How do you turn a digial photo to look like an oil painting in a graphics edit p

Question: How do you turn a digial photo to look like an oil painting in a graphics edit program!?

Instead of spending hundreds to have a photo turned into an oil painting i was wondering if there are specific ways i can do this in an editing program like psp or gimp!. This way I could bring it out and iron it onto canvis myself (honestly thats all they do)!. Any help much appricated (or if u know of a good tutorial on the subject a link might help you get those 10 points more)!

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Hi Jaimie

The fastest and best application for that is Corl Phto-Paint!. It has an awesome effect tools menu!.
Their is one that can turn your pic into a painting in 5 seconds max!. It even has the mosaic feature, broken glas etc!.!.etc!.!.etc!.!.
And, you can print it on transpazrency and iron it ti a T-shirt or canvas!.

Photoshop probably has it but like I say, we use Adobe InDesign and Corel most of the time at the shop!.
Corel is the fastest, easiest and most friendly as well as InDesign!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I'm a designer and get this request often!. The fastest and easiest way to do it is most definitely in Adobe Photoshop!. It takes some creative use of Photoshop's built-in filters and also a bit of tweaking by hand to get the realistic effect you're seeking!. I looked up some tutorials online and this one seems like the easiest to follow if you're a novice to Photoshop, which is a professional grade software program, but by no means inaccessible to a newbie!.

Here's the link: http://www!.myjanee!.com/tuts/painted3/pai!.!.!.

Not familiar with PSP (Paint Shop!?)!.!.!.but can definitely say Photoshop is the industry standard for this kind of stuff!.
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