{"id":183,"date":"2012-10-01T15:27:59","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T15:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/photoshopessentials_wp\/?p=183"},"modified":"2019-04-13T13:17:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T17:17:02","slug":"watercolor-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.photoshopessentials.com\/newsite\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Photoshop Watercolor Painting Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.adslot-2 { display: inline-block; width:300px; float:right; margin: 6px 0px 12px 30px; }\n@media (max-width: 767px) { .adslot-2 { display: none; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 photo effects top responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle adslot-2\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2740208297\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<div id=\"author\">Written by Steve Patterson.<\/div>\n<p>In this <strong>Photoshop effects tutorial<\/strong>, we'll learn how to easily make a photo look more like a <strong>watercolor painting<\/strong>. This photo effect works best on images where maintaining rich colors and strong contrast is more important than keeping any fine details, since you'll be losing a lot of detail with this effect.<\/p>\n<p>Creating the effect is as simple as duplicating some layers, applying a few filters, and using a few different layer blend modes, and the whole thing takes only a couple of minutes from start to finish. Please note that this tutorial was written for Photoshop CS5 and earlier. Photoshop CC and CS6 users will want to follow along with my <a href=\"\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting-photoshop-cs6\/\">updated version<\/a> which also includes a video of the steps.<\/p>\n<p>Here's the image I'll be using for this tutorial:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/dutch-windmill-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a Dutch windmill and flowers.\" width=\"681\" height=\"408\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The original photo.<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">And here's how it will look after applying our watercolor painting effect:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/watercolor-painting.jpg\" alt=\"The image after applying the watercolor painting effect.\" width=\"681\" height=\"408\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The final watercolor painting effect.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-middle { display: inline-block; width:300px; margin:6px 0px 24px 0px; padding-top: 16px; padding-bottom: 16px; }\n@media (max-width: 515px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n@media (max-width: 480px) { .ads-middle { margin:20px 0; } }\n<\/style><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- photo effects 300x250 middle responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-middle\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"4216941496\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n<p>For a video of this tutorial, check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=McT4ZnXcAOE\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Warch the video\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Photoshop Watercolor Painting Effect<\/a> on YouTube. Let's get started!<\/p>\n<aside><p class=\"members-ad-top\"><a href=\"\/print-ready-pdfs\/\">Download all of our Photoshop tutorials as PDFs!<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n<h4><span>Step 1:<\/span> Duplicate The Background Layer Three Times<\/h4>\n<p>With the image newly opened in Photoshop, if we look in our Layers palette, we can see that we currently have one layer, the <em>Background<\/em> layer, which contains our image:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/photoshop-layers-palette.gif\" alt=\"The Layers palette in Photoshop showing the original Background layer.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">The Layers palette in Photoshop showing the image on the <em>Background<\/em> layer.<\/div>\n<p>We need to create three copies of the <em>Background<\/em> layer, so use the keyboard shortcut <span class=\"em\">Ctrl+J<\/span> (Win) \/ <span class=\"em\">Command+J<\/span> (Mac) three times to duplicate the <em>Background<\/em> layer three times. If we look again in our Layers palette, we can see that we now have four layers, with the original <em>Background<\/em> layer on the bottom and three copies above it:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/photoshop-layers.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop's Layers palette now showing the Background layer plus three copies above it.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Press \"Ctrl+J\" (Win) \/ \"Command+J\" (Mac) three times to duplicate the <em>Background<\/em> layer three times.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 2:<\/span> Turn Off The Top Two Layers<\/h4>\n<p>On the far left of each layer in the Layers palette, you'll see a small eyeball icon. This is the <span class=\"em\">Layer Visibility<\/span> icon, and it determines whether or not the layer is currently visible in the Photoshop document. When the eyeball icon is visible, it means the layer itself is visible. Click on the icon for the top two layers in the Layers palette to temporarily hide them from view inside the document. When you click on the icon, it disappears, letting you know that the layer is no longer visible:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/layer-visibility-icon.gif\" alt=\"Clicking on the Layer Visibity icon for each of the top two layers in the Layers palette to temporarily hide them from view.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Hide the top two layers in the document by clicking on their Layer Visibility (eyeball) icons. The icons disappear when clicked on.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 3:<\/span> Select \"Layer 1\" <\/h4>\n<p>With the top two layers temporarily hidden from view, click on \"Layer 1\" in the Layers palette to select it. You'll know which layer is selected because the currently selected layer is highlighted in blue:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/select-layer.gif\" alt=\"Clicking on 'Layer 1' in the Layers palette to select it.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Click on \"Layer 1\" in the Layers palette to select it.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 4:<\/span> Apply The \"Cutout\" Filter <\/h4>\n<p>The first thing we're going to do is simplify our image, and we can do that using Photoshop's \"Cutout\"   filter.   With \"Layer 1\" selected, go up to the <span class=\"em\">Filter<\/span> menu at the top of the screen, choose <span class=\"em\">Artistic<\/span>, and then choose <span class=\"em\">Cutout<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>When the Cutout filter's dialog box appears, set the <span class=\"em\">Number of Levels<\/span> to <span class=\"em\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"em\">Edge Simplicity<\/span> to <span class=\"em\">4<\/span>, and <span class=\"em\">Edge Fidelity<\/span> to <span class=\"em\">2<\/span>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/cutout-options.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop's 'Cutout' filter options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Go to Filter &gt; Artistic &gt; Cut Out and change the options circled in red above.<\/div>\n<p>Click OK when you're done to apply the settings and exit out of the dialog box.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 5:<\/span> Change The Blend Mode Of \"Layer 1\" to \"Luminosity\"<\/h4>\n<p>With \"Layer 1\" still selected, go up to the <span class=\"em\">Blend Mode<\/span> options in the top left of the Layers palette. By default, layers are set to the \"Normal\" blend mode. Click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word \"Normal\" and select the <span class=\"em\">Luminosity<\/span> blend mode from the bottom of the list:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/photoshop-layer-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the blend mode of 'Layer 1' from 'Normal' to 'Luminosity'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Change the blend mode of \"Layer 1\" from \"Normal\" to \"Luminosity\".<\/div>\n<p>Your image should now look something like this:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/image-luminosity.jpg\" alt=\"The image in Photoshop after changing the blend mode of 'Layer 1' to 'Luminosity'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> The image after changing the blend mode of \"Layer 1\" to \"Luminosity\".<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 6:<\/span> Turn On The Layer Above &quot;Layer 1&quot; And Select The Layer<\/h4>\n<p>Still in the Layers palette, click inside the empty square where the eyeball icon used to be on the layer directly above &quot;Layer 1&quot; (&quot;Layer 1 copy&quot;) to turn that layer back on, so it's visible again inside the document. Turning a layer back on doesn't actually select the layer though, and we need to have it selected as well, so once you've turned the layer back on, click anywhere else on &quot;Layer 1 copy&quot; to select it so it's highlighted in blue:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/select-second-layer.gif\" alt=\"Turning 'Layer 1 copy' back on and selecting it.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Click on the visibility icon (the empty square) for \"Layer 1 copy\" to turn it back on, then click anywhere else on the layer to select it.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 7:<\/span> Apply The \"Dry Brush\" Filter <\/h4>\n<p>We're going to add some texture to our image at this point. With \"Layer 1 copy\" selected and visible once again inside the document, go back up to the <span class=\"em\">Filter<\/span> menu at the top of the screen, choose <span class=\"em\">Artistic<\/span> once again, and this time, choose <span class=\"em\">Dry Brush<\/span>. When the Dry Brush filter's dialog box appears, set the <span class=\"em\">Brush Size<\/span> to <span class=\"em\">10<\/span>, the <span class=\"em\">Brush Detail<\/span> to <span class=\"em\">10<\/span>, and the <span class=\"em\">Texture<\/span> option to 3:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/dry-brush-options.gif\" alt=\"Photoshop's Dry Brush filter options.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Go to Filter &gt; Artistic &gt; Dry Brush and change the options circled in red above.<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:both;\">Click OK when you're done to apply the   filter   and exit out of the dialog box.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 8:<\/span> Change The Layer Blend Mode To \"Screen\"<\/h4>\n<p>With \"Layer 1 copy\" still selected, go up to the Blend Mode options once again in the top left of the Layers palette, click on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word \"Normal\", and change the blend mode for the layer to <span class=\"em\">Screen<\/span>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/screen-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the layer blend mode of 'Layer 1 copy' to 'Screen'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Change the blend mode of \"Layer 1 copy\" to \"Screen\".<\/div>\n<p>Your image should now look something like this:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/image-screen-blend-mode.jpg\" alt=\"The image after changing the blend mode of 'Layer 1 copy' to 'Screen'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> The image appears brighter after changing the blend mode of \"Layer 1 copy\" to \"Screen\".<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 9:<\/span> Turn On The Top Layer And Select It<\/h4>\n<p>Just as we did with \"Layer 1 copy\" a moment ago, click inside the empty square where the eyeball icon used to be on the top layer in the Layers palette (&quot;Layer 1 copy 2&quot;) to turn the layer back on and make it visible once again inside the document. Then click anywhere else on the layer to select it so it's highlighted in blue:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/select-top-layer.gif\" alt=\"Turning the top layer in the Layers palette back on and selecting it.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Turn the top layer back on by clicking on its Layer Visibility icon in the Layers palette, then click anywhere else to select the layer.<\/div>\n<h4><span>Step 10:<\/span> Apply The \"Median\" Filter <\/h4>\n<p>With the top layer selected and visible again inside the document, go back up to the <span class=\"em\">Filter<\/span> menu at the top of the screen, this time choose <span class=\"em\">Noise<\/span>, and then choose <span class=\"em\">Median<\/span>. The Median filter will remove even more detail from the image, and the nice thing about it is that it does so without blurring the image so edges remain well defined. When the Median Filter's dialog box appears, set the <span class=\"em\">Radius<\/span> value at the bottom to <span class=\"em\">12 pixels<\/span>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/photoshop-median-filter.jpg\" alt=\"Setting the Radius value in the Median filter's dialog box in Photoshop.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Go to Filter &gt; Noise &gt; Median and set the \"Radius\" value to \"12 pixels\".<\/div>\n<p>Click OK when you're done to apply the filter and exit out of the dialog box.<\/p>\n<h4><span>Step 11:<\/span> Change The Blend Mode Of The Top Layer To \"Soft Light\"<\/h4>\n<p>To complete the effect, with the top layer still selected, go up to the Blend Mode options in the top left of the Layers palette, click again on the down-pointing arrow to the right of the word \"Normal\", and change the layer's blend mode to <span class=\"em\">Soft Light<\/span>:<\/p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/soft-light-blend-mode.gif\" alt=\"Changing the blend mode of the top layer to 'Soft Light'.\" \/>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> Change the blend mode of the top layer to \"Soft Light\" to complete the effect.<\/div>\n<p>Once you've changed the blend mode to \"Soft Light\", you're done!<\/p>\n<p>Here's my original image once again for comparison:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/dutch-windmill-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of a Dutch windmill and flowers.\" style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> The original image once again.<\/div>\n<p>And here, after applying the Median filter to the top layer and changing its blend mode to \"Soft Light\", is my final<br \/>\n  \"watercolor painting\" effect: <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pe-images.s3.amazonaws.com\/photo-effects\/watercolor-painting\/watercolor-painting.jpg\" alt=\"The image after applying the watercolor painting effect.\" width=\"681\" height=\"408\" style=\"margin-bottom:12px;\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-desc\"> The final watercolor painting result.<\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n.ads-bottom { width:300px; padding-top:16px;padding-bottom:16px; }\n<\/style><div align=\"center\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\n<!-- 300x250 page bottom responsive -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle ads-bottom\"\n     style=\"display:block\"\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6601556224092982\"\n     data-ad-slot=\"2879809098\"\n     data-ad-format=\"rectangle\"\n\t data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/div>\n<h3>Where to go next...<\/h3>\n<p>And there we have it! 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