Oil Paint filter in Adobe Photoshop

Oil Painting in Photoshop

Oil Painting in Photoshop

The Oil Paint filter lets you transform a photo into an image with the visual appearance of a classic oil painting. With a few simple sliders, you can adjust the amount of stylization, brush scale, cleanliness, and other parameters.

Work with the Oil Paint filter

Select Filter > Stylize > Oil Paint to use the filter. You can adjust the following settings for the filter:

Brush sliders

Stylization

Adjusts the style of the strokes, ranging from a daubed look at 0 to smooth strokes at 10

Cleanliness

Adjusts the length of the strokes, ranging from shortest & choppiest at 0 to longest & fluid at 10

Scale

Adjusts the relief or apparent thickness of the paint, moving from a thin coat at 0 to a thick coat, giving luscious Vincent van Gogh-style paint globs, at 10

Bristle Detail

Adjusts how much of the paintbrush-hair indentation is apparent, moving from soft at 0 to leaving strong grooves at

Was this page helpful?