Oil Paint Effect

This m file performs an Oil Paint effect on an input image.

Description

Image has to be placed in the current working directory and the m file changed accordingly to the image name (change in the imread command).
The user is asked for the level of OP effect they desire.(This input has to be a odd number).
The image is padded according to the user input and then the effect is performed.

• MATLAB release: MATLAB 7.6 (R2008a)

[Jos (10584)]

This is poor in several ways. First of all it is a script that starts with: "clc; clear all; in_img = imread('sofa.JPG'); .." Second, it lacks help and comments. Third, it is poorly written: for instance, not pre-allocation and avoidable loops. Finally, it turns color images into an BW oil-paint sketch ...
As it stands, this submission is useless to anyone but the author. Please learn how to write functions that are flexible and do not destroy the users workspace and that contains help!

[Percy1]

This is great, works right out of box, Simplifies photo down to manageable mechanical form, great for art display.