Photo to Sketch

You can request colored pencil and name a palette in the details box. The built-in direction asks for a pencil sketch, without fixing graphite or paper color; inspect whether the generated colors match your request.

Well-lit photos with a clear subject and an uncluttered background. Busy scenes turn into a tangle of lines, so crop close to the person, pet or building you care about.

A sketch filter typically applies an effect to the existing image. This tool generates a new drawing from the photo and your direction, so it can reinterpret lines and shading but also change details. Choose based on whether you want a faithful image effect or a new illustrated interpretation.

Choose sketching for line work and pencil-style shading, or painting for brushwork and color. Neither tool fixes a paper color or painting medium. Describe your preferred background, oil, watercolor or other style in the optional details.

A sketch simplifies the photo, so fine text, logos, jewelry and textured backgrounds may be reduced to a few strokes or left out. Very dark or low-contrast photos give the drawing few edges to follow. The result is a raster image of a drawing rather than vector line art, so plotters and cutting machines need a traced version first.

It uses pay-as-you-go credits. The price is shown next to the Generate button before you start.

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