There are many ways to make art in Photoshop and I have found over the years that people really love turning photos into things that look like paintings. The oil paint filter in Photoshop gives a very distinctive look.
This tutorial shows you how to choose the best settings for the most realistic results, as well as a couple of little tricks to get a more realistic result.

Over the years I have done a few of these painting type effects, this English Tea Can one has been one of your favorites, check it out here.

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14 responses to “How to make an oil painting from a photo in Photoshop tutorial”

1. Excellent

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2. Colin, you amaze me. I’m 80 years young and still learning in Photoshop. In all the lessons I have taken over the years, you are the best! You make learning so easy! I’m serious. You have a talent in teaching. I bought Photoshop in 1995 and used it all those years in my business. I now have an app that I developed from my shoots called, camera-storyboard. Because I have taken so much knowledge from you over the years for free, I wish to return the favor and give you a code for my app free. Just contact me at the email and I will send it to you. Thanks so much for your knowledge.

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   • Thanks, that’s very kind of you 🙂

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3. Thanks for the tutorials!!!

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4. Why can I not get Oil paint to go from grey, I have followed the instructions in the video, but it still stays in grey.

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5. Collin,
   Another marvelously simple and effective tutorial. You’ve left the door wide open for experimentation. Can’t wait to try it out. Hope it will work with version 5.5

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6. Great Video on the technique to make an Oil Painting from Photograph

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7. I had not used Oil Painting in this way. Thank you. Does the image need to be 8bit? Thanks so much.

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8. This is great. I have Adobe CC, with all the applications and recent downloads. I am already a subscriber, and look forward to other lessons as well.

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9. So well done, Colin on the 100K subscribers. You’ve managed to combine a “bottomless” technical knowledge, a friendly demeanor, you haven’t tried to be funny (thank God), you stay on point throughout the tut – you’re a bloody marvelous educator. And yes, a terrific tut and can’t wait to try it out. Taking son out for birthday lunch and hope to get a great photo to use.

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   • Thanks for the very kind words!

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10. Great tutorial. I followed along until I got to the “Filter Gallery”. Mine is greyed out. I will run back through, use different pic, restart and see if I can get it back.
    Thanks

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11. 5-star tutorial!!!! I tried to apply to a portrait of my mother but for some reason I did no come out very well. could you to a tutorial using an image portrait? Thanks so much

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12. Love all your tutorials.

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