Hey, this is Marty from Blue Lightning TV.
I'm going to show you how to create the look of beautiful impressionist, pointillist paintings from photos.
You can apply these steps to any photo to create stunning results no matter what the
subject is and what aspect ratio they have.
I provided this image of a painting by Claude Monet that we'll use to match our photo to.
Its link is in my video's description or project files.
Open a photo you'd like to use for this project.
I downloaded this one from Shutterstock.
If you want to crop your photo, open the Crop Tool and open your list of Crop presets.
Click "Ratio" and "Clear".
This clears out the numbers in the width and height.
Click "Delete Cropped Pixels".
This will delete the parts that will extend past the cropped area of our photo.
Place your cursor to either side of the Crop's bounding box and drag it in to approximate
where you'd like it cropped on that side.
Drag in the other side as well.
Drag in the bottom and/or the top until you like the way its cropped.
Then, press Enter or Return.
Go to Image and Image Size.
Make its resolution 150 pixels per inch and make sure the chain-link is active between the width and height.
This ensures our photo will keep its aspect ratio.
Whichever has the lower number, type in 750for its pixels.
The other dimension will adjust itself accordingly to retain our photo's shape.
Make sure "Resample" is checked and "Preserve Details 2.0 is showing.
Then, click OK.
We'll zoom into it, but before we do, open your Move Tool.
Press Ctrl or Cmd + 0 to fit it onto our visible canvas.
To zoom in or out incrementally, press Ctrl or Cmd and the plus or minus key on your keyboard.
In this example, I'd like to remove these poles and this large clock face.
If you want to remove areas of your photo and you're using a version earlier than CC2023,
use the Spot Healing or Healing brush.
If you're using CC 2023 or later, open the "Remove Tool".
If you don't see it, go to Edit and Toolbar.
The Remove Tool should be on the right side.
Drag it into the section that contains the other healing brushes
and then, click "Done".
Click the Remove Tool.
At the top, if we check "Remove after each stroke", as soon as we stroke our tool over an area, it will repair that area.
However, if we don't check it, we can use the tool over multiple areas before it repairs them.
When we're done, we’ll click the checkmark to process it.
For this example, I won't check it.
Adjust the tool's size with the bracket keys and either click or drag it over the areas you want to remove.
Then, click the checkmark.
Go to Image, Adjustments, and Match Color.
The Luminance and Color Intensity are both 100 and the Fade is 0.
Open the Source list and click, "Monet".
We'll convert our image into a Smart Object so we can modify it non-destructively and
allow us to replace it with another photo without having to re-do the effects.
To do this, click the icon at the upper, right of the Layers panel and click "Convert to Smart Object".
Make a copy of it by pressing Ctrl or Cmd + J. Go to Filter, Pixelate, and Pointillize.
Make the Cell Size: 3.
Reduce its opacity to 50%.
Hide the top layer and make the bottom layer active.
Go to Filter and Filter Gallery.
Open the Artistic folder and click "Palette Knife".
Make the Stroke Size: 8, the Stroke Detail: 3, and the Softness: 10.
Make the top layer visible and active.
We'll adjust our painting's brightness and contrast by clicking the Adjustment Layer icon and clicking "Levels".
For this image, I'll make the Input black level: 50 and the Input white level: 240.
Keep in mind, every photo has its own amount of brightness and contrast, so feel free to adjust these amounts.
If you want to increase the vibrancy of the colors, open the Adjustments panel.
if you don't see it, go to Window and Adjustments.
Scroll down and click "Vibrance".
Increase the Vibrance as much as you want.
That's it! This is Marty from Blue Lightning TV. Thanks for watching!