I don't use Photoshop, I'm an Aperture guy.
I'm looking for software with similar functionality to Photoshop's Pixelbender / Oil Painting.
I'm especially interested in the bending of the pixels, along the lines of impressionist paintings - think van Gogh.
Any suggestions?
Photoshop and Aperture don't really compete.
That said, perhaps you want to look at something like Acorn or Pixelmator, which are like Photoshop but about 1/15 the price, and with more approachable user interfaces. Both are available on the Mac App Store.
Photoshop and Aperture don't really compete.
That said, perhaps you want to look at something like Acorn or Pixelmator, which are like Photoshop but about 1/15 the price, and with more approachable user interfaces. Both are available on the Mac App Store.
If you are interested in computer simulated drawing and painting effects, have a look at the "ToonIt!" plug-in for Aperture. This will do some of the basic work for you, but you will have to do quite a lot of editing afterwards, to turn the image into a piece of art.
It might be easier, to do most of the drwing and painting yourself in the first place - ArtRage Deluxe is very versatile, if you have a large trackpad and pen.
For example: Applying a light ToonIt! effect "Impressionist2": The diagonal
cross-pattern is due to "Demo" mode - I have not yet bought the plug-in - it is rather expensive:
The original:
I don't use Photoshop - looking for software with similar functionality to Photoshop's Pixelbender / Oil Painting. Any suggestions?
