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Subject: Watercolour filter

eirian opened this issue on May 12, 2003 · 12 posts
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eirian ( ) posted Mon, 12 May 2003 at 8:55 AM · edited Mon, 09 September 2024 at 4:23 AM

Does anyone know where I might find a good watercolour-effect filter, compatible with PS6 or PS7? I know there's one included, but I can't get the effect I want from that. I'm looking for a very watery look, like a painted watercolour. The filter that comes with PS looks more like oil to me, even after playing with the settings.

cambert ( ) posted Mon, 12 May 2003 at 9:07 AM

Not sure about other plug-ins, but have you tried the 'Fade Watercolour' option under the 'Edit' menu? When you run a filter, the 'Fade [filter]' option appears and lets you change the opacity and mode, as though the filter effects were a layer in themselves. Combining that with duplicate layers and a judicious bit of layer-masking extends the usefulness of the standard filters by a long way. It also helps lose the 'I know that filter a mile away' factor. You could also run another filter (Paint Daubs maybe) on a layer underneath and play around with layer opacity and layer modes to extend the possibilities even further. Just some thoughts from cambert's displacement activity hour... :-)

eirian ( ) posted Mon, 12 May 2003 at 11:29 AM

Hm. I'll have to investigate that. I'm pretty new to photoshop - I've been using "Elements" since it came out and that option isn't there in Elements. Thanks!

dreamer101 ( ) posted Mon, 12 May 2003 at 12:33 PM

Virtual Painter has 12 brush stoke filters (including watercolor) and 6 background materials.

mpalash ( ) posted Tue, 13 May 2003 at 2:45 AM

you could try this filter called buzz. don't know the site...do a search on google. as far as i remember, the lite version was free. have fun!! :-D

bonestructure ( ) posted Tue, 13 May 2003 at 7:12 AM

I like a plugin called Fantastic Machines Paint Engine. It offers a lot of presets and also lets you devise your own effects. It does quite a nice job. I'd say see if you can find this plugin. I apologize for not knowing where to get it right off hand, but it is a free on, or was when I got it. One thing I'd advise as far as a watercolor effect is to make a layer underneat your picture that's just flat white, and once you get the effect you want on your picture, make it slightly transparent before merging layers, so that the colors are a bit faded and not so saturated. Remember, watercolor is transparent.

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Jack Casement ( ) posted Tue, 13 May 2003 at 7:54 AM

There is a great watercolour tutorial at www.digital-creativity.co.uk. I have used it and it certainly beats the Photoshop WC filter.

cmarcant ( ) posted Thu, 15 May 2003 at 1:04 AM

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I have posted a watercolor with explanations a while ago. Go check it out! In few words, I used a combination of Virtual Painter (by Jasc) and Aetherize (Flaming Pear) with various blends. Buzz Pro is a plug-in made by fo2pix. They have a demo available. Christophe

eirian ( ) posted Thu, 15 May 2003 at 11:14 AM

Thanks everyone. That's a lot to check out. My problem is I have a filter that does exactly the effect I want, but it's not photoshop compatible. I keep this clunky old program on my PC for just that one filter, and it's becoming a pain. Thanks for the pointers. I'm off to investigate...

RealitysPoison ( ) posted Wed, 21 May 2003 at 11:44 AM

Anyone want to post an example of Virtual Painter? Didn't really find any good pics at the link to demonstrate. I would love to actually be able to duplicate traditional media in PS, since my background is in that. As it is now, I haven't found a combination that didn't convince me I was looking for something that was just "trying" to be traditional media, so I always have to go back to my actual watercolors or what not and than scan. Wouldn't mind checking it out, but I don't want to buy a filter until I can see more of an idea what results can be produced. :D

cmarcant ( ) posted Wed, 21 May 2003 at 3:08 PM

Attached Link: http://www.jasc.com/trialreg.asp?pid=501

you can get a trial copy on the Jasc site. Christophe

RealitysPoison ( ) posted Wed, 21 May 2003 at 5:16 PM

Cool. Might just have to do that. Thanks.

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