texture scaling, relief and light.įor this image I use Burlap-200-7-Top. This will smoothen and enhance the edges of the image.

The idea of applying diffuse is to “soften” the paint. Rotate document 90 degree (edit-transform-rotate 90 CW)

Rotate document -90 degree (edit-transform-rotate 90 CCW) The idea is to get a detailed image with rich color.ĭuplicate the layer (jut to keep the original for blending if required).Īpply Topaz Simplify with “watercolor_medium”Ĭonvert image to 8 bit (if required) Image-mode-8 bits/channel.Īpply Diffuse mode anisotropic (filter-stylize-diffuse and pick anisotropic) spicify or vibrance blended between 40% and 60% with the original image. Open the image, clean noise, apply a soft effect of topaz adjust (i.e. Here is my first approach when using Topaz Simplify
