A few days ago I went from one of my regular blog reads to another blog she had listed on the side of her frame. This new blogger was raving about Waterlogue, a photo effects app for iphones and ipads that cost $2.99. Mostly she displayed watercolor effects on her photos. They were lovely. I hoped that maybe this program could be used on a pc. Sadly, it is not available; but it led me to look for something similar. What I am playing with now is FotoSketcher. This Freeware program has no manual built into it. You can get started fairly intuitively by clicking on the toolbar icons. Some of the features I do not yet understand so I will have to read the online instructions. So far, it has been rather fun. Click on the various photos to see larger versions to note the different effects.
Here is a photo of some shells I collected on Hilton Head beaches last year.
Here is a water color version from using FotoSketcher.
Here is a colored pencil version.
An expressive brushstroke version.
Black and white pencil version
You can add frames or text; if you don’t want to change your original photo, you can just add text and frames. I have barely started using FotoSketcher, but I intend to experiment with it more when I have more time. There are lots more effects than I talk about here. Try it.
In case you are wondering about the safety of downloading this, it was vetted and reviewed on cnet
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