Free photo cut out software, background removing, photo sketching, photo effects software

how to remove a background from photo

vzaguski — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:00:32 +0000

This tutorial shows how you can remove a background from photo. Here are the steps:
1. Open the photo in InstantMask Pro

2. Mark some parts of the foreground and background using green and red marker.

3.Press the “Mask” button. Foreground is highlighted with green and background is grayed out.

4. Press the “Preview” button. You’ll see the background changed to white(default).

5. Now you can choose the background type. It can be any color, including transparent ones, or picture. To do that, press “Select background”. This will run a dialog that lets you choosing the desired background.

Here are the examples of different background types:
a) transparent

b) solid color

c) another picture

If you use another picture as a background, you can use background scaling buttons and Hand tool to achieve right relative scale and position of two pictures.

6. Save the file as JPG or PNG using the “Export” button

Download InstantMask Pro

InstantPhotoSketch for Android

vzaguski — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:53:39 +0000

Now you can use InstantPhotoSketch on Android OS based phones or tablets.

The program works on all devices running Android 2.2 and above. It is distributed completely free of charge. The tool works similar to the desktop version the same photo to sketch effect is applied.
The app is made specially for Android OS. You can choose a photo from gallery or take it with camera, convert to sketch and save back to gallery, or share using different programs.

Download InstantPhotoSketch from Android market now.

InstantPhotoSketch Pro 2.1 for PC and Mac

vzaguski — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:26:21 +0000

We are happy to announce an update for InstantPhotoSketch Pro – a tool that converts a digital photo into a sketch or drawing. There are many improvements, as long as stability, performance and effect quality fixes. Here is the change log:

Pen sketch

Improved effect quality and speed
You can select foreground(pen) and background(paper) color.

Color pen sketch

Pencil Sketch

New more natural hatching texture

Pencil sketch

Poster

Better color selection
Faster

Poster effect

Other improvements

Drag and Drop support for opening files on Mac and Windows
Number of smaller bug fixes and speed optimizations

Product page Download

InstantPhotoColor 1.0 freeware release.

vzaguski — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:12:51 +0000

Many people have asked for an easy way of coloring a black and white or grayscale photo. Sure, it can be done in most generic photo editors but it will require some effort and skill. In order to make this task simplier we’ve created another freeware tool – InstantPhotoColor.

It is probably the simplest photo tool ever – you do most of the work using the so-called coloring brush, which colorizes the photo beneath into the specified tint. But it still can help you a lot in coloring the photo or changing some parts of a colored photo.

Have fun!

InstantCutOut 1.1 is ready.

vzaguski — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:22:14 +0000

We’ve released a new version for Instant CutOut – version 1.1.
There are lots of improvements. The most important are:
1. Cut out accuracy increased signifficantly.
2. Cut out speed is now much faster.
3. The edges of the cutted out object are much smoother.

If you are using the version 1.0 – please upgrade. It’s free.
If you’ve never seen Instant CutOut before – here is the short video for you:

InstantCutOut is designed to easily cut out an object on a digital photo from its background by semi-automatic tracing of an objects edge and creating a clipping path. The free trial is available here

How to convert a photo to sketch – video tutorials.

vzaguski — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 11:28:23 +0000

We are releasing a set of video lessons about creating sketches from digital photos:
Here are the first two:
1. Converting a photo to pen sketch:

2. Converting a photo to pencil sketch:

InstantPhotoSketch Pro 2.0 for Mac and Windows is ready!

vzaguski — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:50:29 +0000

The final release version of InstantPhotoSketch Pro 2.0 is available. Please check the InstantPhotoSketch page for details.

You can create a Pen, Pencil, Poster or Oil style sketches out of any digital photo with our new InstantPhotoSketch 2.0 version. We’ve been working hard on improving the effects quality so now you can enjoy the really amazing and artistically looking sketches made out of just normal digital photo you’ve made by your camera or downloaded from the internet.

The new product works on both PC Windows(any Intel Processor) and Mac OS X(Intel 64bit).
Go to the product page.

InstantPhotoSketch Pro 2.0 beta for Mac OSX is available.

vzaguski — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 11:58:01 +0000

Please try it and tell us what you think.

Update: the final release version of InstantPhotoSketch Pro is available. Please check the InstantPhotoSketch page for details.

InstantPhotoSketch 2.0 beta is ready!

vzaguski — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 19:09:50 +0000

MS Windows and Mac OSX InstantPhotoSketch Pro 2.0 beta is available for free download. It introduces several new features, including:

Creating color sketches.
Improved pencil sketches.
New stylish UI.

Here are some screenshots:

Update: the final release version of InstantPhotoSketch Pro is available. Please check the InstantPhotoSketch page for details.

how to cut out a picture using InstantMask Pro

vzaguski — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:40:59 +0000

We have updated a video tutorial for the InstantMask Pro. It shows how to cut out a photo, change the background color, use the foreground/background brushes and make the collage of the two pictures.

Here is the new video: