: How can I apply an oil painting effect to a photo? I really want to do this kind of effect where it looks like a person is disintegrating away, but I have no idea what it is called:

@Ravi4787994

The Oil Paint filter mentioned in Scott's answer was removed from Photoshop in version CC-2014. For those using Windows, Adobe has recommended using the GREYCstoration plugin:


Oil Paint is a very cool filter, but relied on a very large and
complex code library used for an outdated technology (Pixel Bender)
that is no longer supported.

Workarounds for Oil Paint:

Update/note: Here’s a windows only plug-in which may be useful
discussed here: www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=926714

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@Murray976

THanks To Bala's clue in the comment.... I found the original source photo....

It's merely Adobe Photoshop's Oil Paint Filter

Here's one with these settings:





This is a completely new image generated by running the oil paint filter on the same source photo. This is not merely a reposting of your sample image.

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