How to Make Your Photograph Look Like a Watercolor Painting in Photoshop

Do you like the look of watercolors? You can easily learn how to make a photograph look like it is a watercolor.

Steps

1
Open your image. Then, duplicate the background (your image) three times. The easiest way to do this is by tapping CTRL/CMD J on your keyboard.
2
Make the top two layers invisible. To do that, click on the eye beside the layer that you want to do that to.

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3
Click on Copy 1.
4
Go to Filters >> Artistic >> Cutout.... Set the following:
- Number of Levels: 4
- Edge Simplicity: 4
- Edge Fidelity: 2
5
Press OK.
6
Make sure you are still on Copy 1. Set the Layer Blend mode to Luminosity.
7
Turn Copy 2 back on. Click on the square where the eye was; doing so will make the eye visible again.
8
Select the Copy 2. Just because you made it visible, doesn't mean that you selected it. You must select the layer in order to apply an effect.
9
Go to Filters >> Artistic >> Dry Brush... Set the following:
- Brush Size: 10
- Brush Detail: 10
- Texture: 3
10
Change the Layer Blend mode to Screen.
11
Turn on the top layer, Copy 3. Be sure that you select it as well.
12
Go to Filter >> Noise >> Median...
13
Set a value of 12.
14
Change the Layer Blend mode to Soft Light. Now you're done.

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