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[challenge entry] 'The great fire of london,
for when you absolutely positively have to kill every motherfucker in Pudding Lane'
The diary of Samuel L Pepys, September 5th 1666


Does anyone know of a good way to get photos looking like they're an oilpainting in photoshop 7?
This was my rather lame attempt (I know i shoulda altered the levels on the face and blended it in better, but it didn't seem worth it on something that was always going to be a little unsatisfactory), and I tried the filters, but I can't seem to get it quite right. Any advice would be greatly appreciated

edit: why do i always post immediately after something really good, making my lame effort seem even shoddier than it already is? eh? why? bum!

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(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:32, archived)
# hehheh
Viz did a great version of that not so long ago...but woosome anyway!
(trumpet, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:34, archived)
# yeah
that had me thinking about it a couple of months ago. damn fine it was too
edit: ta
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:35, archived)
# twas indeed
wasn't wanting to piss on your bonfire, of course.

My word. Isn't the board polite tonight?
(trumpet, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:39, archived)
# Why thank you for
noticing.
(I helped save b3ta! Dogtanian, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:40, archived)
# 'tis
rather.
strangely pleasant, isn't it
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:42, archived)
# I think
there is a filter called paint daubs or something :)
(I helped save b3ta! Tedmus, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:34, archived)
# i tried
that, but it didn't seem quite right.
i'll try it again now, thanks
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:36, archived)
# i've just been having a quick play with those filters
paint daubs is the most oil paintingy filter there, but you probably want to fiddle with the brush size setting
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:39, archived)
# have just
tried it again on top of angled strokes, and that seems to look a little better, ta
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:41, archived)
# I've been using paint daubs
for the background of a flash projet, and I think it looks very well as an oily effect.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:42, archived)
# it seems great
for larger images, but i'm working on an 18kb source image, so it looks like someone's been using far too big a brush.
must find bigger pepys
must find bigger pepys
must find bigger pepys
must find bigger pepys
must find bigger pepys
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:54, archived)
# I should think
there's something similar on PS, but on PSP using the Erode and Dilute filters a few times over (alternating) has quite a good effect of oil.
(I helped save b3ta! NomDePlume fo shizzle my nizzle old bean, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:42, archived)
# oooh
thanks very much, I'll give that a whirl too.
thaks everyone, it's been most instructive
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:48, archived)
# no one actually
died in the great fire.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:37, archived)
# not one
single person? even the elderly or infirm? are you sure?
either way, it was the easiest way to make it obvious who it was. couldn't think of any other even vaguely relevant samuel l jackson movie quotes.
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:40, archived)
# nope, well six, but they'd probably have caught the plague anyway.
in fact it was about 97.5% of BENEFICIAL cos it killed the plague rats and let them sort out the streets.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:42, archived)
# And taught people about fire breaks.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:44, archived)
# and not to live
in wooden, flammable houses.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:45, archived)
# i thought
they were already known in principle, but never acted upon. certainly the method of dealing with fires at the time was to hastily construct them by demolishing houses around the blaze, but the mayor of the day was reticent to 'cos of the cost
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:46, archived)
# reluctant, not reticent.
that would mean he was the silent, mysterious type towards them, like a building-regulations james dean.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# You'd have to give him that one
by definition 3.

dictionary.reference.com/search?q=reticent
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:50, archived)
# Although reluctant is better in the sited context.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:51, archived)
# I think you meant
cited, not sited
/hand-that-feeds-him-biting-pedantry
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:52, archived)
# yeah, but it's reluctant as in personality and being the withdrawn, loner type more than anything else.
and i like the idea of a building-regulations james dean.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:52, archived)
# yes
how very stupid of me
great way of putting it
edit: yay i was not incorrect after all
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:50, archived)
# That's why it's called the great fire...
/coat
(Marky-, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:46, archived)
# wak wak wak waaaak
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# hehe
(I helped save b3ta! Dogtanian, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# Er
Six people died in the Great Fire, atch.

Including the maid of the Baker (Mr Farynor) in the house where the fire started - she was too scared to jump from the 1st storey of the house so she wound up burned instead.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:47, archived)
# fat load of good
my history gcse is then.
(I helped save b3ta! bananaman, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:48, archived)
# never mind.
You know the difference between "reluctant" and "reticent" - you will go far.
(I helped save b3ta! Dr Phil Kitten, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:51, archived)
# I thought it was
eight or so?

Not many at any rate....
(I helped save b3ta! weevilstepmother, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:48, archived)
# Try
Filter/Pixelate/Crystalize
(I helped save b3ta! maiden is filmed before a live studio audience, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:39, archived)
# i see
what you mean. very good for late 19th century it is too, ta.
a little impressioninst it looks for 17th century though
thanks all the same, I'll bear it in mind
(I helped save b3ta! atomboy, Sun 28 Sep 2003, 19:44, archived)