CircularWebs Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 Is there an affinity photo tutorial for creating a painting from a photo or making a photo into a painting. I found tutorials for Photo Shop on YouTube and recognise the similarity with some of the stages/settings but as I have never used PhotoShop I would rather have an Affinity Photo version. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 You should check out this pretty neat technique … :) Source: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34014-oil-painting/?p=168752 JPT0908, and relax, DuctTape and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted April 24, 2017 Share Posted April 24, 2017 As well as this thread: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34557-playing-with-painting-tools/ :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmac Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 As someone who paints actual paintings I have to say that there is no software in existence that can make a photograph into a painting. There are a number of programs that can, to a greater or lesser degree, make a photograph look like a painting. Paintings require someone with a brush, digital or traditional, to actually paint them...I know what you meant with your question CircularWebs so please forgive the rant. Just a pet peave of mine. Keith Reeder, LilleG and A_B_C 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_B_C Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 Well, this is beyond doubt … :) LilleG and Mithferion 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Reeder Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Agreed, jmac - the arbitrary application of gimmicky filters is no substitute for quality or ability; nor does it make an otherwise banal image somehow "worthwhile". A pet peeve of mine, too. LilleG and A_B_C 2 Quote Keith Reeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinahammer Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 You should check out this pretty neat technique … :) Source: https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34014-oil-painting/?p=168752 Thank you man for sharing this video here I will learn a lot with this and make something great. Trigger and send Services Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobNJ Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 As someone who paints actual paintings I have to say that there is no software in existence that can make a photograph into a painting. There are a number of programs that can, to a greater or lesser degree, make a photograph look like a painting. Paintings require someone with a brush, digital or traditional, to actually paint them...I know what you meant with your question CircularWebs so please forgive the rant. Just a pet peave of mine. I regularly manipulate photos. When I do, I usually put it as 'made into a "painting" ' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrym Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 and this work was pretty cool! https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/34014-oil-painting/ (about the 12th post down) Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAffinity Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I did this with Topaz Impression. Was rejected from a photo competition as the judge thought it was pen and ink... Also some present edits in PS and recently using AP... Enjoy. P. A_B_C, BiffBrown and harrym 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paristo Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 As someone who paints actual paintings I have to say that there is no software in existence that can make a photograph into a painting. There are a number of programs that can, to a greater or lesser degree, make a photograph look like a painting. Paintings require someone with a brush, digital or traditional, to actually paint them...I know what you meant with your question CircularWebs so please forgive the rant. Just a pet peave of mine. Not even with a digital painting doesn't work. Like look at Bob Ross does with a basic tools! There just ain't a tools on digital side to really do all the physical things like the knife and roll of paint. It wanted to paint something digitally, better just to put the image on the background layer and then just add new layer and start painting on it, instead trying to use the photo and fake it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulAffinity Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Paristo. You obviously have never used Corel Painter 2017. I have. Truly remarkable. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdenby Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Check out the SIGGRAPH 2017 teaser at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YvIHREdVX4. There is a brief segment showing a fairly remarkable transformation of a vid stream to either a pencil drawing or a painting. jer 1 Quote iMac 27" Retina, c. 2015: OS X 10.11.5: 3.3 GHz I c-5: 32 Gb, AMD Radeon R9 M290 2048 Mb iPad 12.9" Retina, iOS 10, 512 Gb, Apple pencil Huion WH1409 tablet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jer Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Check out the SIGGRAPH 2017 teaser at www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YvIHREdVX4. There is a brief segment showing a fairly remarkable transformation of a vid stream to either a pencil drawing or a painting. Remarkable is right! Actually, the entire video is remarkable. Thanks for posting that link. gdenby 1 Quote ♥ WIN 10 AD & AP ♥ Lenovo Legion Y520 15.6" Laptop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paristo Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Paristo. You obviously have never used Corel Painter 2017. I have. Truly remarkable. Enjoy! I tested the previous one but still not anything like the physical painting is. Two different inputs result two different outputs. Even when using a digitalizer you can't do anything like you can do with the actual brush and other tools. you don't have the feedback, touch, sound and visuals to do the things like with the real paint and tools allows. Yes the Core Painter is great, just like Krita is great. But both are just digital. There is a sensing device that is so sensitive that it can detect a individual brush hairs, and that will dramatically increase the capabilities of digital use. But that is still a peripheral device, without paint and feedbacks etc. In future lots of things will come and be possible, just like the video above, but we are still far far far from the physical world capabilities (and way past the limitations too). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMPN Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Software can do 90% of painting output. But for 100%, artist is required i think. BiffBrown 1 Quote Best Regards Mike Paint My Photo | Photo to Painting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB78 Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 I added a small tutorial of my workflow here: Link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmstraker Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 I bought a cheapo version of Topaz labs years ago at a photography show in the NEC in the UK. All on a CD with a code. Still brilliant and I use Topaz Simplify to create great 'painting' versions. Sneaky tip: If you've got a great photo that is out of focus, Simplify will find edges and fill in a 'cartoon' version that works really well. I've such a picture on the wall, printed as a 'canvas' and which loads of visitors have thought was a real painting. Bottom line: Affinity's ability to use Photoshop Plugins extends its capability still further. I have played with all kinds of photo editing software, from PS to LR to ON1 and more, and I spend by far the most time in Affinity. Just love it for its massive capability. Example of photo and Topaz Simplify variant attached. Quote Dave Straker Cameras: Sony A7R2, RX100V Computers: Win10: Chillblast i9 Custom + Philips 40in 4K & Benq 23in; Surface Pro 4 i5; iPad Pro 11" Favourite word: Aha. For me and for others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted October 16, 2017 Share Posted October 16, 2017 Nice effect. I'm a fan of both church windows and Topaz Simplify. I must try the combination. Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Rostron Posted October 18, 2017 Share Posted October 18, 2017 I did try applying Topaz Simplify to an image of the West Window of Gloucester Cathedral. This image was an HDR from three images. I used the Cartoon by D. Pacheco option in Simplify. One interesting (and perhaps expected) effect is that the cartoon version is much smaller for the same degree of jpeg compression. Quote Windows 10, Affinity Photo 1.10.5 Designer 1.10.5 and Publisher 1.10.5 (mainly Photo), now ex-Adobe CC CPU: AMD A6-3670. RAM: 16 GB DDR3 @ 666MHz, Graphics: 2047MB NVIDIA GeForce GT 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCPhotos_FineArtAmerica Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Actually, unless one is painting for themselves or painting a commission, in using comparisons between photo software for painterly effects, vs a painting done by hand with an artist, the differentiation are sometime obvious, and sometimes not as obvious. But in the end neither talent really matters to the buyer, since they are buying what pleases their eye. Mind you I am not suggesting this example of mine will please your eye, but it has pleased other's which has resulted in sales for me. Quote Light, Subject, Focus, DOF, Background, Edit, Learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steps Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 5 hours ago, RCPhotos_FineArtAmerica said: Actually, unless one is painting for themselves or painting a commission, in using comparisons between photo software for painterly effects, vs a painting done by hand with an artist, the differentiation are sometime obvious, and sometimes not as obvious. Yes, I find that this depends on the photo itself. Some of my photos work absolutely stunning with FXCartoonizer and some results are garbage. Actually I just submitted my favourite profile picture to that thecartoonist.me guy (25$) to see if he can so some magic with it. I'm very curious because sadly the mentioned photo has low contrast and Affinity Photos edge detection fails on that aside with every photo filter software I tried. For the future I guess it will depend on the photo if I can use a cartoon photo filter, trace it by hand myself or give it to a professional. Quote Windows 10 Pro x64 (1903). Intel Core i7-9700K @ 3.60GHz, 32 GB memory, NVidia RTX 2080 Affinity Photo 1.7.2.471, Affinity Designer 1.7.2.471, Affinity Publisher 1.7.2.471 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxHeppa Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Nice stuff but in this rose video what is this exact live filter used? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfred Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 6 minutes ago, MxHeppa said: Nice stuff but in this rose video what is this exact live filter used? The rose video doesn’t use a filter, it uses the Paint Mixer Brush. Quote Alfred Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for Windows • Windows 10 Home/Pro Affinity Designer/Photo/Publisher 2 for iPad • iPadOS 17.4.1 (iPad 7th gen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxHeppa Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 19 hours ago, Alfred said: The rose video doesn’t use a filter, it uses the Paint Mixer Brush. yes it does use end side i found it is lightfing filter video tells it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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