Hi everyone, and thanks for your time! I have some photos i need to do in simulated watercolor for a hospital. I have tried SEVERAL plugins and most of the results look psychadelic... like i dropped the camera in a lake, dried it out, and bam... wierd images. Not what they are lookin for, can you help me?

Hi Superlite,  welcome to the forum. 

i've never really gotten good results via plugins but you can experiment with different filters and you might get the outcome you're looking for.  a couple of recommendations i have would be:

1. make plenty of duplicate layers

2. use different blend modes

3. use quick mask to expose different parts of the image.

i know this isn't much help but alot of great stuff happens when you experiment

;)
retrocity

Hi there, and thank you. I have not used quick mask... pardon my ignorance,,, but where is it??? And what does it do?

I don't use a 3rd party plugin for watercolor. Each image is different when trying to make it look like watercolor. Here is what I do. You will have to play with the settings to get what you want.

1. Filter > Stylize > Find Edges

2. Edit > Fade Find Edges .. You can play with the opacity .. 20-25%

3. Filter > Artistic > Dry Brush set at Brush Size = 0, Brush Detail = 10, Texture = 1 OR Watercolor set at Brush Detail = 14, Shadow Intensity = 0, Texture = 1

4. Edit > Fade Dry Bush or Watercolor (whichever you chose to whatever opacity looks good)

5. Filter > Sharpen > Unsharp Mask

Or what retrocity said. lol