Press Release
Update of the AKVIS Artistic Bundle: New Features & Improvements
January 28, 2025 — AKVIS is excited to announce the 2025 update of its artistic programs: AirBrush 9.5, Charcoal 7.0, Draw 10.0, OilPaint 11.0, Pastel 7.0, Points 7.0, Sketch 28.0, and Watercolor 8.0. The latest versions provide new effect blending options, an updated texture library, new presets, support for TGA format, and improvements in the user interface, compatibility, and stability.
AKVIS offers a wide range of photo-to-drawing conversion software products. These tools provide unique photo-to-art algorithms, allowing both professional and amateur users to create digital masterpieces from photos.
The programs simulate the most famous and popular painting techniques and recreate artists' styles and skills. AKVIS AirBrush applies airbrush painting techniques to images. AKVIS Charcoal turns photos into charcoal and chalk drawings. AKVIS Draw converts photos into hand-drawn pencil sketches and line art drawings. AKVIS OilPaint transforms photos into oil painting masterpieces. AKVIS Pastel converts images into pastel drawings. AKVIS Points turns photos into pointillism art. AKVIS Sketch converts photos into pencil drawings. AKVIS Watercolor turns photos into watercolor paintings.
As well as the recently released AKVIS Sketch update, the other artistic programs include significant improvements. In the programs where this was not available, a new interactive interface mode has appeared, that shows presets as a gallery of quick results with a real-time preview. Also, the update offers new effect blending options, new textures in the library for the Decoration features, support for the TGA format, as well as enhancements in the user interface, compatibility, flexibility, and stability.
Free trial versions are available for download at akvis.com.
All the programs are cross-platform and run on Windows 7-11 (32/64-bit), macOS 10.12 Sierra - macOS 15 Sequoia (64-bit), and Linux (64-bit). All of them are available as standalone applications and as plugin filters for AliveColors by AKVIS, Adobe Photoshop, Corel PaintShop Pro, Affinity Photo, ON1 Photo RAW, and other compatible graphics editors.
Customers who bought or upgraded their licenses during the last 12 months get free updates. Users whose licenses are older and are not valid for the latest versions can update each program for $14.95 or all products at once for only $39.95.
AKVIS artistic programs can be purchased as separate products at prices starting from $39 or all together in the AKVIS Artistic Bundle with a 50% discount.
AKVIS (akvis.com) specializes in the development of photo and video processing software. Since its launch in 2004, the company has released a wide selection of successful multi-platform products. The company keeps up with the times, updates its products with cutting-edge technologies, and launches innovative, inspiring products.
