Prisma by Prisma Labs (Free, iOS or Android) Brushstroke includes over 70 painting styles, but I usually use the same one. It has far more precise controls over contrast, exposure, saturation, etc., than Waterlogue does. I settled on Brushstroke, which simulates oil or acrylic paintings on canvas, paper or other surfaces. Many of my images had too much detail to work well in Waterlogue. The time required will depend on the speed of your device as well as the resolution of your photo and the detail setting on average, I wait about 20 seconds for the magic to happen at the “Giant” setting.Īfter about a year of mining my photo archives for material to transform into digital “watercolors” and posting daily on a Tumblr blog (), I was ready to try another app. One of the wonderful aspects of the app is that you watch the painting build from light tones to dark in the same way that many watercolorists work. Waterlogue’s image processing takes place on your device. You can select a level of detail, then use the Auto Tone setting or choose to make the painting lighter or darker. They simulate smooth (hot press) paper or textured (cold press) paper. Some effects are more detailed or watery or color-saturated than others. The app offers 14 different effects that change an ordinary photo into an image that looks remarkably like a real watercolor.
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Waterlogue by Tinrocket ($3.99, iOS or Windows 10) Here’s what I’ve learned about apps that can make your photos resemble real artwork.
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A few weeks ago, I read about Prisma in McKinney’s social media newsletter, Socializ’d, and tried it, too. But when a friend posted a Waterlogue “painting” online in early 2015, I was impressed and had to try it. I never liked the Photoshop filters that tried to make digital photos look like paintings. Over the years, I’ve also become increasingly focused on digital photography. I work in IT at McKinney, but have a BFA in painting and have always loved watercolor.