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2 Easy Ways to Turn Photo to Oil Painting

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At times you capture a good picture and wonder how it would have appeared if someone painted the same scene. Landscape images, animal pictures, and even your own photos become more interesting regardless of how they are shot when they are turned into paintings. 

One of the forms of painting that establishes an element of depth in the given image is called oil painting. Nevertheless, they are mainly expensive because of the time, effort, and materials necessary to create such paintings. Instead of spending money or looking for trustworthy artists, utilize Artificial Intelligence technology to turn photo to oil painting. 

How to Turn Photo to Oil Painting with an App?

If you are specifically seeking just the right application that will be able to render an image into the perfect oil painting style then congratulations you have come to the right place. BeautyPlus is a first-rate and all-in-one app, and its user interface is quite simple; you can make an oil painting from a picture in a short while. 

It contains very many filters which means can experiment with images in many ways to make them look better. What makes it so special? It’s ability to deliver results as per your expectations. It works without an internet connection. To top it all, the app is for iPhone as well as Android phones.

Here is a step-by-step guide to converting photos to oil painting using BeautyPlus:

  • Go to the BeautyPlus dashboard and tap on AI Filter (second option on the homepage)
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  • You will be asked to choose the photo that you want to edit from your gallery
  • Tap on the photo and you will be provided with a number of AI filters to choose from
  • Swipe a little right and click on the “Classic” option present at the 8th number among the given options
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  • Choose Vincent art or Oil Painting from a subcategory 
  • Apply the filter and let the app do the remaining work
  • Lastly, hit the ok button with a Tickmark icon at the bottom right of your mobile screen
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  • Finalize the photo and tap on Save 

How to Turn Photo to Oil Painting with Befunky?

Cannot download an app because of space issues in your mobile? There exists everyone’s loved tool Befunky which can be helpful for you when it comes to creating oil paintings using images. It can also be used for many more features like collages, removing backgrounds from different images, and making stunning graphics designs. 

Regarding the oil painting effect, it even offers 10 basic oil painting templates, and DLX oil painting art as well. That is why, with Befunky the list of possibilities for making your images even more fun is endless. It can work for landscapes, beautiful sky scenes, animals, and even human portraits. 

Here’s how to make a photo look like an oil painting using this web tool:

  • Go to Befunky and go to the “Open” option in the middle of the screen to upload your photo 
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  • At the left side of your screen, click on the “Artsy” option which looks like a painting board
  • A menu with various options will appear on your screen
  • Scroll down and select the Oil Painting category from the options
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  • You will have various oil painting styles. Click on the one that fits your imagination and wait for a few seconds
  • The image will be generated automatically. You can also drag the slider to enhance or reduce the oil painting effect
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  • Once you are satisfied with the final look, click on the Save button

Befunky also has additional editing features that can be used to fine-tune the image per the user’s desire. It lets us adjust the level of the effect which is useful for adding in an image, the color of the brush plus the size of the brush.

Conclusion

We do appreciate art and also understand the cost that goes with the idea of loving paintings. Well, here we are with an awesome product for you. Now you can use the work of artificial intelligence and create any number of paintings and make your simple pictures look like real paintings. 

Two of the most wonderful tools to use to quickly change a given picture into an oil painting are BeautyPlus and Befunky. These are free, very efficient, and easy to use. In addition, you can use beautyplus even without the internet. So, you have got a free editing partner in the form of Beautyplus.  Besides that, both Beautyplus and Befunky can be easily used by beginners by following our instructions here in this guide.

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