Tutorial: AKVIS Sketch

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The author of this tutorial is Manfred Altenkirch. He created a watercolor painting from an ordinary photo using AKVIS Sketch. Let's follow his steps to achieve the same result.

• Step 1. Open the image in Irfanview, or you can use any other photo editor compatible with AKVIS plugins.
  
• Step 2. Call AKVIS Sketch from the menu of the photo editor Filter->Akvis->Sketch.

  When the plug-in window opens, press the button .

  The photo will be converted into a pencil drawing with the default settings. The resulting pencil sketch will be shown in the After tab.

  
• Step 3. Reduce the value of the parameter Midtones hatching=50 to reduce the intensity in the midtone areas and press the button , to see the changes.
  
• Step 4. Move the slider of the Watercolor=9 to blur the image a bit. Press the button . Here is the result:
  
• Step 5. Let's add color to the image. Increase the value of Coloration=21. Press the button again.
  
• Step 6. To apply the result to the image and close the plugin window press the button .

  Here is the final result:

  

  You can add a photo frame if you like. Use the tools of Photoshop or, which is faster, the program AKVIS ArtSuite.