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Step Three: Go to Image>Adjust-

ments>Curves. Create a slight S

shape in the curve as shown here

to increase the contrast, and c lick

OK. Follow this with Filter>Sharpen>

Smart Sharpen, and set the Amount

to 172%, Radius to 10 px, and

Reduce Noise to 44%. Also set the

Remove drop-down menu to Gauss-

ian Blur, and c lick OK. At this point

the image has good contrast along

with heightened details and is ready

for the painted effect.

Step Four: Go to Filter>Stylize>

Diffuse, select the Anisotropic

mode, and click OK. Run this filter

four more times. Tip: Pressing Con-

trol-Command-F (PC: Ctrl-Option-F)

will repeat the previously run filter.

Then, go to Filter>Noise>Reduce

Noise, and set the Strength to 10

and all the other settings to 0%.

Click OK. The image now resembles

a painted image, but the details are

too subdued.