Applying an Oil Paint Effect

You can use the Oil Paint effect to give your images a painted appearance.

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

To Create an Oil Painting from a Photo:

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

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

  2. Click Oil Paint.
  3. On the Oil Paint panel, drag the Brush width slider to specify the width of the brush strokes in the effect. The higher the value, the wider the brush stroke.
  4. Drag the Variance slider to specify the color variance in each brush stroke. Higher values increase the number of colors used in each stroke.
  5. Drag the Vibrance slider to adjust the intensity of the colors in the image.
  6. 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.

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.

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