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Create Amazing Digital Paintings with This Free Photoshop Filter

This tutorial is courtesy of the Russell Brown Show.
Pixel Bender, a set of plug-ins that’s compatible with Photoshop CS5, includes many filters that take your images in new directions. But in this tutorial, you’ll learn how to go even further, transforming the oil paint filter beyond its stock results and creating a unique piece of art.
Download Pixel Bender from Adobe Labs.
Don’t have Photoshop CS5? Download the free trial.
To open the QuickTime tutorial video in a separate window, click the screenshot below:

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RUSSELL BROWN is the Senior Creative Director at Adobe Systems, and an Emmy Award-winning instructor. He shares his delight in testing the creative limits of his tools, and his in-depth design knowledge and zany presentation style has won him a regular following among beginning, intermediate, and advanced users alike.
  • Anonymous says:

    Looks cool, but it’s not installing. The forums haven’t been helpful, either :-(

  • Anonymous says:

    On my 1st try, I did a quick Van Gogh effect and a Seurat. This is really cool. I-ll be blogging it next week.

    I had some trouble installing as well. I have Windows 7 and took a while to figure out how to give myself admin privileges.

    Thanks so much!

  • Anonymous says:

    Van Gogh – not! Closer to manipulated Polaroid. Interesting tutorial shows potential, but not particularly creative or valuable as demonstrated. Way mechanical and heavy on the side of operators who want to perform a one-button trick. It will take a real artist to glean advantage from this tool set, and not use it as a bludgeon.

  • Heri05 says:

    really good

  • Anonymous says:

    this will not install. It keeps telling me i don’t have proper permission

  • HawaiiBill says:

    My MacBook died and went to Las Vegas where Apple gave it a new logic board, hard drive and battery. However, my nervousness about TimeMachine didn’t give me all my past additions — including PixelBender. Now it’s back and welcome home

    Bill

    An old man, a writer who likes people, living in the middle of the Pacific ocean near volcanoes, in tradewinds and soft bird songs.

  • Anonymous says:

    I have never really got into the filters but have heard they can do some really awesome things. I love the looks of this one and will definitely be downloading it. Now all I have to do is take decent photos, convert them with this filter and then sell them as prints.

    Selina

  • sarfraz says:

    where from download it?

    “oil paint”

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