Artista Sketch converts your photo into a sketch with wispy lines and delicate shading to achieve a light but fine rendered drawing.
Buttons
Top Bar Buttons
Get Photo - Load a photo from your hard drive
Save Photo - Save your image to your hard drive
Crop - Cut out an area of your image hiding the rest
Undo - Undo the last edit
Zoom In - Zoom in to examine small details
Move: Move your image within the app and pan through the presets, grains and tints
Zoom Out - Zoom Out to view a larger proportion of your image
Redo - Redo the last edit that was undone
Original Button - Hold down to view the original image for a quick comparison.
Info Button - Opens up this page
Website - Takes you to our website
Randomize - Randomizes the effect on the image.
Menu
File
Get Photo - Load a photo from your or hard drive
Save Photo - Save the image to your or hard drive
Save Preset - Once you've created an effect you can use this option to save all the attributes and reuse them on another picture
Preferences - Change where the application will save your image and rebuild presets that came with the product
Edit
Undo - Undo your last edit
Redo - Redo your last edit that was undone
Window
Zoom In - Zoom in on areas of the image
Zoom Out - Zoom Out to view a larger proportion of the image
Fit In Window - Fill the window with the image
Actual Size - Changes the images size to its original size
Help
Jixipix Info - Brings you to this page
Jixipix Products - Takes you to our website where you can view all our apps
Adjustments
You can use the Adjustment Tab to customize your picture.
Sketch Style - Style 1 has more accurate pencil detail. Style 2 has looser outlines with more shaded areas.
Pencil Outline - Use this to outline more edges in the photo.
Outline Accuracy - Move right to pencil in detail in the image.
Outline Strength - Move right to darken outline. Move left for a light and delicate one.
Shade Variation - Move slider to shift shading to other show areas.
Shadow Strength - Move slider to lighten or darken shadow areas.
Pencil Color - Change the color of the pencil outline and shadow strength. Move right to increase shadow strength color.
Paper Tint - Change the paper color by tinting it. Use the slider to adjust its opacity.
Paper Thumbnails - Select a sketch paper
Shade Thumbnails - Change the shade pattern.
Edge Thumbnails - Add an edge.
Presets
Style Browser
Click t o hide the Style Browser
Create a Preset using your current settings
Delete a Preset
Saving and Deleting Presets
Once you have applied a preset and modified it using the Adjustments Tab, you can save your own custom preset by clicking the Plus Symbol in the bottom right corner. To delete a preset click the Minus Symbol which is located in the bottom right corner. Then click the X on the preset you wish to delete.