Photoshop Tips Creating a Watercolor Effect in Photoshop By Denny Tang of Fotofects.com Dateline: February 2, 2005 Version: Photoshop CS More Photoshop tips Discuss this in the Photoshop forum

	It takes just a few steps in Photoshop to give images an effect similar to a watercolor painting with pen outlines. Begin by opening your image.
	Duplicate the layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode to Difference.
	On the new layer, add a Chrome filter (Filter > Sketch > Chrome) with the following properties: Detail: 10 Smoothness: 0
	With the top layer selected, use the Apply Image tool (Image > Apply Image) to apply the following properties: Layer: Merged Channel: RGB Invert: Unchecked Blending: Normal
	Change the blending mode of the current layer to Overlay.
	Duplicate the Background layer (Ctrl+J) and change the blending mode to Multiply.
	Add a Find Edges filter (Filter > Stylize > Find Edges).
	Desaturate (Ctrl+Shift+U) the current layer. The image at left shows the final effect.
	This shows a detail from the final image.

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