EditingFun101 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Hello there! I have been using Affinity for years now and am very please with it. I am wondering if there is a way to make a photo look like a painting? I am not seeing a direct route to making this happen. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walt.farrell Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 That's an interesting question, @EditingFun101. I presume you don't mean by painting over it with a brush, but by applying some kind of filter? Quote -- Walt Designer, Photo, and Publisher V1 and V2 at latest retail and beta releases PC: Desktop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Laptop: Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU. iPad: iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard Mac: 2023 M2 MacBook Air 15", 16GB memory, macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EditingFun101 Posted September 1, 2020 Author Share Posted September 1, 2020 Yes that is my thought. A filter the appears to be a painting. Thank you for responding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 What operating system do you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeW Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Hah...it may not matter as there is now a Mac version--but evidently not with Catalina. https://fotosketcher.com I've used the Windows version for years. It can produce good results and the price is right. lacerto and EditingFun101 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EditingFun101 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 I do have Mac... I will check out your link in a second here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R C-R Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 4 hours ago, MikeW said: Hah...it may not matter as there is now a Mac version--but evidently not with Catalina. I just checked & it will not run on Catalina, apparently because while the app itself is 64 bit ArchiChect.app says it has dozens of 32 bit components. EditingFun101 1 Quote All 3 1.10.8, & all 3 V2.4.1 Mac apps; 2020 iMac 27"; 3.8GHz i7, Radeon Pro 5700, 32GB RAM; macOS 10.15.7 Affinity Photo 1.10.8; Affinity Designer 1.108; & all 3 V2 apps for iPad; 6th Generation iPad 32 GB; Apple Pencil; iPadOS 15.7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 JixiPix plugins are very cool. What painting style are you looking at making? Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fixx Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 I recently tried a lot of different filter apps and I did not really find any that does convincing art in high resolution. Many though do good approximation in low res. EditingFun101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firstdefence Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Corel Painter is probably the defacto realistic painting app, Artrage is also a very good app in the right hands. EditingFun101 1 Quote iMac 27" 2019 Somona 14.3.1, iMac 27" Affinity Designer, Photo & Publisher V1 & V2, Adobe, Inkscape, Vectorstyler, Blender, C4D, Sketchup + more... XP-Pen Artist-22E, - iPad Pro 12.9 (Please refrain from licking the screen while using this forum) Affinity Help - Affinity Desktop Tutorials - Feedback - FAQ - most asked questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomaso Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Another approach is this tool which is not simply a filter but rather calculates the merge depending on two inputs and their variety of details. It combines two custom images: one for the 'content / shapes', the other for the 'structure / micro-contrast' and colours. https://deepart.io/latest/ Old Bruce, walt.farrell, BiffBrown and 1 other 4 Quote macOS 10.14.6 | MacBookPro Retina 15" | Eizo 27" | Affinity V1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EditingFun101 Posted September 2, 2020 Author Share Posted September 2, 2020 Wow you guys! Thank you. My cousin has this photo she wants painted (I can paint but this photo is not in my wheel house). I am trying to convince her to use a computer program to make a realistic painting that way. @firstdefence @thomaso and @MikeW I will pass on your much appreciated advice. So very helpful. My Warmest Regards to each of you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blende21 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 Sorry for being late to this thread. Since dressing photos for posting in social media is often done on a smart phone, there are a lot of Apps that will give a special touch to pictures. I have (but rarely use) the app Brushstroke installed on my iPhone, that converts any photo (from the camera roll or just taken by the camera) into a piece of painted art. Some filters are pretty tame, others are quite extreme. It works with high resolution and supports export as a Tiff file, which can be further edited in Affinity Photo. EditingFun101 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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