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3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

I have a Photoshop filters question, and it's entirely possible that this isn't doable.

Is there a simple way to make a photo look like an 18th century painting? Obviously, I know that a filter is basically just going to give a rough idea, and then it'll need touching up from there, but I haven't been able to find anything all that close.

I'm try to do something like a Trumbull painting, basically.

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3 Action Economist: May 22, 2002; Educate. Agitate. Liberate.

pipes! posted:

A lot of painting mimicry is done without filters. I'm assuming you want to create something that looks like this?

You can probably get a good way of the way there with hue and saturation adjustments, a texture overlay to suggest canvas texture, and some gradient shadowing. If you're going to use filters, keep them light, subtle, and minimal to keep it from looking too "filtery." I got some decent results with Noise/Dust and Scratches, but it's about playing around and finding what looks right.

Cool, thanks. I'm pretty much a novice, but I thought this could be a fun project, and I"m sure I'll learn things.

# ¿ Apr 6, 2009 21:58

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