In this video we use an unusual filter to create an Oil Paint Effect in Photoshop Element. This technique works on a lot of different subjects from people, to animals and landscapes.

Some of the topics covered include:-

– Clone Stamp tool

– Layers

– High Pass Filter

– Filter – Selections

– Unsharp Mask

– Adjustment Layers

– Shortcuts, tips and tricks

The start image can be found Here

Image size used in video was 1920 x 1280px

The finished image – click to view

The woodland, the first time I used this filter back in 2010 – click to view

The Black Dog – click to view