Photoshop Tutorial: Best Way to Transform a Photo into the Look of a Watercolor Painting

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  • čas přidán 24. 09. 2016
  • Photoshop CC 2015.5 tutorial showing how to transform a photo into the look of a realistic, watercolor painting. Unlike canned, watercolor filters which have predetermined effects, the techniques shown in this tutorial allow you to brush in your own strokes giving your paintings spectacular nuance and unique beauty.
    NOTE: If you don't see the brushes I'm using in this video, click this link to download the "Default Legacy Brushes", which includes the "Dry Brush": 1drv.ms/u/s!ArAEPhCK6XBWgaUaQ...
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Komentáře • 184

  • @BLTV_Photoshop
    @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 6 lety +12

    If you don't see the brushes that I'm using in this video, open the Brush panel open and click the gear icon on the right to open the fly-out list. Click "Legacy Brushes". You'll see the brushes.

  • @melaniebaker517
    @melaniebaker517 Před 7 lety +36

    The only guy on CZcams that actually cares about the viewers being able to follow the video

  • @Keetz
    @Keetz Před 7 lety +34

    Now I finally know what Marty looks like! Good to see you man!

  • @anandabliss7382
    @anandabliss7382 Před 6 lety +4

    The best Photoshop Tutorial I have ever seen. Quick, easy and precise.

  • @dan44762000
    @dan44762000 Před 7 lety +24

    I love this guys soothing voice,It makes listening and learning so much easier.Awsome effect which i will try out on a forest picture later on today. Thanks Marty

  • @CaricatureQueen
    @CaricatureQueen Před 5 lety +1

    For once! A tutorial that isn't rushed. Thank you for an excellent video, Marty!

  • @bcleeanderson
    @bcleeanderson Před 6 lety +1

    The best tutorial I ever come across. Step by step, easy to follow, absolute bar none!

  • @RuthieMadison
    @RuthieMadison Před 2 lety +1

    I like this better than the updated one.

  • @andrewl2711
    @andrewl2711 Před 7 lety +2

    Thank you, Marty! I've been looking for a effect like this for the longest while~

  • @rmcreynolds1959
    @rmcreynolds1959 Před 7 lety +1

    Well done! As usual, everything is well explained, the steps are clear, the technique is useful and not too complicated. These are the best tuts for Photoshop on CZcams.

  • @emmanuelabo7375
    @emmanuelabo7375 Před 2 lety +1

    champion. you're always the best

  • @waflores
    @waflores Před 7 lety +1

    Marty, so kind for sharing this awesome tutorial!!!

  • @StevenBrener
    @StevenBrener Před 7 lety +4

    Keep the great tutorials coming. These are the best

  • @ToziKorp
    @ToziKorp Před 7 lety +1

    This is exactly what I've been waiting for!!! Thank you so much!!!

  • @Deadstk
    @Deadstk Před 6 lety +1

    Great tutorial Marty, thanks a million for the effort you put into this!

  • @tinter4life
    @tinter4life Před 7 lety +3

    Your tutorials are by far the best I've seen on CZcams! Your voice is almost cinematic. I felt like I was going into an awesome dimension of learning. :) It was really cool to see your face in this tutorial. I look forward to learning from you & I will donate to your channel for your great work & inspiration. May you be blessed. Thank you Marty!

  • @muddy-underfoot.
    @muddy-underfoot. Před 7 lety +2

    Thanks Marty, another fantastic tutorial. well spoken and easy to follow.

  • @KinkaidTech6
    @KinkaidTech6 Před 7 lety +5

    Marty, you are the man!

  • @KalamataInfo
    @KalamataInfo Před 6 lety +1

    Hello, thank you SO much for this tutorial, you have the ability to create VERY beautiful pictures using the simplest techniques, which is amazing!

  • @ikennaezuma6587
    @ikennaezuma6587 Před 3 lety

    I just love this channel. He takes his time to explain stuffs to make it so simple. Thanks a bunch!!

  • @eltonrobb6208
    @eltonrobb6208 Před 7 lety +3

    I'm just going to have to try this effect, thanks!

  • @ronnyjuliette2282
    @ronnyjuliette2282 Před 7 lety +1

    The tutorial is all fantastic. Thank you Marty

  • @celticbabs3105
    @celticbabs3105 Před 2 lety +1

    Finally found the tutorial I've been looking for!!! Thank you so much for this!

  • @kimberlyschwarze4091
    @kimberlyschwarze4091 Před 7 lety +1

    Great tutorial. You were very easy to understand, and the pace was reasonable. I can't wait to try this technique!

  • @robsanders5519
    @robsanders5519 Před 7 lety +1

    Awesome tutorial. Followed it to the letter and the client loved the end result. Keep up the great work!

  • @user-ox1pl2rn2t
    @user-ox1pl2rn2t Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you Marty for this great tutorial.

  • @burgulize
    @burgulize Před 5 lety +1

    That's a very detailed and great tutorial! thank you!

  • @BirdAndGarden
    @BirdAndGarden Před 7 lety +2

    thanks, i'll try this effect soon

  • @eusuntalex40
    @eusuntalex40 Před 6 lety +1

    I love your videos, you explain so conspicuously. Thank you

  • @d2an3i
    @d2an3i Před 7 lety +1

    absolutely amazing work easy to follow and good quality

  • @ComplexityUnveiled
    @ComplexityUnveiled Před 7 lety +1

    Very cool. This is going to work great in combination with the 'magic slider card' idea when I go to make my Father's Day Card using a photo. Your instructions are so easy to follow too!

  • @ashishbebni1624
    @ashishbebni1624 Před 7 lety +5

    dear sir no one can take place of urs really amazing way u tut
    never seen before nd sure not ever step by step fabulous .....
    thumbs up!!

  • @learnwithkrishnaacademy161

    Thank You Blue Lightning TV Photoshop for this valuable Tutorial :)

  • @ed1612
    @ed1612 Před 6 lety +1

    Thank you!
    This is the best ps video I've ever watched!
    (Brazil here

  • @andredeloach8068
    @andredeloach8068 Před 7 lety +2

    Great tutorial! Thank you!

  • @viltiarnusa
    @viltiarnusa Před 5 lety +2

    this is really helping me, thanks for the tutorials sir

  • @karencoffelt7682
    @karencoffelt7682 Před 4 lety +1

    Excellent tutorial, Marty! This is exactly the technique I've been looking for. You're like the Bob Ross of digital painting.

  • @kenmorris2858
    @kenmorris2858 Před 5 lety +1

    Wow...amazing results and technique....Many thanks...

  • @KnowledgeCurious
    @KnowledgeCurious Před 3 lety +2

    i really love this one....

  • @cjhediger
    @cjhediger Před 7 lety +1

    Thanks for making a great tutorial!

  • @seeminglymeaningless
    @seeminglymeaningless Před 7 lety +1

    Awesome work Marty, thanks! :)

  • @FotoFreddy
    @FotoFreddy Před 6 lety +2

    As always 100 % THANKS

  • @bonsailady
    @bonsailady Před 5 lety +1

    I like the way you explained step by step procedure and easy to follow. Thank you for sharing your video.

  • @michaelcoy571
    @michaelcoy571 Před 6 lety +1

    Fantastic Marty! Thank you sir

  • @tommycarraro2209
    @tommycarraro2209 Před 4 lety +1

    love it, thx dude

  • @akashadearg-due1435
    @akashadearg-due1435 Před 7 lety +1

    Gorgeous

  • @vacoulterYOU
    @vacoulterYOU Před 7 lety +1

    I had same problem as MaryAnne... Need to set brush to DEFAULT colors b/w!
    THANKS for awesome technique and quick explanation!

  • @smilesxtears
    @smilesxtears Před 7 lety +1

    Thank you for this lovely tutorial :)

  • @DisneyJF
    @DisneyJF Před 3 lety +1

    Superb , loved this method. Fits my style perfectly. Thank you

  • @atsommers
    @atsommers Před 6 lety +1

    Awesome tutorial. Very cool effect!

  • @urnanabhabestcobweb1501
    @urnanabhabestcobweb1501 Před 7 lety +1

    you got a nice voice and perfect sound Marty. It helps in understanding more. Good work Marty..

  • @Onverkrygbare
    @Onverkrygbare Před 7 lety +1

    Good tutorial, Thanks for that mate.

  • @nabahappykaamrin1426
    @nabahappykaamrin1426 Před 6 lety +1

    awesome, thank you so much!

  • @robertmeyerson1618
    @robertmeyerson1618 Před 7 lety +1

    Excellent tutorial !!

  • @shravansharma8319
    @shravansharma8319 Před 4 lety +1

    awesome effect

  • @feliperafael8104
    @feliperafael8104 Před 3 lety +1

    Amazing, and seems easy to do.

  • @DeltadronesBr
    @DeltadronesBr Před 3 lety +1

    Wonderful!

  • @christiandimapilis4291
    @christiandimapilis4291 Před 6 lety +1

    Nice tutorial, thanks!

  • @chubbychops1000
    @chubbychops1000 Před 5 lety +1

    You are the greatest since sliced white bread. THANK YOU

  • @johng6594
    @johng6594 Před 7 lety +5

    Even before looking at the the video, I knew I was hooked. Informative and patient, didn't rush through the steps or make you feel like an IDIOT. So glad I found this. Be looking forward to digging through the history. I will share this with my friends. Thanks!!!

  • @alphawolf2513
    @alphawolf2513 Před 7 lety +1

    aah can you show the tutorial how to put flame in a body. in cs3

  • @johnflorencevillafranca2682

    thank you

  • @celticbabs3105
    @celticbabs3105 Před 2 lety +1

    The image at 2:03 - beautiful just like that!

  • @seadd1
    @seadd1 Před 5 lety +1

    Great, thanks

  • @Graceful_Peaceful
    @Graceful_Peaceful Před 7 lety

    Awesome!

  • @zeecake1933
    @zeecake1933 Před 6 lety +1

    wou. Helped a lot :) Thank you

  • @muhammadfaraz91
    @muhammadfaraz91 Před 4 lety +1

    thats great

  • @frankschoombee1104
    @frankschoombee1104 Před 7 lety +1

    Hey thanx Marty ... I'm a video producer and workx with Ps to enhance some stuff,and this tut is very cool and technically sound

  • @safmughal2804
    @safmughal2804 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks a lot

  • @charley99horse
    @charley99horse Před 6 lety +3

    Great Tutorial. Hint: Make sure your foreground/background colors are set to Black/White !! Took me ages to figure out why I was not getting results!

  • @ShampooWow
    @ShampooWow Před 7 lety +3

    Nice video! I like it

  • @abhinnshyamtiwari2739
    @abhinnshyamtiwari2739 Před 7 lety +1

    you're the greatest

  • @michaelborisforfornevada
    @michaelborisforfornevada Před 7 lety +1

    Keep it up Marty!

  • @eda91176
    @eda91176 Před 4 lety +1

    Thank you for sharing..

  • @yarielguzman1148
    @yarielguzman1148 Před 6 lety +1

    Mr Martin if you are not the best you are one of the BEST ever, I have been following you since 2006 I think. so thank you sooo much for the excelent work you share with us every single tut you create is fantastic. is very well explained

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 6 lety

      Thanks, Yariel! FYI: I started BLTV in November, 2011. :-)

    • @yarielguzman1148
      @yarielguzman1148 Před 6 lety +1

      thanks mr Martin, sr. in the letter I sent you there is a paragraph that said i went to library and cibercafe i think. is because sr. since back in 2006 or 2005 i have been in love with desing and Ps and maybe i mix up dates, but I can tell you since the very first time I saw your great work I suscribe in your channel and really love it. by the way finally saw you and like somebody said was great to see the face behind the great work. thanks

  • @luminor0077
    @luminor0077 Před 7 lety

    Looks amazing Marty! I was wondering if you could show us how you could make this picture look like it was stretched around a deep frame ..like a canvas picture on a wall? So you can see the picture looking like it continues around the edges of the frame in real life (stretched around)? and hanging on a wall ..Thanks for ur great vids : )

  • @aalabasy2004
    @aalabasy2004 Před 7 lety

    Great video like usual .. please I want to ask if you can tell me which video recorder you use to make this tutorial. Thank you and waiting new video.

  • @Aylojo
    @Aylojo Před 7 lety +1

    Prachtig! Dank u.

  • @kevinkrieg6405
    @kevinkrieg6405 Před 4 lety +1

    Thanks I had tried a couple of other videos and got lost, I guess I did not invert. You made following everything easy and I figured out the brushes changes on my own.

  • @NaveSurnangyaljan
    @NaveSurnangyaljan Před 7 lety +3

    you are great big brother i love you soooooooooooooooo much

  • @learnwithkrishnaacademy161

    Thanks for sharing this Video :)

  • @arkanestuff1830
    @arkanestuff1830 Před 7 lety +1

    good work!

  • @byankahwatia9799
    @byankahwatia9799 Před 7 lety +1

    thanx

  • @mrj3rkman513
    @mrj3rkman513 Před 7 lety

    Hey could you make a tutorial to Make the color brown in pop art , i got a project at school ?

  • @paulfischer9903
    @paulfischer9903 Před 7 lety

    Hey Marty,
    I've followed two of your videos, several times and I keep ending up with a photo that's inverted. I follow every thing exactly as you state but when I go over my picture with the Dry brush and then the wet brush, The trees are always yellow and there's no sky. Why do I need to Reinvert it to see it the way yours comes out without doing that?

  • @indiantiger10
    @indiantiger10 Před 5 lety

    after the color doge and adding dry water color brush I don't see any color. Nor I see legacy brushes option in the panel

  • @zdenkabucher1951
    @zdenkabucher1951 Před 5 lety

    Danke für so guten Tutorial, so gut erklärt, man versteht ohne englisch zu können.

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 5 lety

      Vielen Dank! Meine Tutorials haben übrigens Untertitel. Klicke auf das "CC" -Symbol unten rechts neben dem Video und dann auf "Deutsch". Die Übersetzungen sind nicht perfekt, aber vieles ist noch verständlich. Bitte sagen Sie allen, die in Photoshop lernen oder verbessern möchten, Blue Lightning TV zu abonnieren. :-)

  • @walkingtalkies3566
    @walkingtalkies3566 Před 2 lety +1

    Wonderful.. Can you do many and this tutorial in Affinity Photo.. It will be beneficial to millions...

  • @mehmetakyel2165
    @mehmetakyel2165 Před 7 lety +2

    Şunu kesinlikle söyleyebilirim ki: Siz bir sanatçısınız.

  • @crhettbuttler1
    @crhettbuttler1 Před 6 lety +1

    When I after the water color texture brush ...things keep getting lighter and disappear...

  • @gogreenOR
    @gogreenOR Před 7 lety +1

    hey thanks! Though as in another tutorial, you need to specify that filter gallery is not available for CMYK and 16 bit channel, so people may need to change those image settings

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 7 lety +1

      I'd have to repeat that fact in almost all of my tutorials. :-P

    • @gogreenOR
      @gogreenOR Před 7 lety +1

      I really like how you talk us through everything, so consider adding that little piece of info :)

  • @marellacoyle6999
    @marellacoyle6999 Před 7 lety

    I'm hooked plain and simple. I prefer to make my images (landscape & Wildlife) as natural as possible but this watercolour effect is superb and I will use it A LOT. One little bit near the end doesn't work for me though, I cant get rid of the pencil lines using the method detailed, what am I doing wrong.

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 7 lety

      Make sure the layer mask is white and your foreground color is black.

    • @marellacoyle6999
      @marellacoyle6999 Před 7 lety +1

      Thank you for the advice it worked a treat. Excellent tutorial.

  • @jackthecrackak8515
    @jackthecrackak8515 Před 5 lety +1

    Marty I pray to you every night you are the photoshop GOD

  • @pcarnahan45
    @pcarnahan45 Před 11 měsíci

    I using both PS CC Beta and PS CC 23. In the 2nd step, (filter-blur-smart blur) nothing blurs. I must have some box checked incorrectly??? Thanks

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 11 měsíci

      Make sure the correct layer is visible and active. Make sure the Pencil Lines layer above isn't visible. Also, go to Image > Mode > RGB color, 8 bits/Channel.

  • @yoonaangel
    @yoonaangel Před 7 lety +1

    where can i find the brushes you used?

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 7 lety +2

      The brushes already exist in PS. Just follow my instructions to access them.

    • @yoonaangel
      @yoonaangel Před 7 lety +1

      Blue Lightning TV Photoshop oh, but it's not in my PS. i can't find it tho. :(

  • @rokayahbelgacem4385
    @rokayahbelgacem4385 Před 3 lety

    thank u sir ,,, can u help me .. when i start to brush the image .. the effect did not apear ( the image remains white)

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 3 lety

      Make sure your foreground and background colors aren't inverted.

  • @phumsne3887
    @phumsne3887 Před 6 lety +1

    Good

  • @MyGimpTutorialChannel
    @MyGimpTutorialChannel Před 7 lety +1

    Ich bewundere dich. :-)

  • @vincentwinters2223
    @vincentwinters2223 Před 6 lety

    Hi Marty. I seem to be having a similar problem others are having. I'm using Photoshop CC but for some reason when I go to my brush tool I can't reset brushes. I also can't find the the list that's depicted in your tutorial. I click on "Small List" and nothing changes or looks like your screen shots. Thanks for the tutorial.

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 6 lety

      With the Brush panel open, click the gear icon on the right to open the fly-out list. Click "Legacy Brushes". You'll see the brushes I used.

  • @MaryAnneHarris
    @MaryAnneHarris Před 7 lety +1

    Hey Marty this is really cool but I am doing something wrong. When I get to the very last step >filter gallery>texture>sandstone>. All the colors are perfect (water blue, bridge rusty, fog is foggy). But when I click ok and now I am back in the main workspace, all the colors are faded or off - blue is purple, rust is red. I have done it about 5 times now and I mirror you every step of the way - until the last step. Does something need reseting? (Invert is not checked). Thanks

    • @BLTV_Photoshop
      @BLTV_Photoshop  Před 7 lety

      Check your Blend Mode.

    • @MaryAnneHarris
      @MaryAnneHarris Před 7 lety +1

      Well one thing I did find - I forgot to reset my brushes back to black and white - duh, that is why everything had a funny red tone. I'll check blend modes.