Thursday, July 9, 2020

FotoSketcher 3.60 Release Candidate 1 - available for testing

Hi all,

FotoSketcher 3.60 is almost ready and a release candidate is now available for testing.

Here is a list of changes since version 3.50:

- UI/UX improvements (new splash screen, new material design icons in menus, both for light and dark themes).

- better brushstroke placement in the Painting 4 algorithm.

- support for HD export in Painting 4. After processing in Painting 4, a HD button will appear which allows you to export the painting to sizes up to 20000x20000 pixels. Great for printing at larger sizes.

- also in Painting 4, there is now the possibility to load multiple custom brushes (transparent black & white 32bit .png files). When opening the custom brushes, press CTRL or SHIFT to select multiple images. The loaded brushstroke images can then be automatically optimized for best results.

- if you have loaded custom brushes in Painting 4, you can save this information in a parameters file for later reloading of the same custom brushes.

- In the Oil Pastel sketch and Painting 4 effects, you can now choose the background color of your painting. To do so, choose one of those 2 effects in the drop down list, then right-click on the preview image.

- In the parameters window you can now change the position of the slider simply by pressing the left or right keyboard keys.

- Speed improvement for Pencil Sketch 1 (the oldest effect in FotoSketcher, which dates back to 2007!)

Here is the download link to FotoSketcher 3.60 Release Candidate 1: https://www.fotosketcher.com/FotoSketcher_3.60_RC1.exe

Enjoy :)

David







6 comments:

Mark Trusz said...

Wow, multiple brushes (Printing 4) adds a whole new dimension. Cool addition, works well, but now I need to re-think my brush designs...

Thank you for the continued development!

David said...

Thanks, Mark :)

Unknown said...

Thanks David for great work. I downloaded beta. When I try to import a photo, it says that access is denied. I tried different photos from different file locations - same message. What would you recommend?
Thanks. Yuri

David said...

Hi Yuri,
Usually launching FotoSketcher in administrator mode solves these issues. Let me know if you still have problems.
Another idea is to open the image in another program (like Irfanview for instance), copy it to the clipboard and then paste it into FotoSketcher.
Cheers,
David

Unknown said...

Hi David, thanks for the hint. Just installed full version of 3.60. Thank you! Same issue with image upload. Most probably something with my PC. But Copy-Paste solution worked.
Yuri

David said...

Hi Yuri,
Thank you for your feedback. I'm glad the workaround partially solved the problem.
Cheers,
David