
Photoshop Elements 3 Down & Dirty Tricks266
From Photo to Oil Painting
I had heard that Ted LoCascio (our former Senior Associate Designer at Photoshop User magazine) had come up with a pretty
amazing technique for turning any photo into an oil painting, and as soon as he showed it to me, I asked him (okay, I begged
him) to let me share it here in the book. It’s without a doubt one of the best-looking, easiest oil techniques I’ve ever seen.
STEP ONE: Open the photo you want to
apply the effect to.
STEP TWO: Go under the Enhance
menu, under Adjust Color, and choose
Hue/Saturation (or just press Control-U).
When the dialog appears, increase th