Create a Painting from a Photo
Dave shows you how to use a combination of filters to pull off a painterly image.
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Louise
May 2, 2010 at 8:57 am
Thank you. That’s neat. I can now try it with my cat. I also like that you can download these videos allowing me to view and review them when I don’t have access to the Internet.
Kathy
December 10, 2010 at 5:15 pm
I have used filters many times, but when I open pic, then make new layer, then go to filters>filter gallery it says cannot apply filters because no pixels are chosen!!!! I cannot get off step one. Why am I getting this message??? How do I choose pixels, I know the pic has pixels, where did they go and how do I get them where they belong??? Help
Patricia
December 13, 2010 at 10:06 am
Kathy,
You are not alone. I get the same message. Can anyone help with this issue?
Rick
December 13, 2010 at 10:14 am
Make sure you’re duplicating the Background Layer in that first step: open your photo, then press Ctrl-J (Mac: Command-J) to get a copy on a new layer. Then, when you open the Filter Gallery, you’ll be working on a copy of your original image.
If you just choose New Layer, it will create a new blank layer, which has no pixels.
Rick
Frank
December 15, 2010 at 3:13 pm
I downloaded the video and there is no audio. I hear it when I stream it but not when I download it.
Andy
December 17, 2010 at 12:43 pm
This was a very helpful video. Thanks so much! I also want to try this on photos of my cat. I often have trouble with working with layers, so I’m hoping that this will give me an opportunity to get it right this time.
Renee
December 21, 2010 at 5:24 am
Wow, I just joined your site and subscribed to your magazine. I just watched your video tutorial and its easy to understand. I love the fact that I can download the video. That will help alot! Your site looks amazing. Thanks!!!!!
phyllis
December 21, 2010 at 6:24 pm
I know this is a stupid question, but how do you download the video.
Shirley
January 16, 2011 at 3:14 pm
I have PE 7 and when I tried this on a flower it was not as noticeable as it was on your video. I noticed that each time you added a filter that it stayed as part of you process. To me it looks like on my picture that it replaces and does not add a filter. What is it that I might be doing incorrectly? Your dog looks great.
Mary
January 26, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Hi Shirley,
I think that you might be changing the filter instead of adding a new one.
Each time you want to add a new filter, you first have to click on the ‘New Effect Layer’ icon at the bottom right of the Filter gallery. It look like a page with a turned corner. When you do this, Photoshop Elements will add an additional filter effect on top of the one that is already there. The new layer will be he same as the one that was already there, but there should now be two of them. Then, all you have to do is change the new layer to the new filter effect and change the options as you like.
Hope this helps-
-Mary
Joyce
February 8, 2011 at 10:10 am
I love your video. Cannot wait to try it. Also a comments of another issue. The article you had on correcting ghost eyes on pets was fantastic. I tried it and it worked absolutely wonderful.. Thanks and keep article like this coming.
Lee
February 10, 2011 at 3:34 pm
I don’t if anyone has mentioned this (elsewhere), but I appreciate that the video progress knob can be “scrubbed”. This way, after I watch a video one time at normal speed, being able to scann and pause it scene-by-scene allows me to experiment on my own photo(s) without having to “crawl along” through the lesson. Kudos to you PET guys and gals.
Donna
March 10, 2011 at 3:53 pm
Wow! this is great. I have played around with the filters some but I learned more here. …can’t wait to try more stuff. … haven’t come across the pet eye removal yet, that will come in handy.