Thursday, April 23, 2026

A Quick Look at the Upcoming FotoSketcher 4.20

Hi everyone,

I'm currently working on the next update, FotoSketcher 4.20, and I wanted to share a brief preview of what's coming. This version brings back a few familiar features and introduces some workflow improvements.

Bringing Back Classic Effects I am currently porting some of the last missing painting effects that were previously only available in FotoSketcher 3.98 (Windows-only) . While bringing them over, I've also made a few under-the-hood improvements to refine the results.




New Comicbook Print Effect Version 4.20 introduces a new comicbook print effect, which gives your photos a classic, halftone graphic novel look.


Advanced Script Mode For users who want more control over their processing, I am adding a new Advanced Script Mode. This will allow you to chain effects, combine images, add textures and frames, and more...



Batch Mode Integration To make the new script mode as useful as possible, I've made it fully compatible with Batch Mode. You will be able to build a custom script and run it automatically across an entire folder of images.

I'm currently putting the finishing touches on the code and fixing a few remaining bugs, but version 4.20 should be ready to download soon ;)

Thank you as always for your continued support and feedback.

Stay tuned!

All the best,

David

6 comments:

Jack said...

Can’t wait to give it a try!

Mark Trusz said...

Whoa, this sounds amazing David. I thought you might need a rest after launching 4.0, but please keep it going!

David said...

Thanks! 4.20 still needs a little bit of work, but beta 1 is close ;)

David said...

Thank you! I'm on a roll and there's still a lot of features I want to add :)

Anonymous said...

Yeeeees!!! I was waiting for script mode!!! I must use 3.98 too cuz I use script mode... That's so uncomfortable right? Thanks a lot David

David said...

You're welcome! The scripts are going to have a different syntax, but they will be powerful and work with batch mode as well.