AKVIS
ArtWork it is designed to imitate different painting techniques.This photo to painting software helps you to create a piece of art out of any digital photo.
AKVIS ArtWork
is an ideal solution for your creative expression, a perfect virtual artist! The
software combine advanced technologies with an artistic approach.
The transformation
of a picture into a painting happens before your very eyes -- you can follow the
birth of a work of art in real time!
Version 6.5 offers
these painting styles: Oil, Watercolor, Comics, Pen & Ink, Linocut, and
Pastel.
The Oil
painting technique converts your photographs into oil paintings. The program
lays brush strokes naturally using the original photo as a reference. Even with
the default settings you can achieve a realistic result coming very close to
hand-painted works. Tweak the options, and you can research a variety of oil
painting styles.
For those in need
of more flexibility and having ideas on how the final panting should look, there
is a tool called Stroke Direction. This semi-automatic and highly intelligent
tool is a real godsend as it gives you full control over the strokes! Use a
special brush to define the guiding lines, and the virtual painter will convert
the image into a painting directing the strokes to follow the drawn guiding
lines. With this technique you can achieve truly realistic paintings with human
hair, patterns and textures going in the right direction.
The Watercolor
style converts a photo into a watercolor painting. Watercolor is one of
the most difficult painting techniques and it is hard for a machine to emulate
this effect, but ArtWork handles this well.
The software lets
you create beautiful, airy, and light watercolor paintings which look
like realistic paintings.
Next style, the
Comics effect, allows ArtWork users to replicate works of famous comics
artists with just a few clicks. This effect reduces the tones of the photo to
create an image similar to a poster or a cartoon. You can make a
comic strip from your party photos or create an original poster.
The Pen & Ink
effect creates ink drawings from digital photos. It is emulating a
special technique in which colored inks are applied to paper using a pen - from
modern pens to a quill dipped in an inkwell. This style produces graceful images
composed of object outlines.
The Linocut
effect creates an image in the style of a linocut print. Linocut is a
method in which a raised pattern is carved into a piece of linoleum, which is
then used with ink to print an image on paper. Linocuts are known for their
characteristic expressiveness, strong contrast between black and white, and rich
and exuberant strokes. This effect is ideally suited for images of architecture
or nature scenes.
In Linocut
as well as in Pen & Ink you can change the color of drawing and the
background color.
Pastel is a
special artistic technique which bridges the gap between painting and drawing.
The pastel sticks or pencils form soft velvety strokes with subtle edges which
can be smeared with your fingers. A distinctive feature of the pastel technique
is the "glimmer" of colors in the form of small specks. Unlike paints, pastels
don't cover the whole surface. The small gaps left uncovered let the background
paper color show through the strokes and increase the general color effect of
the painting.
Oil Painting,
Watercolor and Pastel styles also provide Post-Processing Tools
for manually retouching a processed image. For example, you can refine the image
by removing paint irregularities, add some final touches to your masterpiece.
The software
includes ready-to-use AKVIS presets which help you start working. They
can be applied "as is" or can be modified. The program lets you save your
favorite photo-to-painting settings as a preset and use them in the future. It's
possible to import and export your presets.
The virtual
painter will take care of converting a digital picture into a painting, but what
else makes a painting look like a work of art? Canvas and the artist's
signature! ArtWork offers the choice between a flat background and a rough
surface (canvas, paper, etc) that makes the impression even more stunning. You
can add a signature or an inscription to the picture with your own font and
color.
The software
offers Batch Processing support that allows you to create comics from home
videos!
What Is It Good
For?
Create an oil
portrait of your friend, a landscape painting or a still life picture. Express
yourself in new genres!
You can print the
final painting on a color printer, frame it or put it into a ready-made photo
frame, or even add some real oil strokes to make the painting real.
Create a greeting
card or a poster, and you have a wonderful present for friends and family.
No brushes or
paints are required. Just get ArtWork and unleash your creativity.
Young artists and
art teachers can use ArtWork to improve painting skills. Those who generally
focus too much on details can first simplify their images using ArtWork, then
use the result as a reference to paint their own oil painting.
AKVIS ArtWork is
available in two versions - as a standalone program and as a plugin to a photo
editor.
The plug-in is
compatible with Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Corel Paint Shop Pro, etc.
Refer to Consult
the compatibility page for more details.
Attention! The
functionality of the program depends on the license type. During the test period
you can try all options and choose the license you like.
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