Using the new Oil Paint filter

The final filter that I'll demonstrate is not part of the Filter Gallery. …And in fact, is more powerful than anything that the Filter Gallery offers. …It goes by the name Oil Paint, and it's capable of creating effects like the one …you see here. Let me show you how it works. …I’ll go ahead and switch over to the flat JPEG version of this image. …And the first thing we want to do is convert this guy to a smart object …because you can apply Oil Paint as a dynamic smart filter. …So, I’ll go ahead and double-click on the background to bring up the New Layer …dialog box. And I'll once again name this guy Skeptic …and click OK. And then, I'll right-click inside the …image window with the Rectangular Marquee tool and choose Convert to Smart Object.…

Next, go up to Filter > Oil Paint. And, a caveat that you should know about …this filter, is that it only works in the RGB mode. …So, you can't apply it to either CMYK or gray scale images. …And FYI, none of the Filter Gallery effects work in CMYK either. …