Assassin - The Photoshop: Professional Retouching and Compositing Tips, Tricks, and Techniques - page 562

Figure 11.70
The Cartoon or Painterly Effect
To finish, we'll add the cartoon/painterly effect that I use on a lot of my images.
6. Add a merged/stamped layer to the top of the layer stack by going to Select > All,
then to Edit > Copy Merged, and then to Edit > Paste. Press Command/Ctrl+J to
create a copy.
7. Click the eye icon of the uppermost layer to turn it off, and then click the layer be-
neath ( Figure 11.71 ) . Go to Filter > Noise > Reduce Noise, and set Strength to 10
and all other sliders to 0 ( Figure 11.72 ). Click OK.