Pastel Painting Effect

Does anyone know of any post processing software that lets you convert a photo to a Pastel Painting? When I had my Nikon D5300 it was one of the effects. I now have a D7100 and this effect is not available. It's not in my Lightroom software either. I have a couple photos where I used this effect and it is really nice.

if you upload one of the photos you are trying to emulate again we would have a better idea of the final effect you want to gain, that said, here is what color efex 4 can do:





not sure if that is pastelly/painty enough for you needs, but you can download a trial of the Nik Collection here Google Nik Collection

Hi, thank you so much, I do love the effect you get from color efex. I will download it. Attached is the pastel effect.

Elements10 has a bunch of filter effects you can apply. Here is one I did of my three boys on the beach, although I forget what effect I used.

Thanks, I have Elements and the effects options don't have the effect I'm looking for. Thank you for sharing he photo it is a nice effect as well.

elements may not have a specifically named filter, but it may just be a case of using one of its filters as a starting point and then tweaking things like saturation, contrast, vibrancy, structure etc..

maybe try playing with some of the effects for a while, you may find that you can make a "formula" that suits you and gives you a unique look

There is a free download called "Fotosketcher" which is a lot of fun. Many effects available.

Maybe one of the presets in topaz simplify might do it? Suggest you download a free trial to see if does

Also if you do decide to use Elements you will need to change from 16bit to 8 bit in order to use all the filter features.

Thank you, I didn't realize why some of the filters would not work.

Try Corel Paintshop pro X7 or X8. It has many effects. And a 30 day free trial.