Tutorial: AKVIS Sketch

Sketch standalone

In order to turn a photo into a pencil sketch with the standalone version of AKVIS Sketch (a separate independent application) follow the instruction:

• Step 1. Launch the program AKVIS Sketch. You can do it in the following way:
  • On a Windows computer:

    - In the main menu: press the button Start and select from the pop-up menu the command AKVIS – Sketch.

    - Using the program's shortcut on the Desktop: put the cursor on the icon of the program AKVIS Sketch and double-click it with the left mouse button.

  • On a Macintosh computer:

    - Using Finder: select the folder Applications on the side bar of the Finder window, select the application AKVIS Sketch and double-click it.

• Step 2. Open an image for editing. For this purpose, press the button and select the required file in the dialog box. The program supports images in bmp, jpg and png formats.
  
• Step 3. Press the button to start the conversion of the original photo into a pencil sketch with the default settings. It can be the settings of the AKVIS Default preset or the settings saved by the user as a preset.

  The resulting pencil sketch will be shown in the After tab. Switch between the tabs with the Tab key. To compare the original and the resulting images you can just left-click on the image in the After tab.

  
• Step 4. If you are not quite satisfied with the result, you can the parameters for the photo-to-sketch conversion and for the imitation drawing on a canvas, and press the button .
• Step 5. Save the image. For this purpose press the button and in the Save As dialog box enter a name for the file, set its format (jpg, bmp or png) and indicate a folder to which you want to save the file.
• Step 6. It is possible to save the settings you like as a preset and use them in the future. To save a preset, enter a name for the preset into the Presets field and press the button Save. Now, as you start the program, it will use the settings of this preset. If you change the values of the parameters, you can always come back to the default settings of the preset by pressing the button Reset.

  To delete a preset, select it from the list and press Delete.

  To process an image with the settings of a certain preset, you should select it from the fall-out menu and press the button .

• Step 7. It is possible to print the image. For this purpose press the button , adjust print settings in the Print dialog box and press the button Print.

  The left part of the Print dialog box is the preview area where the current position of the image on the page is shown, in the right part of the dialog box the print settings are adjusted:

  • The check-boxes Album and Portrait set the page orientation when printing. The check-box Album corresponds to the horizontal page orientation (width larger than height), the check-box Portrait - to vertical.
  • The parameters Scale, Width and Height and the check-box Fit to Page set the printed size of the image. They do not influence the image itself, only its printed copy. It is possible to change the size of the printed copy by specifying the image scale in % (any value less than 100% reduces the image, any value over 100% increases it) or by setting new values for width and height in the corresponding fields. If you just want to fit the image into the page, enable the check-box Fit to Page.
  • he image in the preview area has a frame with markers that allow changing the image size manually. Put the mouse cursor to a corner marker or to one of the sides (the cursor will transform to a two-side arrow) and drag the marker or the side. To change the position of the image on the page, bring the cursor to the center of the image, press the left mouse button and move the cursor. Besides, it is possible to define the image position on the page with the parameter Move To by clicking on one of the nine squares.

  If your computer is connected to a local network with several printers or several output devices are connected to this computer, you will have to choose one of the available printers to do the job. Click Printer Setup in the dialog box Print, select a printer in the opening dialog box and adjust the printing settings.

• Step 8. Close the program AKVIS Sketch by pressing the button .