in photoshop CC 2014 where did the oil paint filter go? it is the filter i need for almost every photo

Hello, it is not available anymore in CC(2014) hence why it is installed side by side to CC.

The info was posted a few months ago: http://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2014/04/photoshop-spring-cleaning.html

Could you describe what you did with it?

Unreal!  So I'm supposed to have side-by-side photoshops taking up space on my computer?  That's ridiculous.  PS is already behind the times with their filters.  Why get rid of oil paint???? *throws up hands*

Photoshop CC 2014 Oil Paint FREE alternative(Windows only)

http://www.modelmayhem.com/po.php?thread_id=926714

I'm on a Mac. 

In the https://yande.re/forum/show/2007?page=1

Petopeto has also provided the source code, maybe someone can port to OSX...

Oh dear....I have this fear I will not understand the answer Pictus.  Unless it's like "copy and paste this here" I'm a bit lost lol.  I just don't get why PS takes things away.  Why on earth would they do that?

What's the point of using two versions of PS? I don't want to run PS CC, just to use the oil paint filter, I want to use it in PS CC 2014.

What's next? CC 2015, CC 2016.... And all versions with different features? That's ridiculous!

I total agree.....I use it ALL the time. I have 25 Actions for it!!!!!!!!

I'm curious...

Of those of you who have been using Oil Paint, are you just using it for the anisotropic blurring (e.g., smoothing of hair/edges)?  In other words, are you just setting the bottom 4 sliders to the lowest settings?  And have you always been adjusting the result with Curves, setting the white point to 240?

-Noel

I use it for making backgrounds and giving my photos a painterly look. I have 25 Actions set up that I use!!!  What was the reasoning for removing ???? I am sooooooooo mad...now I will have to keep the old version on my computer just for that.

There's some potential in the Greycstoration plug-in listed at the link above posted by Pictus 171, but the interface is geeky and clunky to use.  It may be that you use only one set of parameters every time, and you can struggle through picking a set that gives mostly the same effect as Oil Paint.  And the good news is that it doesn't darken the image.  It's a PC-only plug-in.

I'm considering creating a professional plug-in that provides the essential smoothing function with a fully-featured UI so it's easy to use.  Unfortunately for Mac users I'm only set up to build plug-ins for PC as well.

-Noel

You have to be kidding... I used this all the time, I pay enough not to have the features taken away.... Please bring it back.

I too use the Oil Paint filter for creating digital "paintings". I just took a course on Adobe Creative Live, "Painting with Photoshop" by Jack Davis. In this course the Oil Paint filter is used in ALL of his actions to create your paintings! Please bring it back to PS CC 2014!

I too, was shocked and dismayed to see the oil paint filter gone in 2014.  Only recently discovered it in the original cc, and it quickly became a priceless tool in a ongoing portion of my routine processing.  Used it much in the same way as the others here, and it's become irreplaceable.  I don't, however, have a problem with keeping the original PS CC on my machine and using it to do my processing specifically when I need the OP effect.  I feel inconvenienced, but can live with it until, of course, they put it back into a subsequent update.

You ARE going to put it back aren't you?

You ARE going to put it back aren't you?

Won't happen.

You'll have to use the just-released 3rd party filter.

Photoshop: Spring Cleaning | PHOTOSHOP.COM BLOG

"Oil Paint is a very cool filter, but relied on a very large and complex code library used for an outdated technology (Pixel Bender) that is no longer supported.

Update/note: It looks like a 3rd party has released a full PixelBender-esque plug-in that will work in CC. Haven’t tried it myself, but may interest those who liked Oil Paint and PixelBender: http://aescripts.com/pixel-bender-accelerator-for-photoshop/"

No they are not bringing it back.

I coloring comics and the oil painting filter is great to make a photo texture and make it look more “drawn” and fit better into the comic.

So right now I use CC 14.2 instead of CC 2014

Your situation is one of the main reasons Adobe didn’t replace PS CC with PS CC 2014.  The oil painting filter is gone, but someone else wrote something similar:

https://blogs.adobe.com/photoshopdotcom/2014/04/photoshop-spring-cleaning.html#oilpaint

I was just looking for missing filters in Photoshop CC and I was able to get them back by changing the preferences.  Go to Preferences—Plug-Ins, and make sure "Show all Filter Gallery groups and names" is checked. 

Yes, but that doesn't cover the Oil Paint filter, which has truly been removed.

-Noel

My bad.   I was actually looking for the Halftone filter and some others I use a lot, and changing the preferences to "Show all Filter Gallery groups and names" brought that and a bunch of others back for me.  I saw one called Oil Paint so I figured that's what everyone was looking for

No problem, it's nice that you're helping here (we need more like you who post useful things and answer questions).

However, if you're seeing Oil Paint, then you're not running Photoshop CC 2014.

Choose Help - System Info.  You should see 2014.0.

If you see 14.2.1 you're running Photoshop CC from last year, and you'll need to go to your Creative Cloud application and install the new one.

-Noel

Ahh man you're absolutely right, I haven't updated to CC 2014 yet.  I saw that you can't save down After Effects projects to CS 6 from CC 2014 that's why I held off.  I'm still clearly not used to the fact that there is another version of CC available that people are using   Thanks for clearing that up, Noel! 

No worries.  This stuff is complex to keep track of!

-Noel

I used this all the time too! Not so much for oil painting effect but to slightly add to rocks, grass, trees, etc... to make them pop a bit, give them texture or even just to add some texture to remove noise. I can use topaz labs clean which i usually as they "kinda" can do the same thing yet they're different.... weird to see why they'd take this out.

Baffled! I was just looking for this feature, as I used to use it also. So I need to downgrade to continue using Oil Paint? That's ludicrous. Come on! Please put it back.

Thank you for your reply Pierre Courtejoie. This is very frustrating from an end-user point of view. That tool was a new asset to Photoshop and filled a niche that wasn't filled before. I just found this out now, after having upgraded to CC 2014 at work. It has thrown my workflow off and has eroded my confidence in Photoshop a small amount. I'm not happy.

Hi hope this is just a bad april fools joke... Oil painter is something I really like, as well as a lot of my friends.  I haven't updated yet, but maybe I should hold off.  Adobe please tell me you will bring this back?  You seem to be removing all the features I really like... variations, gone.  Oil painter, gone.  Maybe 2015 the blending modes or paintbrush will be removed as well?  Lets hope not...

I heard the reason it is gone is because Oil Paint required flash and the new Photoshop CC 2014 is not supporting flash.  That's the reason it only works on the old photoshop.

Not quite.  The concept for why it's being eliminated is related, but as I understand it the Oil Paint filter relied on a big subsystem called "Pixel Bender" technology.  It was early work to get Photoshop to use GPU acceleration, and it's been superseded by newer "Mercury Graphics Engine" technology in Photoshop.  The entire Pixel Bender subsystem, which is apparently much more substantial than just what's needed by the one filter, didn't end up fitting in Adobe's plans for where they're taking Photoshop, and would have been too expensive to continue to maintain for one filter only.

That being said, I personally would have really liked to see the Oil Paint filter re-implemented using the new Mercury Graphics Engine - or even using just the CPU (on the assumption that having a slower version would be better than not having any at all).

I'm sure it was a difficult business decision, because they know that there are people like us who had grown to like and use the Oil Paint filter.

-Noel

Didnt the Pixel Blender use flash?  Someone in another thread said this but it doesn't really matter...it's gone.  I can imagine it affects some people's workflow drastically.  I'm glad I did t use it that much.

It's "Bender", not "Blender", and no, I don't believe it relied on Flash.  More likely the other way around.

Here's something that might help with understanding:  Pixel Bender basics for Flash | Adobe Developer Connection

-Noel

oh well c'est la vie...people will get over it just like we always do.

To be honest, this filter was not entirely, but a key factor for my reason of upgrading from CS5.5... So Oil paint leaves after two iterations?

I too, hope a CPU or new graphics engine version is introduced. It seems it would be greatly received...

Oil painter was from Pixel Bender this may pain the picture for you.

Yes, I am aware of that, and also why Adobe removed it in CC 2014 (which is completely understandable). What I am saying is that there are many people who clearly would appreciate it's return in some capacity and it would be wonderful if it could be re-introduced without having to have to versions of PS installed alongside each other... just for the benefit of one filter.