How to Create a Photoshop Oil Painting Effect.


How to Get Started

First, open the photo that you want to work with. To open your photo, go to File > Open, choose your photo, and click Open. Now, before we get started, just check a couple of things:

  1. Your photo should be in RGB Color mode, 8 Bits/Channel. To check this, go to Image > Mode.
  2. For best results, your photo size should be 2500–4500 px wide/high. To check this, go to Image > Image Size.
  3. Your photo should be the Background layer. If it is not, go to Layer > New > Background from Layer.

How to Start Recording a Photoshop Action

In this section, we are going to start recording the action. Go to Window > Actions, and in the Actions panel, click on the menu icon in the top right-hand corner, choose New Set to create a new set, and name it Oil Painting. Then, click on the same menu icon again, choose New Action to create a new action, and name it Oil Painting.



How to Create the Photoshop Oil Painting Effect

Step 1

In this section, we are going to create the Photoshop oil painting effect using a Photoshop oil paint filter along with other filters. Press Control-J on your keyboard to duplicate the Background layer. Then, go to Image > Adjustments > Shadows/Highlights, and set Shadows to 10% and Highlights to 5%.



Step 2

Now go to Filter > Blur > Surface Blur, and set the Radius to 5 px and Threshold to 15.

adding surface blur filter

Step 3

Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask, and set the Amount to 250%Radius to 1 px, and Threshold to 0 levels.

Step 4

Now go to Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise and set the Strength to 10Preserve Details to 25%Reduce Color Noise to 0%, and Sharpen Details to 0%.

Step 5

Go to Filter > Stylize > Diffuse, and set the Mode to Anisotropic.



Step 6

Now go to Filter > Stylize > Oil Paint, set the Stylization to 2.5 and Cleanliness to 2.5, and uncheck the Lighting option.


Step 7

Go to Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask, and set the Amount to 100%Radius to 1 px, and Threshold to 0 levels.



Step 8

Now name this layer Oil Painting.





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