Following a very successful video product, ToonIt! Photo is an Adobe Photoshop cartoon effects plugin that gives you the ability to turn still images and photographs into unique cartoon creations.
The Adobe Photoshop cartoon plugin uses advanced algorithms to instantly create cartoon shading and lines, and its interface gives precise control over styles, shading and outlines.
How the toon'ing works
ToonIt! Photo analyses an image, then reduces its color palette and detects where the important edges are. The edges are used to shape and control areas of color. ToonIt!’s edges can be rendered to produce a Pen & Ink look or stylized in more non-traditional ways.
Use Outline Cartoon Effects to create calligraphic or realistic lines. Combine different styles and color treatments to create even more variation. Voila: you’ve been toon’ed.
Easy, believable cartooning
Achieving a cartoon effect is typically very time-consuming and limiting. ToonIt! Photo gives you the power of new technology designed by Toonamation specifically for digital photographers and Adobe Photoshop artists. An easy-to-use interface and custom controls give you unlimited flexibility. No other cartooning software produces such good results with so little work.
Using the Style Creator in ToonIt! Photo, you can effortlessly cartoon in several different styles, including: Flat Cartoon, Graphic Novel, Comic Noir (b&w), Half-Tone (dots), Stipple, High Contrast, Line Art and Neon Edge. The cartoon filter allows photographers and designers to quickly create the cartoon effect on a wide variety of images without time consuming experimentation and masking.
Cool features of ToonIt! Photo
ToonIt! Photo will get your creative juices flowing ‘cause everyone looks better as a cartoon! Here are some great things to know about this Adobe Photoshop cartoon plugin:
Beautiful Variety of Styles
Create a number of sophisticated looks including Flat Cartoon, Graphic Novel, Comic, and Pen & Ink using the 12 different algorithms and dozens of controls.
Outlines Only
Unparalleled edge detection creates stunning cartoon effects that simulate drawings, etchings, brush painting, and woodcuts.
No Hand Masking or Rotoscoping
Each cartoon effect is generated automatically. There are customizable controls in the plugin, but no manual work is needed to achieve results.
Customizable Looks
With 50+ parameters available to adjust the plugin results, there are many possible approaches to get the best result for different types of imagery.
Preserves detail in faces & figures
One of the key features of ToonIt! Photo is its ability to translate the details of the human face and form into a believable cartoon. People are typically most difficult to 'toon' because most people know what facial features and expressions should look like. This kind of imagery is where most cartoon filters fall apart.
ToonIt! Photo is able to identify areas that should be shaded as one color and uses sophisticated edge detection to draw outlines. This creates very consistent, pleasing large features in the face and body while also retaining smaller details like hair and eyes.
Color and Blur Photoshop Cartoon Effects
The ToonIt! Photo cartoon plugin for Adobe Photoshop pairs an amazing rotoscoping engine and terrific edge detection to produce full-fledged, high-quality color and blur cartoon effects easily with Adobe Photoshop. The Color and Blur Effects are the primary characteristics of every cartoon effect.
In the ToonIt! Photo cartoon plugin there are four parameter groups under the Color/Blur Effects section: Main Blur, Outline Blur, Color and Duotone. The Main Blur is essential to the ToonIt! Photo cartoon plugin and is, by default, always active. The others Color and Blur Effects can be turned on and off to accent the natural details of the cartoon throughout your work.
ToonIt! Photo Preset Manager
The Preset Manager is a simple interface area that lets you work with pre-made groups of settings. These are options that have been chosen in the Effects Palette and Style Creator. We’ve shipped a whole bunch of Photoshop presets with ToonIt! Photo to let you get quickly started cartooning.
Host applications:
•Photoshop 7.0–CS3
•Photoshop CS4 32- & 64-bit
•Elements 4.0–6.0
•Intel Mac native
•PPC native
Operating Systems
•Mac 10.3.9, 10.4, 10.5
•Win 2000, XP Home, XP Pro
•Vista 32-bit, 64-bit
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