Alien Skin Software Releases Snap Art.RALEIGH, N.C. -- Alien Skin Software today released Snap Art[TM], an all new plug-in for Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. and other image editors. Snap Art quickly creates convincing, one-click natural media with no laborious hand editing. Artists, photographers, and designers can now give a hand-crafted look to any digital image. Snap Art introduces several effects never seen before in a plug-in. Convincing line drawings, both pen and pencil, are now possible in moments. These can be combined with shading and crosshatching cross·hatch tr.v. cross·hatched, cross·hatch·ing, cross·hatch·es To mark or shade with two or more sets of intersecting parallel lines. n. 1. A pattern made by such lines. 2. The symbol (#). for a more realistic image. Snap Art can also recreate an image with a comics look, complete with shading and half-toning. Snap Art perfects a wide variety of traditional effects. Popular painting techniques are quick and easy in Snap Art. Digital artists can render a still life with pointillism pointillism (pwăn`təlĭz'əm): see postimpressionism. pointillism In painting, the practice of applying small strokes or dots of contrasting colour to a surface so that from a distance they blend together. as a Neo-impressionist might. Craft a rough and rocky landscape in dry brushed watercolor or thickly textured impasto impasto (ĭmpăs`tō, –pä`stō), thickly applied paint that projects from the picture surface. Such works as Childe Hassam's Allies Day (1917; National Gall. of Art, Washington, D.C. . In addition, Snap Art emulates a number of traditional drawing effects such as colored pencils, charcoal for softer shading, and hard, soft and oil pastels. Snap Art includes hundreds of presets that make artwork with a single click. An intelligent stroke engine, based on edge detection, renders brush, pen and pencil strokes that follow features of the original image. This unique approach balances realistic reproduction of detail with convincing artistry. Snap Art also features a variety of brushes, pencils, pastels, and pens, as well as an assortment of canvas and paper types. Snap Art works with 16-bit images and is scriptable with Photoshop actions. Context-sensitive help Context-sensitive help is a kind of online help that is obtained from a specific point in the state of the software, providing help for the situation that is associated with that state. and an online manual keep things easy to understand. Pricing and Availability: Snap Art sells for an estimated street price of $149. Registered users of other Alien Skin products can purchase Snap Art for $99 when ordering direct. Online delivery is available at the Alien Skin website: http://www.alienskin.com. Snap Art is also available worldwide through stores, catalogs and resellers. Requirements: Snap Art is a plug-in; it must be used with one of the following: Adobe Photoshop CS or later, Adobe Photoshop Elements Adobe Photoshop Elements is the consumer version of the Adobe Photoshop raster image editing product, sold at a fraction (roughly 1/6th) of the cost of the professional product or bundled with related hardware such as scanners and digital cameras. 4 or later, or Corel Paint Shop Pro Paint Shop Pro (PSP) is a bitmap graphics editor and vector graphics editor for computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system that was originally published by Minneapolis-based Jasc Software. Photo XI or later. Snap Art requires 512 MB RAM and 1024x768 or greater monitor resolution. Windows users must have a Pentium 4 or later processor and Windows XP The previous client version of Windows. XP was a major upgrade to the client version of Windows 2000 with numerous changes to the user interface. XP improved support for gaming, digital photography, instant messaging, wireless networking and sharing connections to the Internet. or later. Macintosh users must have a G4 or G5 PowerPC processor and Mac OS X 10.3.9. Company Information: Makers of award-winning plug-ins since 1994, Alien Skin Software created the first drop shadow filter for Photoshop. In addition to Snap Art, Alien Skin offers three plug-ins for photographers, Blow Up, Exposure, and Image Doctor, as well as our world famous family of special effects plug-ins: Eye Candy, Xenofex, and Splat! Our reputation for bug-free software and fast, friendly tech support has grown worldwide throughout the years. Alien Skin continues to write and sell filters that users love. Copyright (c) 2006 Alien Skin Software, LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . All rights reserved. Snap Art is a trademark of Alien Skin Software, LLC. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. We will never wear suits. |
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