Released on = May 24, 2007, 9:11 am

Press Release Author = AKVIS LLC

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = Conversion of photos to pencil and watercolor drawings, B&W
and color sketches.

Press Release Body = May, 2007 - AKVIS LLC announces the release of AKVIS Sketch
plug-in v.4.0 for Windows and Macintosh. Now it is a Universal Binary Application
and runs on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers. New to version 4.0: Image
processing speed increased almost by 40%,
Compatibility with Photoshop CS3 on Intel Mac. Upgrade for registered users is free.

AKVIS Sketch is an award-winning plugin for conversion of photos into pencil
sketches and watercolor drawings. Make any photo look like B&W or color drawing,
imitate the technique of graphite or color pencil, charcoal or watercolor painting.

Photo-to-sketch conversion can be a lot of fun and open for you new ways of
creativity. If you have always been wondering how to draw or paint, now you can
embody your ideas with AKVIS Sketch.

Many photo editing enthusiasts have already appreciated the Sketch' s features. You
can see a gallery of examples (many created by users) at
http://akvis.com/en/sketch/examples-pencil-drawing.php
AKVIS Sketch also enjoys attention of professional designers. The program was
awarded "Best Image Editing Software 2006" by \"DT&G Magazine\".
New to version 4.0 of AKVIS Sketch: Image processing speed increased almost by 40%,
Compatibility with Photoshop CS3 on Intel Mac. Now AKVIS Sketch is a Universal
Binary Application and runs on both Intel- and PowerPC-based Mac computers.
You can use Sketch in many ways. Surprise your friends and relatives by presenting
them their pencil portraits. Make a watercolor drawing out of a photo from your last
nature shooting to decorate your room. Convert your own photo into a color sketch to
print on a T-shirt. Create a comic out of your party videos.
The program can be helpful to designers who need to quickly bring images to one
style for a web-site or an advertisement booklet.
In contrast to the similar standard filters (like the built-in filters in Photoshop
or PSP) that offer an approximate sketch, AKVIS Sketch provides a convincing result
that comes very close to hand-drawn works of a human artist.
AKVIS Sketch has a simple interface with a few sliders. At first you can process the
image with the default settings and then touch up the photo adding color, or trying
different techniques - from pencil to charcoal or watercolor. You can make the
hatching denser or finer and change the pitch angle of strokes.
Using batch processing in Photoshop or Paint Shop pro you can even convert a film
into a cartoon. Like here: http://akvis.com/en/sketch-tutorial/cartoon-film.php
Demonstrations of the plugin\'s features are available at
http://akvis.com/en/sketch-tutorial/index.php

For a free trial, AKVIS offers 10 days of fully functional use. Details are
available at http://akvis.com/en/sketch/index.php

AKVIS Sketch plugin is compatible with Adobe Photoshop and Photoshop Elements, Corel
Painter, Corel Photo-Paint, and Paint Shop Pro, ACD FotoCanvas, and Ulead
PhotoImpact. AKVIS Sketch runs on Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista and on
Macintosh Mac OS X 10.4, PowerPC G3 and above.

AKVIS Sketch sells for $72 USD or 55 Euro, downloadable from www.akvis.com . Home
users can enjoy the full line of AKVIS plugins in the AKVIS Alchemy bundle
(Enhancer, Chameleon, Stamp, Retoucher, Coloriage, Noise Buster, Decorator, Sketch,
LightShop and Frame Suite) for USD $325 USD, a savings of $387 over purchasing each
separately. For business licenses consult the official web-site. One license key
allows activating the software on two computers, for example, on a desktop and a
laptop.

Web Site = http://akvis.com/en/sketch/index.php

Contact Details = Address: Russian Federation, Perm, Malkova, 20-36, Perm
Russian Federation

Phone Number: 7-342-2379328
Email: submit@akvis.com