Saturday, October 27, 2012

How to Convert Your Photo into a Watercolor Painting


Hi guys, I’m here with another short tutorial for you. Today, I’ll show you how you can transform your Photo into a watercolor painting in Photoshop just in 5-10 min. So, let’s get started.

Details

Program: Photoshop CS 5
Approximate time: 5-10 Minutes

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Have a look at the original image.
After applying watercolor painting effect.
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Step 1

Open the image on you want to apply watercolor painting effect in adobe Photoshop.
watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial.

Step 2

Now duplicate this image twice by going to Layer> Duplicate layer. Hide the 2nd copy layer, as we’ll apply a filter on copy1 first. Click on the first copy layer to select it then go to Filter> Artistic> Dry brush. Use the given settings here.
watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial
Once you are done, change its blending mode to ‘Linear Burn’.
watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial
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Step 3

Now make the copy 2 visible and go to Filter> Artistic> Watercolor. Apply the given settings here.
watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial
Change the blending mode of this layer to ‘Soft Light’.
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Step 4

Finally, duplicate copy 2 layer and change its blending mode to ‘Lighten’.
watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial
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Step 5

You can increase the brightness of this image by going to Image> Adjustments> Brightness/Contrast. Use the given values here.
watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial
With this we are all done with the watercolor painting effect. Simple isn’t it. Do try it yourself and share your thoughts.

Original image

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Final Result

watercolor painting Photoshop tutorial

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