Adobe Photoshop CS6 Top 100 Simplified Tips and Tricks by Lynette Kent

Turn a photo into a HAND-PAINTED OIL PAINTING
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To replicate a traditionally painted image, you should
start as traditional painters do, that is, with a large
brush and block in basic areas of color. Then reduce
the brush size and continue painting in more details.
You can compare your painting and the original photo
as you work by clicking the eye icon of the Reference
layer off and on. You can add a canvas texture over
the painted image, and add a canvas-colored layer as
a background for a more realistic look.
With the Brush tool selected, you control the settings
for regular brushes using the Brushes panel. With the
Mixer Brush tool selected, the settings for each tool
preset is stored with the preset and shown in the
Options bar. Changing these options changes the way
the Mixer Brush tool functions as it paints or blends
colors. And if you select a Mixer Brush tool preset
from the Tool picker and then select a brush preset
from the Brush picker, the brush preset settings
override the tool preset settings.
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q Click the Detail Strokes layer.
w Click the Tool Preset drop-down
menu and select a blender brush
such as Point – Round Long
Blender.
e Press the left bracket key to
reduce the brush size to a very
small brush.
r Click and drag to bring in smaller
details from the original image.
t Click the eye icon for the
Reference layer on and off to
check your work.
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y Click the eye icon for the
Reference layer to deselect it.
u Press Ô+Option+Shift+E
(Ctrl+Alt+Shift+E) to combine all
the layers into a new layer.
All the underlying layers are
combined into a new layer
labeled Layer 1.
i Click Filter.
o Click Filter Gallery.
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