I have a photograph that I want to enlarge, and also make it appear like a painting. Is there anyway I can do that on my computer, maybe with a specific program... Or at a Kodak photo booth thing in the picture department? Please help... :)
2007-12-23 03:41:40 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Photography
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2007-12-23 03:44:56 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I love Photoshop (CS3) and use it daily, but I don't think it does well when it comes to turning a photo into a painting.
Corel Painter 10 works much better. You can "clone" a photo. Let me try one right now.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/wtin/corelpainterx.jpg
You would best use a Wacom pen (rather than a mouse). In this case, I used an oil brush.
Here is a little bigger version of the screen. What I would have to do is trace the photo (onto a "clone" of one) and the clone picks up the color of the original.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c317/wtin/clone.jpg
This is very time consuming-but the result looks much better than "auto clone" (which randomly draws the clone (still looks okay though). This "clone" is hardly finished, but I thought I'd share what it could do. You can of course use water color, etc. to do this and the ink really drips on the screen, too.
Photoshop doesn't come close to this at all.
http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1166553885783
2007-12-23 04:41:55 · answer #2 · answered by Pooky™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photoshop is the easiest way, though Photoshop is an expensive piece of software for what you want.
GIMP is a freeware utility that will allow you to 'oilify' your photo to make it look like an oil painting.
Here's the link for GIMP:
http://www.gimp.org/
And here's an explanation of how to use filters in GIMP:
http://docs.gimp.org/en/filters.html
GIMP is a fairly powerful program and should do most things that you need!
2007-12-23 03:55:58 · answer #3 · answered by ekosbornemartin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can use some kind of image-editing software. I use Photoshop CS at work and it has a whole selection of filters to apply all kinds of effects, including making it look like an oil painting.
2007-12-23 03:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by Resident Heretic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Photoshop filters. Here is an example:
Before:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2336/2122233037_09784b3788.jpg?v=0
After:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/22131398@N05/2137791277/
You can get a free trial at adobe.com
2007-12-23 03:56:02 · answer #5 · answered by ♣ALT 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will need a photo editing program that has this feature. Photoshop and Adobe I believe both have this function.
You might be able to bring them to Kinko's and see if they have any of the programs that can do it for you.
The Kodak Photo book does not have this feature.
2007-12-23 03:50:43 · answer #6 · answered by Seablanco1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Besides all the tips above, get it printed on canvas. I did this one and hardly a day goes by that someone doesn't ask me who did the painting. The original image lent itself to the technique, too, just due to the nature of the subject and the capture.
Before: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/1466066261/
After: http://www.flickr.com/photos/samfeinstein/1459000873/
Many processors provide this service, but I used Mpix.com's "Gallery Wrap" at http://www.mpix.com
2007-12-23 05:22:46 · answer #7 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the other answers you are getting I would throw this out too:
try some fine art photo papers.
I have been begun experimenting (and getting good results) with fine art photo rag, and museum etching.
Just another option.
2007-12-23 05:15:12 · answer #8 · answered by trunorth 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put it into photoshop, use the filters.
2007-12-23 08:21:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.virtualpainter5.com/
2007-12-23 07:22:01 · answer #10 · answered by Perki88 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋