In this video, I show you how I use a hand-painted overlay and apply it to a photo in Photoshop to give the image an organic and hand-painted feel.
Watch the Tutorial:
Want to practice this effect? Continue below to download the overlay from this video for free! Or, if you’d like more options, please check out the Nicolesy Painted Edge Overlay pack in the Nicolesy Store.

Painted Edge Overlays
$25.00 — Click Here
Set of 50 High-Resolution Hand-painted Overlays
Add a beautiful effect to your images with this set of 50 painted edge overlays. These are created with real paint and brushes (not created digitally), and work well with all types of images. Click here to learn more about this overlay pack.
View the Painted Edge Gallery:
In this video, I show you how I use a hand-painted overlay and apply it to a photo in Photoshop to give the image an organic and hand-painted feel.
Watch the Tutorial:
Want to practice this effect? Continue below to download the overlay from this video for free! Or, if you’d like more options, please check out the Nicolesy Painted Edge Overlay pack in the Nicolesy Store.

Painted Edge Overlays
$25.00 — Click Here
Set of 50 High-Resolution Hand-painted Overlays
Add a beautiful effect to your images with this set of 50 painted edge overlays. These are created with real paint and brushes (not created digitally), and work well with all types of images. Click here to learn more about this overlay pack.
View the Painted Edge Gallery:

Nicole is a photographer, published author, and educator specializing in Lightroom, Photoshop, and photography. She is best known for her books on food photography but is widely versed in various photographic genres, including landscape, nature, stock, travel, and experimental imagery.
Cool!! Been wondering how to make my own overlays and borders, this video has given me some ideas. I should be able to make them in Affinity Photo and use them in Luminar.
Thanks for the ideas in all your tutorials ????
I’m so glad I found your page! I love the looks you’ve created.