#AKVIS SKETCH MAC OS X#
#AKVIS SKETCH 64 BIT#
#AKVIS SKETCH PC#
#AKVIS SKETCH PROFESSIONAL#

On the whole it's a wonderful tool for those who have always wanted to draw but didn't know how.

#AKVIS SKETCH 64 BIT#

Windows XP / XP 64 bit / Vista / Vista 64 bit / 7 / 7 64 bit / 8 / 8 64 bit / 10 / 10 64 bitĪdded Batch Processing. Fixed small bugs.The AKVIS Sketch installation process is hassle-free, with no adware or any other troublesome features.

#AKVIS SKETCH MAC OS X#

#AKVIS SKETCH REVIEW MAC OS X#ĪKVIS Sketch is a shareware application with a 10 day trial period, after which you are required to buy a license that costs $70 for a Standalone Home license, $89 for a Home Deluxe license and $154 for a Business license.ĪKVIS Sketch is compatible with Windows XP/Vista/7 as well as Mac OS X 10.4-10.6.

#AKVIS SKETCH PC#

PC minimum system requirements are: Pentium III, 1 GB of RAM, 100 MB HDD, DirectX 8 compatible graphic card and a resolution of at least 1024 x 768 32bit color depth. The Mac minimum system requirements are: Intel/G4, 1 GB of RAM, 100 MB HDD, 1024 x 768 display. The AKVIS Sketch user interface is very simple and straightforward. – Available on both Windows and Mac platforms – Beautiful, innovative and easy to use interface On the right side you have a simple panel containing all the sliders and graphical options you need to create your sketches, while on the left and upper side of the screen you can find the basic options like open, save, print and so forth.Ī nice thing about the interface is that there’s not only a small overview window that can be hovered across the picture, but there are also two tabs that can be easily used to switch the image from Before to After, giving you the possibility to look at both the original image and the modified one with just a few clicks.Ī great option that is sadly unavailable in the Home Standalone version of AKVIS Sketch is the Stroke Direction, a feature that -just as the name suggests- allows the user to manually define the direction of the strokes, giving a bigger sense of personalization and involvement in the final product.

#AKVIS SKETCH PROFESSIONAL#

– Only 10 day trial period and the license doesn’t seem cheapĪKVIS Sketch is a great photo editing program that will catch your interest instantly, whether you are a professional or an amateur photo editor. The interface is very intuitive and clean, with multiple editing options and great quality output. Even if you don't want to pay for a commercial product, the trial might be worth a try - it's complete and unrestricted (apart from a not-for-commercial-use clause), so you're able to convert and save as many images as you like.Overall, AKVIS Sketch is not a program that extends its functionality beyond the one of creating sketches from regular images, but it manages to do this very well,with a minimum of effort from the user. Verdict:ĪKVIS Draw outperforms just about every free competitor we've ever seen, quickly producing gorgeous and exceptionally realistic artwork with the absolute minimum of hassle. Just use your arrow keys to move up or down the list, the program redraws its preview window to show the results, and stop when you find something you like. If you don't have the time to tweak each setting individually, no problem, AKVIS Draw has more than 40 bundled presets. Thicker lines, more or less detail, lighter or darker? Drag a slider there. Would you prefer a colour image? Click here. Open your target image, it's immediately converted into a drawing, and if you're happy then it can be printed, saved locally or shared via Twitter, Flickr, Google+ or Dropbox.Įven better, the converted image is supremely configurable. The company's Examples page has some images to help show what's possible, and if anything they're underestimating its abilities - it's even better than it looks.Īs with similar AKVIS tools, the program is extremely easy to use. AKVIS Draw tramples all over just about every competitor in this area. If you've been disappointed by this kind of application before - wait. AKVIS Draw is a commercial tool for transforming digital images into realistic pencil (and similar) drawings.

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