Hello all, I'm new here and fairly new to photo art as well, though I've done a bit of photo retouch work.
I've been trying to find a technique or tutorial for applying a realistic oil-painting look to a photograph, but have not yet found anything that suits my needs.
Most of the actions/plugins seem to fail in the area of brush stroke, paint textures, etc.
So here are a few questions:
Is the only way to get realistic brush strokes to use a tablet and literally "paint" the image by myself?
How does one achieve three-dimensional textures (the classic ridges and depth of oil paint brush strokes) in a two-dimensional image - would I have to paint in the highlights and shadows of every single brush stroke in order to replicate the sheen of oil?
I notice that most of the web tutorials (even on this site) focus on watercolor, pen and ink, sketch, etc., so I am guessing that an oil look might be difficult to achieve. However, any suggestions or links to other sites, or even book references, would be appreciated!
Oh, I use PS7 and have access to Painter7 if that makes a difference, but I do not yet have a tablet.
Thanks in advance.
I've been trying to find a technique or tutorial for applying a realistic oil-painting look to a photograph, but have not yet found anything that suits my needs.
Most of the actions/plugins seem to fail in the area of brush stroke, paint textures, etc.
So here are a few questions:
Is the only way to get realistic brush strokes to use a tablet and literally "paint" the image by myself?
How does one achieve three-dimensional textures (the classic ridges and depth of oil paint brush strokes) in a two-dimensional image - would I have to paint in the highlights and shadows of every single brush stroke in order to replicate the sheen of oil?
I notice that most of the web tutorials (even on this site) focus on watercolor, pen and ink, sketch, etc., so I am guessing that an oil look might be difficult to achieve. However, any suggestions or links to other sites, or even book references, would be appreciated!
Oh, I use PS7 and have access to Painter7 if that makes a difference, but I do not yet have a tablet.
Thanks in advance.
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