Photo Art, Photo Fun, and Photo Effects Software and Plugins
Windows and Macintosh software and plugins for applying artistic effects to your photos and for using your digital photos in various fun and creative ways. Turn your pictures into paintings, pencil sketches, watercolors, chalk, charcoal, pen and ink, and many other traditional artistic styles. Add drama or alter the mood of a photo, create aged looks, and produce other creative effects with photos.
Fo2Pix ArtMaster (Win/Mac)
ArtMaster helps you turn your digital photos into works of art with 7 interactive ArtWizards. ArtMaster breaks your photo down into a number of simplified sources, then the ArtWizards blend these sources into a pleasing picture every time.
ArtMaster helps you turn your digital photos into works of art with 7 interactive ArtWizards. ArtMaster breaks your photo down into a number of simplified sources, then the ArtWizards blend these sources into a pleasing picture every time.
Fo2Pix ArtMasterPro (Win/Mac)
ArtMasterPro lets you turn your digital photos into works of art with 15 interactive ArtWizards or full manual control. ArtMasterPro breaks your photo down into a number of simplified sources, which can be blended into an artistic rendering using ArtWizards or manual painting mode.
ArtMasterPro lets you turn your digital photos into works of art with 15 interactive ArtWizards or full manual control. ArtMasterPro breaks your photo down into a number of simplified sources, which can be blended into an artistic rendering using ArtWizards or manual painting mode.
Fo2Pix PhotoArtMaster (Win)
[Standalone] PhotoArtMaster is a fun, creative, and educative standalone PC-based software, that lets anyone to turn a digital image (be it from a digital camera or scanner) into an artistic picture.
[Standalone] PhotoArtMaster is a fun, creative, and educative standalone PC-based software, that lets anyone to turn a digital image (be it from a digital camera or scanner) into an artistic picture.
Fo2Pix buZZ Professional & buZZ Lite (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] You can turn your digital photos into unique works of art with Segmentis buZZ Professional and buZZ Lite, two versions of a new Photoshop-compatible plug-in filter. Learn about the plug-in and explore several examples in this review. (Formerly Segmentis buZZ)
[Plug-in] You can turn your digital photos into unique works of art with Segmentis buZZ Professional and buZZ Lite, two versions of a new Photoshop-compatible plug-in filter. Learn about the plug-in and explore several examples in this review. (Formerly Segmentis buZZ)
Corel Painter (Win/Mac)
Corel Painter is like a well-stocked artist's studio, without the mess. With textured surfaces, brushes, and tools, you can mimic painting and drawing with chalk, pastels, watercolors, oils, crayons, pencil, felt pens, ink, and more.
Corel Painter is like a well-stocked artist's studio, without the mess. With textured surfaces, brushes, and tools, you can mimic painting and drawing with chalk, pastels, watercolors, oils, crayons, pencil, felt pens, ink, and more.
Corel Painter Essentials 3 (Win/Mac)
Corel Painter Essentials 3 is a simplified, home-user version of Corel Painter IX professional-level art software. It's designed to help beginners or non-artists create digital art and turn photos into art work.
Corel Painter Essentials 3 is a simplified, home-user version of Corel Painter IX professional-level art software. It's designed to help beginners or non-artists create digital art and turn photos into art work.
Virtual Painter 3 (Win)
[Plug-in] Easily turn digital photos into paintings and stylized artwork with this collection of 12 plug-in filters from Jasc Software.
[Plug-in] Easily turn digital photos into paintings and stylized artwork with this collection of 12 plug-in filters from Jasc Software.
Deep Paint (Win)
[Standalone or Plug-in] The Photoshop-compatible plug-in for realistic painting, drawing, and image manipulation tools. Also functions as a standalone application.
[Standalone or Plug-in] The Photoshop-compatible plug-in for realistic painting, drawing, and image manipulation tools. Also functions as a standalone application.
ImpressionX (Win)
[Standalone] Convert raster images to vector, convert color images to line drawings, create paint by number pages, substitute colors in images, product color separations, and more. Shareware, $39.95.
[Standalone] Convert raster images to vector, convert color images to line drawings, create paint by number pages, substitute colors in images, product color separations, and more. Shareware, $39.95.
3D Combine (Win)
[Standalone] Create 3D photos from 2D images and output as anaglyphs (green or blue), parallel images, cross-eyed images, or interlaced images. $25 US.
[Standalone] Create 3D photos from 2D images and output as anaglyphs (green or blue), parallel images, cross-eyed images, or interlaced images. $25 US.
AKVIS Sketch (Win/Mac)
AKVIS Sketch is a plugin for conversion of photos into pencil sketches and watercolor drawings.
AKVIS Sketch is a plugin for conversion of photos into pencil sketches and watercolor drawings.
Andy Warhol Replicator (Win)
"With a single mouse click you can create a Marilyn Monroe or Che Guevara like print in the famous Andy Warhol-Style."
"With a single mouse click you can create a Marilyn Monroe or Che Guevara like print in the famous Andy Warhol-Style."
ArcSoft Funhouse (Win/Mac)
[Standalone] Combine your personal photos with a variety of fantasy background images.
[Standalone] Combine your personal photos with a variety of fantasy background images.
Auto FX Mystical Lighting (Win/Mac)
[Standalone or Plug-in] 16 effects to "apply photo-realistic lighting and shading effects to digital images." Available as a stand-alone program or a plugin.
[Standalone or Plug-in] 16 effects to "apply photo-realistic lighting and shading effects to digital images." Available as a stand-alone program or a plugin.
Chameleon (Mac)
"Chameleon is an application for processing digital photographs, which allows you to quickly and easily transform your images using amazing special effects... Chameleon comes with 18 effects, including innovative artistic styles such as Oil Painting, Chalk, Halftone, and Stubble Brush."
"Chameleon is an application for processing digital photographs, which allows you to quickly and easily transform your images using amazing special effects... Chameleon comes with 18 effects, including innovative artistic styles such as Oil Painting, Chalk, Halftone, and Stubble Brush."
Citra FX (All Platforms / Java)
"Citra FX is an image filter effects for digital photos or images. It allows anyone, regardless of experience, to turn digital images into unique artistic looks. Citra FX comes with many prebuilt filters from color adjustment, contrast, exposure to advanced filters like water ripple, emboss, etc."
"Citra FX is an image filter effects for digital photos or images. It allows anyone, regardless of experience, to turn digital images into unique artistic looks. Citra FX comes with many prebuilt filters from color adjustment, contrast, exposure to advanced filters like water ripple, emboss, etc."
Collage Creator (Win)
"ArcSoft Collage Creator is an easy-to-use, fun program that lets you stack images upon images in a variety of fashions to create great-looking collages that would take forever to make by hand."
"ArcSoft Collage Creator is an easy-to-use, fun program that lets you stack images upon images in a variety of fashions to create great-looking collages that would take forever to make by hand."
CollageMaker (Win)
"CollageMaker is a graphics tools that is geared towards building professional looking photo collages. CollageMaker's strength lies in its ability to easily assemble photographs on the canvas. Many mask and border effects are provided to create a truly unique photo collage."
"CollageMaker is a graphics tools that is geared towards building professional looking photo collages. CollageMaker's strength lies in its ability to easily assemble photographs on the canvas. Many mask and border effects are provided to create a truly unique photo collage."
Color By Number (Win)
[Standalone] Convert photos to paint-by-number patterns. Trial version available.
[Standalone] Convert photos to paint-by-number patterns. Trial version available.
Comic Life (Mac)
"Comic Life gives you a super-quick and easy way to create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums and enticing instruction booklets to name a few of the many possibilities... you can apply filters to your photos to make them look printed, hand-drawn, painted and even 'night vision.'"
"Comic Life gives you a super-quick and easy way to create astounding comics, beautiful picture albums and enticing instruction booklets to name a few of the many possibilities... you can apply filters to your photos to make them look printed, hand-drawn, painted and even 'night vision.'"
DIPTool PHOTOFX and DIPTool SpecialFX (Win)
[Standalone] Transform your images with a variety of special effects including artistic filters, warping, distortion, comic book effects, paint effects, indian ink, impressionist, and more. Shareware 30-use download available.
[Standalone] Transform your images with a variety of special effects including artistic filters, warping, distortion, comic book effects, paint effects, indian ink, impressionist, and more. Shareware 30-use download available.
Flashbox (Win)
[Standalone] Special effects and creative image editing for non-designers. $49.95 US.
[Standalone] Special effects and creative image editing for non-designers. $49.95 US.
Freeverse Comic Life (Mac)
Comic Life Deluxe Edition is a highly-acclaimed, fun, easy and powerful application that expands what you can do with your digital photos. With Page and Panel layouts, streamlined image selection, cropping and placement of authentic speech balloons, captions and special effects lettering - each with saveable styles.
Comic Life Deluxe Edition is a highly-acclaimed, fun, easy and powerful application that expands what you can do with your digital photos. With Page and Panel layouts, streamlined image selection, cropping and placement of authentic speech balloons, captions and special effects lettering - each with saveable styles.
FunPhotor (Win)
"FunPhotor is professional photo-blending software. Combine your photos to funny or surprise scenes."
"FunPhotor is professional photo-blending software. Combine your photos to funny or surprise scenes."
Gertrudis Pro (Win)
"Gertrudis Pro is an standalone software that transform an image (generally photo) into an original artwork. With its tools, the designer will be able to create different versions of the picture: oil painting, watercolor, crayon, and other styles."
"Gertrudis Pro is an standalone software that transform an image (generally photo) into an original artwork. With its tools, the designer will be able to create different versions of the picture: oil painting, watercolor, crayon, and other styles."
ImageElements Photo Suite (Win)
ImageElements is a collection of five easy-to-use tools that let you work with your photos in fun ways: PhotoMontage, BrightSpot, Feather Art, FrameOut, and Kaleidoscope.
ImageElements is a collection of five easy-to-use tools that let you work with your photos in fun ways: PhotoMontage, BrightSpot, Feather Art, FrameOut, and Kaleidoscope.
Intocartoon (Win)
"Intocartoon is a software that can convert photo into cartoon or other graphic representations."
"Intocartoon is a software that can convert photo into cartoon or other graphic representations."
Melancholytron (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] From Flaming Pear: "Make pictures moody, nostalgic, and somehow sad." $20 US. Trial download available.
[Plug-in] From Flaming Pear: "Make pictures moody, nostalgic, and somehow sad." $20 US. Trial download available.
OldMovie (Win)
[Plug-in] "Transform all your digitized images into photographs and films of the old days. Add grain, shade the images into a monochrome palette, defocus, brighten or darken the edges, add highly configurable scratches, hairs and spots of dust and fat. Jittering, corner cutting and more. " $19.95 US
[Plug-in] "Transform all your digitized images into photographs and films of the old days. Add grain, shade the images into a monochrome palette, defocus, brighten or darken the edges, add highly configurable scratches, hairs and spots of dust and fat. Jittering, corner cutting and more. " $19.95 US
Paint Alchemy (Win/Mac)
[Plug-in] Transforms your images with painterly effects like Colored Pencil, Impressionist, or Pastel choosing from 75 built-in brushstroke effects and 36 editable brush style and complete versatile controls.
[Plug-in] Transforms your images with painterly effects like Colored Pencil, Impressionist, or Pastel choosing from 75 built-in brushstroke effects and 36 editable brush style and complete versatile controls.
Paint-the-Picture: A Virtual Painter for Java
[Standalone] Preview how different paint colors will look on a project. Also applies textures for previewing faux finishes. US$19.95.
[Standalone] Preview how different paint colors will look on a project. Also applies textures for previewing faux finishes. US$19.95.
Photo to Sketch (Win)
"Convert your photos to magnificent artwork, sketch or water color..." Freeware.
"Convert your photos to magnificent artwork, sketch or water color..." Freeware.
PhotoArtist (Win/Mac)
"Key to PhotoArtist is the technology that automatically generates hundreds of art effects. PhotoArtist gives you all the right starting points, tools and functionality to turn you photos into great artwork."
"Key to PhotoArtist is the technology that automatically generates hundreds of art effects. PhotoArtist gives you all the right starting points, tools and functionality to turn you photos into great artwork."
PhotoImpression (Win/Mac)
[Standalone] Entry-level photo editing and creative design program that combines the best of several ArcSoft products. Edit and retouch photos, add special effects, and place them in cards, calendars, frames and fantasy templates.
[Standalone] Entry-level photo editing and creative design program that combines the best of several ArcSoft products. Edit and retouch photos, add special effects, and place them in cards, calendars, frames and fantasy templates.
PhotoMix (Win)
[Standalone] Create photo collages and enhance them with numerous borders and artistic effects.
[Standalone] Create photo collages and enhance them with numerous borders and artistic effects.
Picture Man Puzzles (Win)
[Standalone] Convert your own photos to puzzle games. Play and send by email.
[Standalone] Convert your own photos to puzzle games. Play and send by email.
Picture Play (Mac)
[Standalone] "Picture Play is an application for creating compositions of many images. It is basically an electronic collage. You can use it to incorporate multiple images into a single artistic image, and add text labels as well." Shareware - $10 US
[Standalone] "Picture Play is an application for creating compositions of many images. It is basically an electronic collage. You can use it to incorporate multiple images into a single artistic image, and add text labels as well." Shareware - $10 US
PixelSampler (Win/Mac)
PixelSampler includes 8 free film style effects: Black & White, Grain, Monotone, Duotone, Contrasting Levels, Starlight, TonalStreak, and WarmCool. PixelSampler includes a stand-alone application as well as a plug-in that works with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro & Corel. Freeware.
PixelSampler includes 8 free film style effects: Black & White, Grain, Monotone, Duotone, Contrasting Levels, Starlight, TonalStreak, and WarmCool. PixelSampler includes a stand-alone application as well as a plug-in that works with Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paint Shop Pro & Corel. Freeware.
PM ArtGallery (Win)
[Standalone or plug-in] "Artistic filters and special effects will make your picture look as oil-painted, engraved, hand-drawn, or otherwise magically transformed in few seconds."
[Standalone or plug-in] "Artistic filters and special effects will make your picture look as oil-painted, engraved, hand-drawn, or otherwise magically transformed in few seconds."
Professor Franklin's Instant Photo Artist (Win)
[Standalone] Transform your photos into "painted" works of art in minutes, then add them to greeting cards, t-shirts, calendars, and other projects.
[Standalone] Transform your photos into "painted" works of art in minutes, then add them to greeting cards, t-shirts, calendars, and other projects.
Professor Franklin's Instant Photo Effects (Win)
[Standalone] Easy-to-use software for creating professional effects such as artistic edges, lighting effects, frames, and more.
[Standalone] Easy-to-use software for creating professional effects such as artistic edges, lighting effects, frames, and more.
RadicalPhoto (Win/Mac)
"RadicalPhoto is an easy to use photo enhancer and image converter." Experiment with adding special effects to your photos.
"RadicalPhoto is an easy to use photo enhancer and image converter." Experiment with adding special effects to your photos.
RedGreen (Mac)
[Standalone] "Create 3D images which can be viewed with red-green or red-blue 3D glasses. All you need is a digital camera to shoot two photos (one photo from the view of the left eye and one from the view of the right eye). Open these photos with RedGreen and it will calculate a 3D image that can be viewed with the 3D glasses." Shareware - US$10. For Mac OS 8/9 and OS X.
[Standalone] "Create 3D images which can be viewed with red-green or red-blue 3D glasses. All you need is a digital camera to shoot two photos (one photo from the view of the left eye and one from the view of the right eye). Open these photos with RedGreen and it will calculate a 3D image that can be viewed with the 3D glasses." Shareware - US$10. For Mac OS 8/9 and OS X.
Repligator Puzzler (Win)
"Use Repligator Puzzler to create and print puzzles made from your very own photographs (digital or scanned). Repligator Puzzler is totally free, unlimited in time, and does not include ads which connect to the Internet. Repligator Puzzler is a Lite version of Repligator V10, which has 80 effects."
"Use Repligator Puzzler to create and print puzzles made from your very own photographs (digital or scanned). Repligator Puzzler is totally free, unlimited in time, and does not include ads which connect to the Internet. Repligator Puzzler is a Lite version of Repligator V10, which has 80 effects."
Segmation (Win)
[Plug-in] Transform images into vectors, contours, paint by number images, and patterns.
[Plug-in] Transform images into vectors, contours, paint by number images, and patterns.
Sketch Effect (Win)
[Standalone] Transform pictures into works of art with effects including picture mosaic, Van Gogh, pointillism, and colored pencil. $29.95 US.
[Standalone] Transform pictures into works of art with effects including picture mosaic, Van Gogh, pointillism, and colored pencil. $29.95 US.
Sketcher Plugin (Win)
"The Sketcher plugin was created to provide illustrative effects to computer images, whether photographs, computer drawn pictures or 3D renderings. It can render smooth artistic pencil sketches, pen and ink illustrations, and a number of different halftone/threshold effects."
"The Sketcher plugin was created to provide illustrative effects to computer images, whether photographs, computer drawn pictures or 3D renderings. It can render smooth artistic pencil sketches, pen and ink illustrations, and a number of different halftone/threshold effects."
Spectrum Shift Designer and Screensaver (Win)
[Standalone] "Spectrum Shift is about playing around with color... create 'exploding stars' of color using the Spectrum Shift Designer. Or you can import images, and then completely redefine the colors in the images." Time limited trial. $8 US to purchase.
[Standalone] "Spectrum Shift is about playing around with color... create 'exploding stars' of color using the Spectrum Shift Designer. Or you can import images, and then completely redefine the colors in the images." Time limited trial. $8 US to purchase.
STOIK Hobby Software
[Standalone] Products to convert your photos into jigsaw puzzles, puzzle photo cards, paint-by-number patterns, and cross-stitch patterns.
[Standalone] Products to convert your photos into jigsaw puzzles, puzzle photo cards, paint-by-number patterns, and cross-stitch patterns.
TwistingPixels ArtStudio (Win/Mac)
"It's easy to create a natural-looking media by simply loading an image and choosing an effect media such as Colored Pencil, Crayon, Marker, Technical Pen or Watercolor. ArtStudioPro is designed to increase your productivity by doing most of the work for you."
"It's easy to create a natural-looking media by simply loading an image and choosing an effect media such as Colored Pencil, Crayon, Marker, Technical Pen or Watercolor. ArtStudioPro is designed to increase your productivity by doing most of the work for you."