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Tutorial: AKVIS Sketch

Pencil Sketch

 

For the first illustration of how AKVIS Sketch works we have chosen a simple picture: a flower in the foreground and a blurred background without any clear details.

Photo of a tulip
  • Step 1. Open the image with your photo editor and call the plug-in AKVIS Sketch. Press the button Run to process the photo with the default settings. The image will turn into a pencil sketch.
    Pencil sketch: automatic processing
  • Step 2. Reduce the value of the parameter Size to make the strokes thinner and harder.

    As you change the value of a parameter press the button Run to process the photo with the new settings and see what influence the adjusted parameter has on the drawing.

    Make the strokes thinner
  • Step 3. The parameter Angle sets the pitch angle of the strokes when hatching a uniform area. On this picture the background is uniform and we can notice that the strokes are drawn 45 degree to the right. Let's change the pitch angle in such a way that the strokes in the background had the same angle as the tulip. We set the parameter Angle to 135.
    Change the strokes angle
  • Step 4. Now reduce the value of the parameter Midtones Intensity to 1 to make the background less bright.
    Reduce Midtones Intensity
  • Step 5. Press the button apply to apply the conversion result to the image and close the program.
 
How It Works How It Works
   — AKVIS Sketch plug-in — AKVIS Sketch plug-in
   — AKVIS Sketch stand-alone — AKVIS Sketch stand-alone
   — Make a Sketch from a Photo — Make a Sketch from a Photo
   — Background Tab — Background Tab
   — 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
   — Color Sketch — 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
   — Sketch of a Pet — Sketch of a Pet
   — A Little Girl — A Little Girl
   — Westmuir Street in Glasgow — Westmuir Street in Glasgow
   — 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
   — A Wolf: make a Sketch from a Photo — A Wolf: make a Sketch from a Photo
   — Pastel Drawing Technique — Pastel Drawing Technique
   — Motorshow: a Pencil Drawing — Motorshow: a Pencil Drawing
   — Watercolor of a Wolf — Watercolor of a Wolf
   — A Hand Draws a Hand — A Hand Draws a Hand
   — Transform a Video into a Cartoon — Transform a Video into a Cartoon
   — Convert Vector Drawing to Sketch — Convert Vector Drawing to Sketch
   — Portrait out of a Newspaper Clipping — Portrait out of a Newspaper Clipping
   — Quiet Harbor — Quiet Harbor
   — Sweet Couple — Sweet Couple
   — Black&White Image in Photo Frame — Black&White Image in Photo Frame
   — Dream to Reality — Dream to Reality
   — Christmas Card from a Photo — Christmas Card from a Photo
   — Artist at Work — Artist at Work

 

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