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Art strokes special effects

The art strokes special effects give images a hand-painted look. You can use these effects to make images look like pastel drawings, sponge paintings, and watercolors, or to create textured backgrounds.

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The Charcoal effect makes an image look like a black-and-white charcoal drawing.

 

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Charcoal

Conte crayon Back to Top

The Conte crayon effect simulates textures produced with a conté crayon. You can select multiple crayon colors and set the crayon pressure and the granularity of the texture.

 

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Conte crayon

Crayon Back to Top

The Crayon effect makes an image look like a wax crayon drawing. You can specify the crayon pressure and create dark outlines around elements in the image.

 

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Crayon

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The Cubist effect groups similarly colored pixels into squares to produce an image that resembles a cubist painting. You can specify the square size, the amount of light, and the paper color.

 

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Cubist

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The Dabble effect (Effects Art strokes Dabble) makes image pixels look like dabs of paint. You can choose from a variety of brushstrokes and specify the brushstroke size.

 

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Dabble

Impressionist Back to Top

The Impressionist effect makes an image look like an impressionist painting. You can customize the dabs of color or the brushstrokes and specify the amount of light in the image.

 

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Impressionist

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The Palette knife effect creates the impression that an image was created by spreading paint on a canvas with a palette knife. You can specify the amount of smudging and the size and direction of the brushstrokes.

 

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Palette knife

Pastels Back to Top

The Pastels effect makes an image look like a pastel drawing. You can specify the size and color variation of the brushstrokes.

 

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Pastels

Pen and ink Back to Top

The Pen and ink effect makes an image look like a pen-and-ink drawing created with a cross-hatching or stipple technique.

 

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Pen & ink

Pointillist Back to Top

The Pointillist effect analyzes the main colors of an image and converts them to small dots. You can specify the size of the dots and the amount of light in the image.

 

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Pointillist

Scraperboard Back to Top

The Scraperboard effect scrapes away a black surface to reveal white or another color, making an image look like a sketchy drawing. You can specify the density of the paint and the brushstroke size.

 

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Scraperboard

Sketch pad Back to Top

The Sketch pad effect makes an image look like a pencil sketch.

 

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Sketch pad

Watercolor Back to Top

The Watercolor effect makes an image look like a watercolor painting. You can specify the brush size, granulation level, and image brightness. You can also specify the intensity of the colors and determine the degree to which the colors blend.

 

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Watercolor

Water marker Back to Top

The Water marker effect makes an image look like an abstract sketch created with color markers. You can change the brushstrokes by selecting different modes. You can also specify the size and color variation of the brushstrokes.

 

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Water marker

Wave paper Back to Top

The Wave paper effect makes an image look like a painting created on textured wave paper. You can create a black-and-white painting, or you can preserve the original color of the image.

 

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Wave paper


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