When it comes to easy-to-use programs and incredible results, we inevitably have to talk about Photoshop. Although at present, there are other tools of this type, Photoshop continues to be maintained, as one of the most used worldwide.
For this reason, we want to show you through this article, how to make a watercolor paint effect on a photograph in Photoshop.
And the widespread use of this application is due to the large number of photographic effects that you can apply to an image and they look like they were made by a professional. And we have already named some of the effects that you can achieve with this tool. Like for example changing a color image to black and white.
We return with a tutorial that you are simply going to love, the effect that we will achieve is spectacular. The image will be very lifelike and will appear to have been taken on a watercolor painted canvas.
How to make a watercolor paint effect on a photo in Photoshop
Next, we will show you how to make a watercolor paint effect on a photo in Photoshop. And we will do this by applying very simple techniques, firstly we will start by opening the program, then we will go to the top menu and enter the File tab and choose the new option. This action will open the window again.
Here we must place the following measurements in Width 1920, Height 1080 and Resolution 300 and then we make a clip in the Ok option. This will allow a blank sheet to appear with the measurements set. Now we go back to File, then we select the Place option and choose the custom texture that we must have previously saved on our computer.
Here we place the Link to search for textures, when we have the texture on our canvas, we must adjust it so that it is the same size and finally we validate. Now we go to the right part and select the layer that has the texture. And to this, we will lower the opacity to 70%.
Using the different watercolor brushes
Now we go again File, then to Place and we will choose the image that we will give the effect of watercolor painting. Now we will go to the right side and select this new layer and we will go down and create a Layer Mask. Then we go to the side menu and choose the paint tool, then choose the black color and then validate.
Now, I go back to the side panel and choose the brush tool, which we can install brushes in Photoshop and now we will select the white color and validate by clicking Ok. At the top left, I find the watercolor brushes and try to make the tip bigger so that it takes up a lot of space. Now you pass the brush over the layer mask, little by little until the entire photo is covered.
If you wish, you can use different brush tips, to give it a better effect and finish, everything here is at your discretion. When you’re done, we’re going to head to Files, then choose Place to choose the Color Splash Stock.
Now we go to this new color splash layer and we are going to place it under the Stock layer. And the color splash layer we will lower the opacity to 50%, now we select above all the layers and we will go to the bottom. There we are going to create an intensity adjustment layer.
And we are going to place this intensity at +100 and the saturation we are going to place at +15, we return again to the icons that are in the final part of the layers. And we’re going to create a Color Lookup Adjustment layer. Then in the section that says 3DLUT File, next to it we click on Load and select FoggyNight and lower the opacity to 35%.
In this way we have finished our design, where we apply several layers and use the watercolor brushes. And that’s how easy you have learned in a few minutes how to make a watercolor paint effect on a photograph in Photoshop.