CS6 - Oil Paint Effect

This is pretty cool ! From my wife's garden tonight.

Very nice indeed.

Upgraded from CS4 to CS6. Very impressed so far. Sure love this oil paint filter !

On another note - performance and raw processing much improved !

A question for those who used pixel bender in CS5 and are using the oil paint effect in CS6 - any difference?

I.e., has it been improved / changed, or is it more like they simply rolled PB into the app itself, but basically it achieves the same results as it did as a plugin in CS5? Thx.

Edit: one more question: in CS6, does it still have the same GPU processing issues some experienced in PB in CS5?

It's cool...it obscured the water drops somewhat. I'm wondering what it would have looked like with a narrow DOF and having some of that background blurred out, also, B&W conversion.