Photoshop Ai: Create the Look of PAINTINGS from PHOTOS with Generative Fill!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Many people have expressed their thoughts about AI, so I want to let you know how I feel about the subject. Typing in prompts to create entire images solely based on AI is NOT an act of creation. Same for CPT. It’s simply telling AI what you want rather than creating it yourself. One must rely on what it spits out over and over again until you like the result. It's important to understand the distinction between Generative Fill in Photoshop and the former. GF is simply a powerful tool that saves an enormous amount of time and energy and if used in conjunction with filters in PS, one can create wondrous images. I say this as a retired professional graphic artist and illustrator who started my journey in the pre-digital world. I still create my own artworks, but digitally and with zero AI. bluelightningtv.wixsite.com/bltv

[@barbwirestrategy7760]

I understand and agree with your definition of AI, however I think that it is still a major point of creation. I am currently writing a book which takes place between 1877 and 1976. The characters are all real people who lived the or live today, but are modeled to live then. For many I have combined old unknown tin types and Daguerreotypes with faces of those who are alive today. The Ai system in PS works great for that. However, some characters have to be generated because eI have no decent photos to use from current times. The AI system that photoshop has developed called firefly is pretty good. I have an idea of the image in my head to start with. Then by using key words I have to go through a few hundred renderings to get what I see in my mind's eye onto the screen. The test is having friends of mine look at a photo and tell me about the personality behind the character. Every time they are able to describe the character as I see them exactly. However, the AI is just the beginning canvas. After the AI gives me what I want, I have to put it through lots of filters in PS to get it aged properly to look like it was shot in 1890 or 1910. So I would say that is allot of artistic work that the AI system helps me along with. Before I discovered AI, I was having to go through 1000s of images on the web and pull them into photoshop to take them apart and put them back together again. Sometimes I had to have my son, daughter or wife pose for a phot so I could use the camera angle and body to get where I needed to be. The AI allows me to offload a ton of work. I am still the creator though. My complaint with AI are its programers and all the Woke crap that they have programed into the system. It is very frustrating when I put in the text "25 year old thin slender white European female in a blue dress in from of a palm tree" and I get four to pick from... a fat negro woman in a purple dress, an oriental chick in a white dress, one white girl in a blue dress and for the fourth picture I get a dude in a dress! I will be happy someday when totally OPEN AI is available and all these WOKE corporations can choke on it!!!

[@anns3782]

Thanks Marty, for the awesome video! I have watched several of these but you always give some extra tips like adding the texture and highlights. I am a beginner learning new techniques to convert photos to paintings. How do you prevent the faces in images from getting distorted using the AI painting technique?

[@erik1836]

I think, Marty, that it depends. It's complicated! I am a photographer who has a good eye for composition and story telling (also an author of fiction - novels) and mentor to a number of young men who have come to America from various parts of the world's back of beyond places - to America. Also, less than young and fourth generation American. I mention these points because I, myself, like to have at least an inkling of what may inform a person's thinking processes; I also have represented fine art painters for going on 25 or so years. I produce images from my photos that I sell "as is" after Photoshop adjustments; also produce digital imagery from them - using Photoshop and other program's magic and legerdemain. Sell them as giclées on canvas directly to clients and companies; don't believe in art shows or the black holes financially that are known as galleries. Much better to seek and find people with needs I can fill with the hundreds of various works I can avail them of and keep all the profit for myself and those I represent. To this end - I am about as informed as one can be re making giclée prints as anyone around; I am good enough - with Photoshop - to get wherever I want to go but will never be a master of it as are you and others I could name like Dave Kelly, Anthony Morganti or Unmesh Dida. It would, frankly, be a serious waste of my time to even seriously consider becoming so - because I have a skill that is more valuable in terms of generating income; I can sell. Create castles in the air in peoples' minds and then outfit their castles with images I imagine hanging there! LOL (Used to sell $10,000.00 oil paintings of peoples homes door to door, which is, as you can imagine not easy - unless you know what you are doing.) Anyway, my feeling is that most of what any of us produce - no matter how good it may be - how unique a "work of art" (which is a term with an almost infinitely nebulous panoply of meanings one can choose as its definition) in the end will have little meaning beyond the brief moments during which someone happens along to appertain it, take it in and feel what's "in there" - that we know we done did put in there. So - just as I mentioned in my comment on your recent post regarding how to turn a photograph into a painting - in response to the fellow who thought the whole thing was "lame"? Where I pointed out to him that The Goal, in my opinion, was not to pretend or claim it was actually a real oil painting (two of the artists I represent are fine art paintings in oil and other media) but rather is a tool for us to use, and it is up to us to use that tool as we - as creators of art - as we see fit to outfit our visions as we want to see them dressed up for God and everyone to see. Consequently, I'm afraid I must differ in some measure with your assessment that AI imagery is not true art. Yes, the fact a lifeless thing - a huge bank of high-powered computers is "generating" the images based on God only knows what is not creative; any more than a "novel" written by same qualifies as a real novel - because it will - cannot help but lack - real emotion and feelings and the depths of understanding that a true writer - a human who is living and going to die - can impart to a literary work of "art" (there's that pesky word again). But, that doesn't mean it (AI) can't help stimulate and provide a basis, an interesting jumping off point perspective that then someone truly creative can move beyond, extrapolate into something that is far beyond that starting point - until he arrives at the destination that starting point - road sign - so to speak pointed him in. In the end, I don't really give a good GD what stimulates a thought that leads me to an idea that I then - out of my own creativity's abilities - mold into something likely never before the world has seen and wouldn't if me, myself and I hadn't undertaken to take the journey that leads me to "it" - whatever IT happens to become - by way of my fantasies - MY artistic abilities (great, small or nonexistent they may be deemed in the opinion of others) - that I brought into being. After all - NO work of art exists - except save for a fleeting moment after which it is relegated to one's given to fading memory banks beyond the time it is seen - before forgotten. It's the EFFECT it AFFECTS, the story it tells and the lessons it may teach at that existing now but soon gone, forgotten moment - that is the telling part of how true it is and whether there was true "art", ability - genius even - employed in its creation.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

@@anns3782 For faces, use a less transparent quick mask which results in less distortion. However, the downside is it will look less "painterly".

[@tutoriaisphotoshop]

The best voice of KZbin! Thanks Marty, thanks from Brazil!

[@KevTCC]

That's Peggy's Cove lighthouse! About 35 mins from my house. :) The rocks do get that warm smooth light from the side there.

[@Mimiclobster]

Was going to mention had you not. Lovely as always.

[@robdf9024]

You are indeed a real ARTIST!!! Well done Marty.

[@ziaulmonsur]

I like watching your tutorials and keep continue learning new techniques. Besides new techniques, one thing of you is appreciating that as a non native English speaker (Bangladeshi, Bangla mother language) it's difficult for me to understand most the lectures of other tutors speak their native English accents but your deliberation is quite audible with clear accents that helps me go through your lectures quite comfortably. Thank you a lot.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I try to speak articulately for the very reasons you mention. Thank you!

[@ziaulmonsur]

@@BLTV_Photoshop: Thank you so much.

[@RobdeWinterCC]

Fantastic Martin, love this!

[@yodawok]

WOWZAAH!!! Wickedly Friggin' Amazing!!! Thank you for your amazing videos.

[@DengaLiving]

Thank you for your tutoring, you the best tutor I have so far. and I would like to learn much much more from you, thanks a lot.

[@JamesGowan]

Hey! Just wanted to come by and say hello! Your videos have always been great. Thanks so much!

[@ninelivesbandit]

This is sooo cool! I have subscribed to your channel. Thanks for this!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Welcome aboard!

[@marisaharris1384]

Hi Marty, I enjoy your videos so much! I learn so many cool things to do with my photos and I really like your voice :) Thanks for making your videos!

[@rgarlinyc]

Wow, terrific stuff, thanks for these insights. Adding texture at the end is genius!

[@micgivens23]

Thank you. I just bought and action that now I don't need. I look forward to more of your videos.

[@01Dirtnapper]

You always have informative and interesting info...

[@Voltalake]

Thank you so much for this ❤️

[@jamesbetteridge211]

Outstanding tutorial Marty!! Thank you!!!!

[@themysteriousunknownrevealed]

Talk about a Gen Fill hack! Amazing!

[@ladybuddy]

Thanks Marty! I've been having great fun with this. I even tried a Pastel Painting and it came out great!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Great to hear!

[@Gamerytoffical]

your video is so amazing I am learning many things from you and post something in insta with your video inspiration

[@maxhermans4111]

Awesomeness Marty!😊

[@annebennington]

Thank you! I was wondering if it was possible to turn a picture into an illustration with this and it's such a time saver

[@Design_Chillout]

Cool trick. Thanks for sharing!

[@celestecelestial90]

Super cool! 😊

[@Imageyenation]

You make things look so easy!!!

[@mcylinder]

Holy smokes, this was helpful! And concise. Much appreciated.

[@hussainmohammedmahf]

Fantastic sir

[@darndarn99]

Wow 😮 that was incredible

[@Queenbeez786]

That... is amazing. thank you!

[@richpeacock]

Wow good job Thanks

[@hebaalamri7815]

brilliant as usual Thanks ^^

[@delphew]

Bravo ! Merci beaucoup !

[@m.anneblack2908]

Thank you for giving us directions that we never would have thought of ourselves ❣️❣️😊

[@SKMRify]

Fascinating.

[@newjersey1029]

Marty you have done it again, and i do have few images i will be trying this technique on. Thanks aging Mister you are the Boss. 🥰🥰🥰

[@rheannak3934]

Amazing ! What kind of PC do you use ?

[@newjersey1029]

Dell Laptop here@@rheannak3934

[@davidandora]

Thank you! Awesome tutorial. Unbelievable that Photoshop hasn't updated their built in options for transforming your own work into a different style. That seemed like a no-brainer for the app, but running into the limitations of the generative AI led me to your very clever tutorial.

[@skhabilskhabil1775]

i love this video .. thank you so much ..

[@CraigRodmellMusic]

Ingenious!

[@SweetKingCole]

Straight on point, thanks man.

[@labatalain9914]

excellentissime, merci du partage

[@paulk329]

Excellent tutorial 👏👏👏

[@tygruber4773]

i wanted to turn my original film photos into oil paintings/water color paintings for shirt graphics and this was a godsend to see

[@MuhammadTarik]

thanks for the tuto. :)

[@kbqvist]

That was surpricing, thanks!

[@BALAMURUGAN-r6c]

Your video is very helpful I am watching from India

[@andreeloy2723]

thank you very much, another excellent tutorial

[@NazwaUkryta]

its not working for me

[@joeldyar8892]

What a freaking champ this guy

[@alexzuma2025]

pick the variation that looks best to you!

[@josuebonilla8495]

wow. awsome.

[@KeoVichet]

thanks for the video, i didnt know that, thanks alot for telling us how to do it

[@vipinlalv4288]

Amazing

[@davidcalvacce3115]

Thank you sir

[@Jack_Remix_Official]

This is awesome. Thanks man ✌

[@paulwoodward3453]

Marty, this is amazing. I have used your tutorial on two images as a test and the results are amazing. Better than any oil paint action or template I've used previously. You made my day!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Good to hear!

[@pfelice157]

Quick heads up: after selecting the RGB Channel and returning to the Layers tab, do NOT select-all on the image again. Just enter the generative fill prompt which should still be there. Otherwise it'll just create a new overlay of paint strokes. It was driving me insane!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes, you should not select-all on the image again. I double-checked my video to see if I instructed to do that and didn't find it. If I did, please let me know when I said this (minute: second). Thanks!

[@pfelice157]

@@BLTV_Photoshop Oh no, you didn't! Sorry, didn't mean to imply that. I just assumed I would have to since I didn't see the selection box after returning to the Layers tab. No worried, great tutorial!!

[@phancey1]

@@BLTV_Photoshop love this tutorial! Thank you so much! Any idea why my photoshop or keyboard 'command/alt' key on mac doesn't always select the tone in the alpha channel? I've reset my PS and my Keyboard... but for some reason can no longer use the technique. Wondering if there's a way using the drop down menu vs. key strokes until i figure things out.. Thanks!

[@nhimnhim5091]

thank you

[@EdwardGil-gd5pf]

Hi Marty, I love your work, can you show us how to do one of your modernism paintings that would be fantastic, thanks Marty.

[@ElizabethRobinson-c9v]

hi Marty I love your tutorials but on this one when I click RGB and go back in layers my photos has a red mask on it that i cannot remove why is that what am i going wrong?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

After you make a selection, if the quick mask is active, you'll see a red color over your image. To remove it, at the lower, left of your PS screen, you'll see your foreground and background color squares. Directly below them is the quick mask icon. Click it to remove the quick mask.

[@erik1836]

This is such fun, Marty.

[@debimcmanus-plett819]

You Rock....

[@veselinvasilev9362]

Thank you!

[@AphroditesCreativeChronicles]

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@paolovolante]

It works very well. Thanks! The only problem is that the brush stroke texture in under the canvas texture. While on the more thick brush strokes you should not see the canvas. Is there a workaround?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Good eye! I don't know if this would work since I haven't tried it yet, but the first step would be to add the canvas texture to the original photo and then proceed from there.

[@NoName-bt6xd]

hi marty I love your videos and tutorials and I've just tried this tutorial (of the 2nd and 3rd part which is to give raised brushwork textures and the canvas textures part) on many of my artworks and the result is awesome! however, I notice it raises the textures mainly in white/lighter colors such as bright neon yellow, so it looks really nice for winter forest theme artworks, but for my artworks which have a lot of darker shades like dark blue, it doesn't really have raised textures apart from the tiny bits of whites. also in my artworks of still life flowers, it looks really good for the white petals part, but it looks flat in the brown vases part or the round middle part of the flowers (idk what it's called, English is not my 1st language) which has like dark yellow/orangey sometimes almost like brown color, they look flat. is there a way to give it a raised texture also? or to select which one to give a raised texture, for example, this brown color of the vase part should be raised, but that brown color in that part should not be raised? thank you!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

I'd apply the Shadows/Highlights twice - one for the highlights / midtones and the other for the shadow. Apply each one separately for the texture.

[@jackd1221]

This looks great but appears not to work in Photoshop 2024. The generate AI window cant be accessed unless the image is selected. Anyone able to confirm?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

For some reason, this effect doesn't work in the Beta version of PS, however, it does work in the regular version.

[@harvestfaithministries]

it is a photo from Lindesnes in Norway, the lighthouse and at the right time of the year that is the actual light

[@SkipT07]

Marty, thank you for this tutorial. I have followed your instructions 10 times or more and I am not getting anything even close to your results. As a matter of fact, no matter what I type into the creative fill box I get a blurry blue rectangle. I am using Adobe's Photoshop Beta on a Windows 11 PC. I select one of my photos. I have tried it on flowers so far. I go to channels, >add the alpha channel, >change the foregrond color to 30% brightness, >click on alt + delete to fill the color, >press the ctrl + click on the alpha channel to select the tone. I then click on the RGB thumbnail, >open the layers panel. Then no matter if I type in oil painting, water color, water color paining, or sketch, I get a blue blurry rectangle. What am I doing wrong? Thank you for any help you ccan offer

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

OK, so I tried it with both the regular PS and the beta version. The regular version works; the beta results in the same blue, blurry background. I'm looking into it to see if it's a glitch or if there's a workaround.

[@SkipT07]

@@BLTV_Photoshop - Thank you very much. I have both versions so I'll try it with PS 2024. As far as the work around you don't have to do it for my sake. But if you want to find out for yourself I'll keep and eye out. Thanks again, Marty!

[@benflay6038]

Love it need a new photoshop

[@johnm24]

Lets say if you wanted a less abstract oil painting would you reduce or increase the percentage of black in the foreground layer? Thanks!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

You would reduce the opacity of the layer mask.

[@rommycougar]

Awesome 👌, but is there a way please to do it without the generate? Thank you

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Well, there is always the "Oil Paint" filter or go to Filter Gallery and Artistic.

[@Webrisernl]

Can also be a rembrant style painting be made?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Meh...presently, it does it's best, but it has a long way to go before it can replicate the styles of famous artists.

[@CodyWalton1979]

Great tip. I've just been playing with this, and it works great for "oil painting" but I tried a bunch of other art styles and the results were... less than good. Hopefully adobe with update their algorithms with more data.

[@alanm.6096]

I think to be able to use the Filter Gallery, you have to convert to 8 bit.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes. Go to Image > Mode > RGB color, 8 bits/Channel.

[@AmiSchrager100]

hi. it does not work on my photoshop. i am following all the footsteps as you explained and my result is every single time a blue curtain... 😔

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Go to Image > Mode > RGB color, 8 bits/Channel.

[@markeo]

Nope, doesn't work with the latest version of Photoshop 25.9 nor the beta 25.10. Not sure why. Perhaps my video card is not compatible on my Asus ProArt Studiobook. Any ideas, I'm all ears.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

community.adobe.com/t5/photoshop-ecosystem-discussions/asus-proart-studiobook-integrated-dial-plugin-error/td-p/12708202

[@MarlonAgustin-r8r]

anyone please where can i download the digital painting brush of this tutorial?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

No digital painting brush is used in this tutorial.

[@BasicShowTime]

Daaaamn son, where'd you find this?

[@Uncle.Designer]

photoshop beta的確增加了很多新的功能，能提高不少效率

[@EdwardGil-gd5pf]

And also I would like to recreate one of your collections "Woman with Dog", thanks Marty

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

It's a digital painting whose base is a photo. Took 2 days to complete. Complex series of steps. Tones were converted into paths and then into shapes. Custom brushes were created. Textures were created and added.

[@Akira.Nibbai]

Good job bro

[@hamzef399]

thank you for this tutorial. but i tried it many times and it is not working

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

It could be due to any one of a number of factors. To determine the source of the problem, one must inspect your PSD file.

[@azurelyra601]

All my attempts so far are like taking a sledge hammer to my artwork. How can I get very subtle effects that don't change the details of my original photo or artwork?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

You can subtly restore the original photo with the art history brush. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6ubo4Kdj8edbqc

[@mauiflyingdress2178]

Can you create an Action for this?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes, an action can be made to create the channel.

[@GPYCROFT]

This doesn;t seem to be working any more , I've tried the Beta and non-Beta , I even tried to revert to an older version and Adobe seems to be preventing this option from working. Maybe their systems were overloaded with people trying this ?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

For me, it works perfectly using the non-Beta version of PS, but not the Beta version.

[@GPYCROFT]

@@BLTV_Photoshop Have you tried today ? Mine was working fine yesterday and then within the space of 30 minutes it stopped working. I even tried to revert to an older version of Photoshop and it still won;t work.

[@scottharnish]

Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia!!!

[@mgman6000]

I followed all your instructions and can get it to create a painting but it has a red cast over it. help!!!!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

It's because the quick mask is showing through. Open the channels panel and make sure the Alpha 1 channel is not visible or active.

[@mgman6000]

@@BLTV_Photoshop thanks I'll try it

[@soydancanbaz]

you're my hero

[@Tom111060]

Any idea/explanation WHY it works out with an additional channel?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Frankly, I'm not sure. I was playing around with the channels. I think Ai uses the tone of the channel as a reference through the photo. This evening I discovered a way to use the channel to create an abstract, cubist-style.

[@ismaillyyl]

Despite following the steps you provided, I'm encountering brushes and unrelated images. I need assistance.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

There are any number of reasons this is happening which would take pages to cover. Unfortunately, one would have to inspect your document to determine the sources of the issues. Sorry.

[@amelieroesmann5741]

This is amazing, thank you 🎉 i‘m wondering if this is possible with other effects like watercolor, cartoons, etc… anyone tried that already?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes, some better than others. It's really hit or miss.

[@ronpettitt6184]

If I am generating the whole image, won't it come out as low res.?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Yes. PS did increased the size of gen fill recently , but it's still far from hi-rez.

[@ДенисДюранд]

Шикарно

[@vrcil]

Dear Marty An excellent and comprehensive guide to an oil painting. I took a photo I took in Jaffa of the harbor lighthouse. And I turned it into a great painting. Great and precise instruction, and the result is really excellent. You are one of my favorite KZbin instructors, and I am very happy to learn knowledge, shortcuts and tips from you. To improve and create interesting images. Appreciate it very much. Thank you for your contribution and sharing your Photoshop knowledge. Avidan Yoram Israel.

[@storytellerHD]

I'm not sure what I'd doing wrong. After activating the RGB channels, going to layers, and typing "oil painting" at the prompt, I keep get a whole new, different oil painted image. Once I got an oil painted horse. I've been at this for over an hour and watched your tutorial several times. What gives?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

At 1:58 in the video, make sure you create a new channel and fill it with 30% or 40% gray. Very important: At 2:22 in the video, make sure you Ctrl-click the channel to make a selection of the gray channel.

[@SP-mi7ok]

It doesn't work for me... I followed all the steps but it doesn't work

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

At what time in the video were you having problems (minute: second)?

[@SP-mi7ok]

@@BLTV_Photoshop It's ok, I just had to update photoshop 2024, it works now, thank you!

[@Willwaterprism]

Sad, isn't working for me and this looked sick. Don't know what could be wrong but I know others have had problems too.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

At what point in the video is it not working (minute:second)? 🤔

[@Willwaterprism]

@@BLTV_Photoshop All of the steps work for me, but when I use the AI generate it just makes a watercolor or oil painting, doesn't actually use the other layer. Could be me but idk.

[@ceruleansurfer]

This is not working for me at all. :( No idea what I'm doing wrong.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

99% of the time, the solution is simple, however, it could be due to one of many reasons. Without inspecting your PSD file, it would be difficult to determine the reason it's not working for you. Sorry.

[@ceruleansurfer]

@@BLTV_Photoshop Has this method been tested on the most current version of beta photoshop? I’m guessing that could be it since it has updated since this video was posted. I tried changing resolution as well to no avail. I’m so excited to get this to work but it just won’t. I’m following every step exactly like you are. I’ll keep exploring options and will share if I find a solution. Thanks for all your videos Marty, I’ve learned so much from your tutorials!

[@ianmcculloch3146]

never recocnized umarty whith superb beard

[@giuseppeizzo7116]

Hi there, great video! You truly have a gift to convey so concise and clear explanations! On the specific topic I have one question: I have tried this technique on several images. May it be that this works only on JPG files? When trying this with Raw files or previously edited psd files , it doesn't seem to work. Thanks again for the contents and keep up with the fantastic work!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Thanks! Frankly, I don't know since I haven't tried it on images other than jpgs.

[@epytryga]

I followed step by step, and couldn't get it to work

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Sorry to hear that. What was the first part that was problematic in the video (minute: second)?

[@KMCreativeMedia]

Same - followed step by step, and the generative fill still gave random oil paintings

[@josephbanfi659]

Sometimes it works but most of the time I get the same blue smeared image.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

If you're doing it in the beta version of PS, close the application and open the non-beta version.

[@josephbanfi659]

@@BLTV_Photoshop Thank you Marty. I uninstalled both Photoshops and reinstalled them followed by a restart. Problem solved.

[@4321sonja]

@@BLTV_Photoshop This worked thank you!!