#Aquarela paint fx install#

Double click the Smart Object layer’s thumbnail to open the. Since all the effects have been set up as part of a Smart Object, then watercolour painting effect can be applied to an alternative photograph by editing the contents of the Smart Object layer. Click around the canvas to restore the photograph with watercolour style bleeding around the edges.Īfter a few clicks, change the brush to an alternative watercolour option and continue restoring the image with a range of watercolour tones to avoid repetition. Switch the foreground colour to white in the toolbar, then use the square bracket keys to adjust the size of the brush. Select the Brush tool and choose one of the watercolour brushes. Add a Layer Mask to the Background layer, then use the ALT+Backspace shortcut to fill the mask with black, which will effectively erase the entire photograph.

#Aquarela paint fx install#

Change the blending mode to Multiply.ĭownload and install this free set of Watercolor Photoshop Brushes. Copy and Paste the texture into the Photoshop document and scale it to size to fit over the canvas. Edit the Blending Options and change the blending mode to Multiply to render this layer’s background transparent, this will leave just the details of the find edges effect to represent pencil sketch lines.įind a free paper texture, such as this Ivory Off White Paper Texture. Enter the settings of 5 Radius, 100 Threshold and change the Quality to High.ĭouble click the settings icon and change the blending mode of the Smart Blur effect to Screen and reduce the opacity to 50%. Change the blending mode to Pin Light.Ĭlick the Filter menu again, this time go to Blur > Smart Blur. In the Layers panel, double click the tiny settings icon next to the top Filter Gallery entry. This time select the Cutout filter and configure the settings to 5 Number of Levels, 4 Edge Simplicity and 1 Edge Fidelity. Select the Filter Gallery menu option again, making sure not to choose the option at the top, which would reapply the same effect. Navigate to the Artistic category and select Dry Brush, then change the settings to 10 Brush Size, 10 Brush Detail and 1 Texture. Head to the Filter menu and select Filter Gallery. Right click on the background image layer and select Convert to Smart Object. I’m using this photograph of the Golden Gate Bridge by Patrick Tomasso from. Open your chosen image in Adobe Photoshop. A range of Photoshop filters will produce the foundations of the effect, then the addition of a paper texture and deformation with watercolour Photoshop brushes add an extra level of realism to produce a convincing effect.

The effect we’ll be producing in this tutorial mimics the aesthetics of a hand painted picture using watercolour paints. Subscribe to the Spoon Graphics YouTube Channel