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Tutorial: AKVIS Sketch

Color Sketch

 

By default AKVIS Sketch converts any image into a black and white pencil sketch. But if the original photo is colored, it is possible to add color from the original image to the pencil drawing.
Source image Result
Source image Result

We use the Sketch plugin in this tutorial, but you can take the standalone edition and use the same parameters to achive this result.

  • Step 1. Open a color photo in your photo editor.
    Colored photo:Hotel Coral Sea Resort
  • Step 2. Call the plug-in AKVIS Sketch. For this purpose in Adobe Photoshop select the menu item Filter – AKVIS – Sketch; in Paint Shop Pro Photo select the menu item Effects – Plugins - AKVIS – Sketch; in Corel PHOTO-PAINT - the menu item Effects – AKVIS – Sketch.
  • Step 3. Press the button Convert to convert the photo into a pencil sketch with the default settings.
    Pencil sketch: automatic processing
  • Step 4. Reduce the value of the parameter Size to make the lines thinner and harder.
    Pencil sketch: finer lines

    Reduce the value of the parameter Midtones Intensity to reduce the intensity of hatching in the uniform light areas of the picture (i.e. the sky).

    Pencil sketch: less hatching in the sky
  • Step 5. Let's add color to our pencil drawing by increasing the value of the parameter Coloration to 70.
    Color pencil drawing
  • Step 6. Press the button Apply to apply the result to the image and close the program.
 
How It Works How It Works
   — Workspace — Workspace
   — How to Work with the Program — How to Work with the Program
   — Make a Sketch from a Photo — Make a Sketch from a Photo
   — Background Effects — Background Effects
   — Add Text/Signature — Add Text/Signature
   — Imitate Sketch Drawing on a Canvas — Imitate Sketch Drawing on a Canvas
Examples Examples
   — Pencil Sketch: Let's Draw a Tulip — Pencil Sketch: Let's Draw a Tulip
   — Convert a Photo to a Color Sketch — Convert a Photo to a Color Sketch
   — Graphite Pencil Portrait — Graphite Pencil Portrait
   — Watercolor Drawing — Watercolor Drawing
   — Artistic Processing — Artistic Processing
   — A Painting out of a Photo — A Painting out of a Photo
   — A Watercolor Portrait from a Photo — A Watercolor Portrait from a Photo
   — Winter Dream — Winter Dream
   — Pencil Sketch of a Pet — Pencil Sketch of a Pet
   — A woman in a Tub: a Real Work of Art — A woman in a Tub: a Real Work of Art
   — Postcard on a Pencil Drawing — Postcard on a Pencil Drawing
   — Baseball Photo to Color Drawing — Baseball Photo to Color Drawing
   — Make a Sketch from a Wolf Photo — Make a Sketch from a Wolf Photo
   — Pastel Drawing Technique — Pastel Drawing Technique
   — Motorshow: a Pencil Drawing — Motorshow: a Pencil Drawing
   — A Little Girl: B&W Pencil Sketch — A Little Girl: B&W Pencil Sketch
   — Westmuir Street in Glasgow — Westmuir Street in Glasgow
   — Wild Beast of Prey: Watercolor — Wild Beast of Prey: Watercolor
   — Transform a Video into a Cartoon — Transform a Video into a Cartoon
   — A Hand Draws a Hand — A Hand Draws a Hand
   — Convert Vector Drawing to Sketch — Convert Vector Drawing to Sketch
   — Portrait out of a Newspaper Clipping — Portrait out of a Newspaper Clipping
   — Quiet Harbor:  a Watercolor Painting — Quiet Harbor: a Watercolor Painting
   — Sweet Couple: Create a Postcard — Sweet Couple: Create a Postcard
   — Black-and-White Image in Photo Frame — Black-and-White Image in Photo Frame
   — Dream to Reality: How to Blend... — Dream to Reality: How to Blend...
   — Christmas Card from a Photo — Christmas Card from a Photo
   — Artist at Work — Artist at Work
   — Romantic Mood Without Photoshop — Romantic Mood Without Photoshop
   — Stop the Moment! (Sketch&Blur) — Stop the Moment! (Sketch&Blur)
   — Versailles: Traveling to the past — Versailles: Traveling to the past

 

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