Need advice on using Brush Strokes effect

[hasl753]

I've never been able to get the Brush Strokes effect to produce a realistic oil painting or watercolor painting effect. It just ends up looking like a blurred photo or something horrible.

If anyone has had any luck using this effect, I'd appreciate knowing what settings you used.

Maybe Corel would do a video tutorial on the Brush Strokes effect someday.

(I have PSP 2022 Ultimate.)

[Kathy_9]

Here's an idea to get you started. As you can see in the attached, I've duplicated the background layer and applied the brush strokes effect to the copy of the background. Then I changed the blend mode to multiply.

You can experiment with different brush stroke settings and blend modes to see if you get something you are happy with.

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[hasl753]

Thanks, Kathy.
I appreciate it.

What were the dimensions of the original picture?

[Kathy_9]

You're welcome.

Here's the image information.

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[Jean-Luc]

Another method:

Create a Media layer: Layers / New Art Media Layers
Select the Oil Brush (or Watercolor)
Important: in the Tool Options Bar, check Trace
On the Art Media Layer, do the strokes. The color will be sampled from the Background layer.

You may see the end result here:
http://paintshoppro.eu/index.php/pages-160-a-212/
(a book I have written in French about PSP tools)