Tips, ideas, etc. -- not yet verified

• Apply Orton Effect before DAP
• Apply Topaz Simplify before DAP
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My DAP Observations

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Reviews

• DAP Review: http://www.photographybb.com/PBB_Magazine/issue_25/PhotographyBB_25.pdf
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Tutorials

• Youtube DAP tutorial 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjvDRqOryNI
• Youtube DAP tutorial 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJU9RuD-98U
• Orton Effect in Photoshop: http://www.5min.com/Video/The-Orton-Effect-in-Photoshop-114246622
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DAP AOPs

• http://dap.mediachance.com/archives/category/aops/page/1
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Forums, Tutorials, etc.

• RetouchPRO Photo-based art forum: http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/photo-based-art/
• DAP Forum: http://www.mmbforums.com/ipb/index.php?showforum=83
• DAP Cafe: http://dap.mediachance.com
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Galleries

• Flickr DAP pool: http://www.flickr.com/groups/dynamicautopainter/pool/
  
• By Healy: http://ghealy.smugmug.com/gallery/9846567_hDnyr#875614061_93aAp
• By Wutz: http://www.wutz.at/dap/
• DAP: http://www.mediachance.com/dap/index.html
• Russian Police Women portraits: http://www.mmbforums.com/ipb/index.php?showtopic=24049
• Direct2Brain Female Portraits: http://stemen1.altervista.org/Painting/Womens%20Gallery/index.html
• Direct2Brain misc: http://direct2brain.deviantart.com/gallery/#Digital-Painting
• Different AOPs applied to the same photograph: http://www.mmbforums.com/ipb/index.php?showtopic=23446

Software List

• MediaChance Dynamic Auto Painter (DAP): http://www.mediachance.com/dap/index.html
• Topaz Labs tools: http://www.topazlabs.com/
• FotoSketcher: http://www.fotosketcher.com/
• GMX Photopainter: http://www.gertrudisgraphics.com/

FAQ

Q. What is Photoart?
A. "Art that is created using computer software in which a photo image is used as a basis or reference." Danny Raphael, RetouchPro Forum

Q. What if I don't think this is art?
A. OK

Q. What if I don't think this is photo?
A. OK