Van Gogh Effect

 

Begin by downwloading 

sunflower.psd, then launch 

Photoshop and open the 

image. Press F7 to show the 

Layers palette. Select the 

Background layer. 

 

In the toolbar, click the 

foreground color sampler. In 

the resulting Color Picker 

dialog box, enter C:55; 

M:20; Y:0; K:0, and click 

OK. Press Option + Delete 

to fill the Background layer 

with the foreground color. 

In the toolbar, click the 

foreground color sampler. In 

the resulting Color Picker 

dialog box, enter C:40; M:5; 

Y:0; K:0, and click OK. 

Select the Brush tool (B). 

Using a large soft-edged 

brush, paint numerous 

random strokes on the 

Background layer as shown 

at left. 

 

Using the Rectangular 

Marquee tool (M), make a 

small selection of an area of 

the background. Choose 

Filter > Distort > Twirl. Use 

the options in the resulting 

Twirl dialog box and click 

OK.  

 

Drag the rectangular 

selection over another 

section of the background 

and choose Filter > Twirl 

(Command + F). Repeat this 

stepuntil the entire 

background is full of swirls. 

Overlap swirls until you get 

a result similar to ours. 

Choose Select > Deselect 

(Comma nd + D). 

In the Layers palette, click 

the Options arrow and select 

Flatten Image from the 

dropdown menu. Choose 

Filter > Artistic > Poster 

Edges. Use the options in 

the resulting Poster Edges 

dialog box and click OK. 

 

Choose Filter > Artistic > 

Paint Daubs. Use the 

options in the resulting Paint 

Daubs dialog box and click 

OK. 

The final effect