COMPANY: Mediachance | URL: www.mediachance.com | TYPE: Standalone | PLATFORM: Windows | PRICE: $49.95/99.95
	Mediachance Dynamic Auto-Painter (DAP) is a fun to use application to automatically turn a photo or a 3D rendering into great looking paintings inspired by some of the most famous real-world artists. Mediachance spent years of researching the techniques of famous impressionist painters in order to be able to closely mimic their styles, something which has never been successfully done in an automatic computer painting program before. Features This is not your ordinary photo-to-painting effect! Instead of changing the pixels of the photo itself, Dynamic Auto-Painter uses the input image only as a guide to paint the scene with many different brushes and guided by real-world artists inspired techniques. Looks like painting from a distance One thing that puts DAP above other software in this genre is that the output images will look like paintings even at small size (see examples at right, downsized from the original poster-sized renders). This is normally a common deal-breaker with all automatic filters which results, when downsized, will look simply like processed photos. Looks like painting up-close Looking at Dynamic Auto-Painter's output details you may think you are viewing a real canvas. An in some sense this is actually true. There is an option in the software called Real Canvas that simulates the way real canvas or artistic paper stock interacts with paint. There is enough detail even for the largest print regardless of the size of your original. (See bottom right for a close-up detail crop of a watercolor preset flower render.) Never paints the same image twice Not only do you have different painters' styles, you can choose different impressions and palettes. However, even with the same settings, the brush strokes will differ from one image to another as would those done by a real live painter. Great feedback tool for creative minds Dynamic Auto-Painter can work as a great feedback tool to improve your photography skills. A painting will simplify the image to its core visual values, allowing you to evaluate the overall impact of the image (such as proper framing technique or good separation of subject from its surroundings). Looks good when printed Unlike many off-the shelf software painting effects, the printed results from Dynamic Auto-Painter look stunningly realistic. The Real Canvas option will add a canvas or watercolor paper feel to the whole image even when printed on a normal non-textured paper. Add a new dimension to your creative tool-box Both designer professionals and home users can appreciate the potential of adding the creative dimension of painting styles to their otherwise standard digital photography. Unlimited styles If you would prefer creating a completely new paint preset from scratch, you can. The interesting thing is that a set of brush strokes can be anything from various colors to pictures of vegetables or coffee beans, so you can really go wild. You're not limited to creating your own preset styles – there is a community of DAP users producing and sharing their own styles online! Go PRO The professional 64-bit version adds additional tools and newly developed HD presets for ultra realistic complex details and brushworks. With the right subject it is capable of producing large, highly detailed paintings that look highly realistic and organic even when "pixel peeping" while still retaining the distinguishable styles of real painters. You can determine how the dried paint reflects light while adjusting the various light sources. The result will add a third dimension to the brush strokes where you can actually see scratches and bumps in the paint. System Requirements Standard Windows Version Microsoft® Windows® 7, Vista or XP (32-bit or 64-bit editions) 1 GHz processor or better 2 GB of RAM 1 GB of free disk space Minimum screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (highly recommended higher resolution) PRO x64 Windows Version Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit, Vista 64-bit 2 GHz processor or better 6 GB of RAM 1 GB of free disk space Minimum screen resolution: 1024 x 768 (highly recommended higher resolution)