Applying a Bob Ross Effect

You can use the Bob Ross effect to give your images a painted look.

You can save your settings as a preset for future use.

To Give Your Photos a Bob Ross Effect:

1. In Edit mode, in the Add group, select Special Effect.

You can also access the Special Effects menu from the Filter drop-down menu or Filter toolbar.

2. Click Bob Ross.
3. On the Bob Ross panel, set the options as described in the table below.
4. Do one of the following:
   • Click Done to accept your changes and close the panel.
   • Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the panel.

Bob Ross Options

Brush size	Drag the Brush size slider to specify the width of the brush strokes in the effect. The higher value, the wider the brush stroke.
Coverage	Drag the Coverage slider to specify the amount or density of paint on the "canvas" of your photo.
Paint thickness	Drag the Paint thickness slider to specify how three dimensional the paint appears.
Colorfulness	Drag the Colorfulness slider to specify the amount of color in your image.
Background color
Image	Check the Image checkbox to use the color in the image as the background color behind the brush strokes added to the photo. To use a different color for the background, uncheck the Image checkbox and select a new color from the color drop-down menu.
Randomize	Indicates the random placement of the paint daubs. When you apply the Bob Ross effect to an image, ACDSee places the daubs randomly. This makes the paint daubs different every time you apply the filter. To generate a new random placement of the paint daubs, click Randomize.

You can right-click a slider to reset to the default value.

You can use the Edit Brush to paint this effect onto specific areas of your image.

You can use the Gradient tool to transition this effect across specific areas of your image.

You can use the Radial Gradient tool to apply effects around, or directly to, a center point.