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  • Turn digital photos into drawings or paintings.
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Editors’ Review

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Maybe you've seen photos that have been edited to look "old" or like they were painted by an Impressionist, and thought, "I'd like to do that!" Major image editing tools like Photoshop apply filters to create such effects, but what if you don’t have access to Photoshop? 

Even if you do, do you have the time to learn how to create these effects? You might want to try FotoSketcher, a simple tool for applying various visual and drawing effects to your digital images. With a huge range of filters and options, a simple split-screen layout, and familiar controls, FotoSketcher lets you focus on the image rather than the process.

FotoSketcher's user interface features a main window with identical before-and-after panes above a fairly standard but well-rendered toolbar. But this simple layout doesn’t mean FotoSketcher lacks features: The Drawing parameters dialog that appears when you load an image offers plenty of options and settings. 

We started simple, dragging and dropping an image into FotoSketcher, which displayed it in both windows. We clicked the Drawing style list and selected a filter type from an extensive list of options. Even Photoshop users won't feel shorted by FotoSketcher's filters, which include six pencil sketch effects, eight painting effects, and various textures, frames, and borders.

Many of the filters can be customized by sliders. For instance, we selected the Vintage Photo filter. We could adjust the strength of the effect, the blurring, the sepia coloring, and even simulate old paper defects. Of course, we could also lighten and darken the image, change the texture, add text, and even use a manual brush. When everything was ready, we pressed Draw, and FotoSketcher previewed our changes in the right-hand pane. After that, it was simply a matter of fine-tuning and saving our image, which now looked like it was taken in the 1800s and found in an attic trunk.

With the new manual brush capabilities, you can make precise, detailed adjustments on specific areas of an image. The F5 key activates this feature, allowing for controlled modifications that blend well with your chosen effects.

Press F12 to switch between the left (original) and right (edited) image panes. This helps preview your changes in real time, ensuring your adjustments stay on track with your creative vision.

While FotoSketcher is Windows-based, Mac users with Apple M-series processors (M1, M2, etc.) can run it seamlessly using the Whisky emulator.

Bottom Line

If you're seeking alternatives to FotoSketcher for Windows, several applications offer similar functionalities for transforming photos into artistic renditions. Krita is a free, open-source digital painting tool that provides a wide array of brushes and effects, enabling users to create detailed artwork from photographs. MyPaint is another free option, offering a minimalist interface with a focus on speed and simplicity, suitable for artists who prefer a distraction-free environment.

Painter delivers an extensive set of brushes and textures, closely emulating traditional painting techniques. 

We've used Photoshop for years, and we can recommend FotoSketcher to anyone who wants to quickly, easily, and cheaply jazz up photos. FotoSketcher is totally free.

What’s new in version 4.00

New preview zoom function, better user interface and bug fixes.


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GENERAL
Release
Latest update
Version
4.00
OPERATING SYSTEMS
Platform
Windows
Operating System
  • Windows 7
  • Windows 8.1
  • Windows XP
  • Windows 10
  • Windows Vista
  • Windows 8
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Developer’s Description

Turn digital photos into drawings or paintings.
FotoSketcher is a freeware program for Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 which automatically turns digital images (photos or 3d renderings) into works of art. With the click of a button any photo can become a masterpiece. Many styles are available: pencil sketch, oil painting, watercolor, pastel, drawing, cartoon, pen and ink, sepia (vintage photo) The interface supports 3 different skins and is extremely user-friendly. FotoSketcher can be used straight away, with virtually no learning curve. Apart from its main goal of turning any user into a budding artist, FotoSketcher can also perform image correction and retouching (automatic contrast improvement, change color saturation, resize or rotate image, add various frames, add text). The batch mode allows users to modify multiple images in one go. FotoSketcher is available in 21 languages.

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