Tutorial: AKVIS ArtWork

Imitate Painting on a Canvas

AKVIS ArtWork does not only offer photo-to-paint conversion, but it also lets you imitate painting on a canvas or any other uneven surface, such as corrugated paper, brick wall, metallic or ceramic coating, etc.

To use this option, adjust the settings in the Canvas tab.

By default the parameters of the tab are disabled and the picture comes out as if drawn on plain paper. To activate the parameters of the Canvas tab, select the check-box Use Canvas.

The check-box "Use Canvas" is disabled	The check-box "Use Canvas" is enabled

The canvas is generated by reproduction of the chosen texture. These are the following parameters of texture generation and application:

Adjustment of Texture Properties:

• Texture. Select a texture from the Texture Library. To open the Texture Library, double click with the left mouse button on the square box with a sample texture.
  

  Select a texture with a double-click of the mouse.

  It is possible to use your own texture. For this purpose create and save a pattern into a folder on your computer. The pattern can be square or rectangular and must be saved as a JPEG, BMP, TIFF or PNG file.

  To load a texture into AKVIS ArtWork, open the Texture Library , click on and select a texture in the Select user texture dialog box.

  To return to the Canvas tab without selecting any texture click on .

• Scale. This parameter sets the size of the repetitive pattern. By default the Scale is set to 100%. The higher the value of the parameter, the larger is the pattern.

  Scale = 70%

  Scale = 150%

• These are the following options that define the way the canvas is generated:

  Repetition. When this option is selected, the canvas is generated by simple repetition of the given pattern.

  
  Repetition

  Reflection. When this option is selected, the canvas is generated by repetition of the given pattern. The difference from the Repetition mode is that the ends of the patterns are joined at mirror reflection.

  
  Reflection

  Alignment. This option helps when the initial texture has an uneven pattern. If we apply the texture as it is, we will see texture joins. To avoid it, we should activate the option Texture Alignment.

  
  Alignment

Adjust the parameters of texture application:

• Light Source. Use the dagger on the ball to set the probable light source during the shooting. The position of the light source influences the texture wrapping. To change the position of the light source, left-click on the required point of the ball.
  
• Brightness. This parameter changes the texture's brightness. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 150. The higher the value of the parameter, the lighter is the texture. As a result, the output image gets lighter.

  Brightness = 20

  Brightness = 70

• Embossment. This parameter affects the embossment of the texture. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 150. At 0, the texture is flat. As you increase the value of the parameter, the texture gets more prominent.

  Embossment = 20

  Embossment = 50

• Reveal Texture. This parameter defines to what extent the texture is shown through the image. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 40. The higher the value, the more distinct is the texture and the less visible is the original image. The higher value of the parameter also increases the influence of the Brightness parameter and the texture contrast.

  Reveal Texture = 20

  Reveal Texture = 36

• Distortion. This parameter defines the clearness of the resulting image. The values of the parameter vary between 0 and 50. The higher the value of the parameter, the more distorted and blurred is the image.

  Distortion = 0

  Distortion = 20