On 2014-10-10 03:58:09 +0000, Savageduck said:

On 2014-10-10 03:26:22 +0000, John McWilliams said:

On 10/9/14 PDT, 11:55 AM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2014-10-09 17:49:40 +0000, PeterN said:
On 10/9/2014 12:26 PM, Savageduck wrote:

The fact is that very little can be done in any plug-in that can't be
done in PS. Almost anything can be done in both RGB & LAB. LAB is a
lot easie, and faster for some processes.
that gives more flexability, which is a good thing. Getting into a
tool war, is meaningless, unless there is a reasonable accurate
description of what eah plug-in does.

Do the research, & experimenting, you have the plug-ins.

Habing said that, I am annoyed that the oil paint filter was removed
from CC 2014.

to the best of my recollection the "Oil Paint" filter and one other were
add-ons back with CS5. I see that it isn't there in CC (2014). So I
checked with the "Filter Gallery" and I see that will only be available
in 8-Bit mode, and "Oil Paint" is absent from that.

So, for now if you want to use the "Oil Paint" filter you will have to
uses PS CC or CS6.

That said I am sure that with some digging about it can be located and
installed. Perhaps Adobe support might be able to help.

If you really want to paint, get StudioArtist v. 4. Amazing program.
Free trial.

Not really for me, my painting skills are questionable at best, so I am
not going to spend $300 on that type of program.
Peter is the one who misses the "Oil Paint" filter in PS CC (2014).
However, he has both CS6 & PS CC where it still exists and functions as
designed. Also the PS "Filter Gallery" gives the artist access to a
whole bunch of brushes, styles and effects.
My less ambitious painting skills are catered to with stuff bundled
with my Wacom Intuous 4, Corel Painter Sketch Pad, & Sketchbook
Express. Then with my iPad I have the very powerful ArtStudio.

And, IIRC, there used to be actions you could download (or make
yourself) that'd do painterly things.

Some interesting Adobe news along with the latest CC update and PS CC
(2014) update. For the CC subscribers who also use an iPad there are
now the free, Adobe Sketch, Adobe illustrator Draw (for vector
graphics), Adobe Shape,
and Adobe Brush. The product of any of those is available via the new
CC Library in all CC apps.
http://sketch.adobe.com
http://www.adobe.com/products/draw.html
http://www.adobe.com/products/shape.html

For those who like the idea of creating custom brushes,
that is made into a simple task with Adobe Brush, using any source.
http://www.adobe.com/products/brush.html
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Regards,

Savageduck