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

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

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.

[@cedar48381]

Can you do a new video with the updared version if photoshop

[@lathasterracegardentelugu6612]

Good art

[@lathasterracegardentelugu6612]

🐍🐍📉😠🗻

[@melaniebaker517]

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

[@bcleeanderson]

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

[@anandabliss7382]

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

[@dan44762000]

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

[@Keetz]

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

[@rmcreynolds1959]

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 KZbin.

[@CaricatureQueen]

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

[@robsanders5519]

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

[@celticbabs3105]

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

[@tinter4life]

Your tutorials are by far the best I've seen on KZbin! 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!

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

:-)

[@yarielguzman1148]

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]

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

[@yarielguzman1148]

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

[@emmanuelabo7375]

champion. you're always the best

[@kimberlyschwarze4091]

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

[@ashishbebni1624]

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!!

[@bonsailady]

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

[@kenmorris2858]

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

[@ikennaezuma6587]

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

[@ComplexityUnveiled]

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!

[@karencoffelt7682]

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

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Love Bob Ross!

[@DisneyJF]

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

[@vacoulterYOU]

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

[@KalamataInfo]

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

[@celticbabs3105]

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

[@urnanabhabestcobweb1501]

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

[@atsommers]

Awesome tutorial. Very cool effect!

[@kevinkrieg6405]

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.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Great to hear!

[@walkingtalkies3566]

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

[@eusuntalex40]

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

[@StevenBrener]

Keep the great tutorials coming. These are the best

[@learnwithkrishnaacademy161]

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

[@eltonrobb6208]

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

[@waflores]

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

[@zdenkabucher1951]

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

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

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. :-)

[@RuthieMadison]

I like this better than the updated one.

[@muddy-underfoot.]

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

[@frankschoombee1104]

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

[@Deadstk]

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

[@وردجوري-ر1ع]

Thank you Marty for this great tutorial.

[@johng6594]

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!!!

[@ed1612]

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

[@Onverkrygbare]

Good tutorial, Thanks for that mate.

[@ToziKorp]

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

[@andrewl2711]

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

[@burgulize]

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

[@ronnyjuliette2282]

The tutorial is all fantastic. Thank you Marty

[@charley99horse]

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!

[@feliperafael8104]

Amazing, and seems easy to do.

[@michaelcoy571]

Fantastic Marty! Thank you sir

[@christiandimapilis4291]

Nice tutorial, thanks!

[@gogreenOR]

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]

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

[@gogreenOR]

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

[@chubbychops1000]

You are the greatest since sliced white bread. THANK YOU

[@aalabasy2004]

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.

[@KinkaidTech6]

Marty, you are the man!

[@KnowledgeCurious]

i really love this one....

[@mehmetakyel2165]

Şunu kesinlikle söyleyebilirim ki: Siz bir sanatçısınız.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Nazik sözlerin için teşekkür ederim.

[@cjhediger]

Thanks for making a great tutorial!

[@andredeloach8068]

Great tutorial! Thank you!

[@luminor0077]

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 : )

[@shravansharma8319]

awesome effect

[@robertmeyerson1618]

Excellent tutorial !!

[@viltiarnusa]

this is really helping me, thanks for the tutorials sir

[@firdausdaus9544]

Hi Marty I'm new your subscriber, I want to ask about resetting the brush to default, will it be erased after that the custom brush that we made?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

You should save your custom brush before you reset to default.

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

You should save your custom brush before you reset to default.

[@firdausdaus9544]

Ok thanks Marty, really love it watching your videos

[@65971]

absolutely amazing work easy to follow and good quality

[@johnflorencevillafranca2682]

thank you

[@marellacoyle6999]

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]

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

[@marellacoyle6999]

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

[@indiantiger10]

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

[@ShampooWow]

Nice video! I like it

[@smilesxtears]

Thank you for this lovely tutorial :)

[@DeltadronesBr]

Wonderful!

[@BirdAndGarden]

thanks, i'll try this effect soon

[@seeminglymeaningless]

Awesome work Marty, thanks! :)

[@nabahappykaamrin1426]

awesome, thank you so much!

[@akashadearg-due1435]

Gorgeous

[@zeecake1933]

wou. Helped a lot :) Thank you

[@mrj3rkman513]

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

[@abhinnshyamtiwari2739]

you're the greatest

[@muhammadfaraz91]

thats great

[@crhettbuttler1]

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

[@seadd1]

Great, thanks

[@manslayerthuglife5758]

Hello there sir. Where I can find a website that I can download free photos? (like shutterstock without paying)

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

www.morguefile.com search.creativecommons.org/ commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page pixabay.com/ www.freeimages.com/

[@manslayerthuglife5758]

Blue Lightning TV Photoshop Thank You so much sir.

[@MaryAnneHarris]

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]

Check your Blend Mode.

[@MaryAnneHarris]

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.

[@arkanestuff1830]

good work!

[@alphawolf2513]

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

[@tommycarraro2209]

love it, thx dude

[@safmughal2804]

Thanks a lot

[@vincentwinters2223]

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]

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.

[@rokayahbelgacem4385]

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]

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

[@FotoFreddy]

As always 100 % THANKS

[@jeffdsfo]

one question: i think the brush should be black. is there any advantage to changing the colors of the brush? or using color dynamics for the brush?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

The foreground color is black, so your brush is black. The color of the brush is irrelevant, since the the source of the colors is revealed from the image, itself. The color dynamics are pre-determined within the brush you choose and have nothing to do with color.

[@jeffdsfo]

thanks

[@arkana.8914]

Hi Marty,, pen layer not deleted after selecting brush..!?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

Minute : second in the video, please.

[@arkana.8914]

@@BLTV_Photoshop second video??

[@pcarnahan45]

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]

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.

[@NaveSurnangyaljan]

you are great big brother i love you soooooooooooooooo much

[@eda91176]

Thank you for sharing..

[@paulfischer9903]

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?

[@mrindian3329]

Where can i find wet media brush option in ps cc 2015 or later?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

bit.ly/3BimrbU

[@darcystrinholm6502]

Hi Marty. Great tutorial!! I have tried this technique on many differnet photos but I'm having a problem. On my brush layer, after I invert and change to color dodge, when I paint I don't get the color values from the original photo. Where there is green I get red and where there is bright red I get yellow, etc. Any idea why this is happening? Thanks!

[@leonastrong4249]

I am having the same problem ...

[@leonastrong4249]

okay I figured it out (for me) but it could be different for you...in my case my brush was set to white and it needs to be set to black ...

[@darcystrinholm6502]

leona strong That's it! Thanks!

[@melindaring1035]

When I go to reset brushes to default and then hit the gear icon again there is no choice for small list. There are dry media brushes, but unsure which one to choose. I guess things change every time they update Photoshop CC. Suggestions?

[@BLTV_Photoshop]

After you click the gear icon, click "Brush Tip"

[@michaelborisforfornevada]

Keep it up Marty!

[@byankahwatia9799]

thanx