How to Create a Traditional Painting-Like Surreal Image using Photoshop

Brush size: 2
Brush Detail: 8
Texture: 1

The result of that will be like this:

But that doesn’t look too good because the details are lost so we should reduce its Opacity to:

Opacity: 40%

The result:

Select both layers and right click on any of them and click Flatten Image.

Step 12: Add some Lighting Effects

Now, for our final step, let’s enhance the lighting of this image .We’re going to put the focus of our viewers to the subjects of our image – the girl and the phone booth. To do that, first, duplicate the image (Ctrl/Cmd + J) and then go to Filter > Render > Lighting Effects. When it opens, input the following:

Style: Default
Light Type: Omni
On: Check
Intensity: 21

After that, reduce the Opacity of that layer to:

Opacity: 70%

The result of that would be:

Authors Comment

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