Watercolor Effect in Photoshop
Feb 22, 2009 Photo Effects, Photoshop
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Description
This tutorial will teach you how to create a water color effect on any photo of your choosing
Objectives
- Learn how to use filters to create a realistic water color effect
Sometimes we need to convert normal images to painted ones. This tutorial helps you to achive that goal.
Open any file of your choice.

We will now apply dry brush effect in the image. For that go to filter>artistic>dry brush. Give the values as shown in the figure.

Image after applying dry brush effect.

Press control+f to repeat the last filter. Here it is dry brush.

You will notice that our image is turning to a water color painted image. Now go to filter>stylize>diffuse and apply these settings.

Go to filter>blur> smart blur and apply these values.

Our final output. Compare the original and final image.





May 18th, 2009 at 5:12 pm
Fab!!!!!! love this and you make it so simple, thanks loads!
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PSDesignZone Reply:
May 18th, 2009 at 8:06 pm
Thanks!, be sure to check out our other Tutorials!
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May 20th, 2009 at 1:12 am
wonderful
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November 13th, 2009 at 11:55 am
nice tutorial……
thanks for posting guys….
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December 25th, 2010 at 11:55 am
This is a very good post! Keep them comming!
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December 25th, 2010 at 12:47 pm
if you put a image in it it will be perfect
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