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Redfield Sketch Master Plug-in to transform photos
Ilse Jurriën : November 9th 2005 - 22:42 CET
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 Redfield Sketch Master Plug-in to transform photos : Redfield Plugins announces today the release of Sketch Master Plug-in 1.19. Compatible with all currently popular image editors, this plug-in enables rapid transformation of a photo into an image that looks as if it had been drawn with traditional art tools such as lead pencil, ink-pencil, crayon, charcoal, to name a few. The final output image is a blend of three layers - strokes, lines, and background, each of which is created based on specified settings. Unique to this plugin is the ability to alter stroke direction on different planes, having control over outline characteristics and the flexibility of adding your own stroke and background textures.
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 Sketch Master Plug-in Features
"Sketch Master Plug-in is the only application in its category that retains so much portrait similarity to the original in transformed images," says John Redfield, author of the product. "The plug-in offers you over 30 different settings that expand your creative control over the output, allowing you to achieve the most realistic hand-drawn look. The choice of patterns for strokes and backgrounds is rich. However you can easily include your own .jpg texture files, or download free textures from our website. For those of you, who like experimenting and sharing results, we have added the ability to create and save custom presets to a custom named file. This lets you save your own combination of settings that delivers an interesting effect and share it with other people as you would, for example, with custom Photoshop brush definitions."
Making pictures from photos
Making pictures from photos in Sketch Master is incredibly simple and doesn't require any deep knowledge of graphic design. In the beginning, you can use the Dice, a random settings generator, which serves as a fun way to familiarize yourself with the filter capabilities. As you get more comfortable, you can try manipulating settings manually: change the depth and direction of strokes; control lines intensity, clearness and width; adjust edge sharpness; adjust image brightness and much more. Basically, all your editing efforts are restricted to toggling sliders, checking and unchecking checkboxes. The plug-in lets you "Undo" and "Redo" an unlimited number of editing actions. Sketch Master works in real time. Therefore you can immediately see how your changes affect the photo in the image preview area. At any point of editing, you can refer to the help file, which has clear instructions with sample images.
Pricing & Availability of the Sketch Master Plug-in 1.19
Sketch Master Plug-in Pricing and Availability Sketch Master Plug-in 1.19 runs under Windows 95/98/Me/2000/NT4/XP/ and costs $39.90 (USD) for a single-user license. Licensed users of any previous version of the plug-in can upgrade to the new version for free. Registered customers are entitled to free future updates and lifetime technical support.
About Redfield Plugins
Redfield Plugins is a privately-held software development company from Russia. Since its foundation in 1999, the company has put all its energy into the development of special effects plug-ins for image editors compatible with Adobe Photoshop. Today, Readfield Plugins offers a family of plug-ins that meet the needs of a diverse spectrum of designers and digital photographers. They include Sketch Master, Emblazer, Craquelure 3D, Plasteroid, Water Ripples, Ripples Magic, Seamless Workshop, and Texturation 3D among a number of others.
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