GMX-PhotoPainter

GMX-PhotoPainter is a professional software application whose purpose is to help you transform digital pictures into paintings with the aid of different brushes, textures and painting techniques, as well as an automatic mode for choosing the colors and directions of the brushstrokes.

User interface and supported file formats

Although it comes bundled with many dedicated parameters, the GUI doesn’t look overcrowded at all. It actually sports a clean and intuitive layout that allows you to switch to a full screen mode, so you can focus better on the drawing process.
It works with the following file formats: JPG, PNG, and BMP. Additionally, the tool lets you paste the image copied to the clipboard in the working environment.

Different drawing tools

GMX-PhotoPainter puts at your disposal four different painting tools, such as AutoPaint, Freehand painting, Pattern, and BandPaint.
The first one is designed to help you automatically determine the brushstroke directions based on the characteristics of the picture, without having to move the mouse in a certain direction to pick the orientation of the brushstrokes.
The Freehand painting gives you the freedom to draw one stroke at a time following the path given by hand and is useful especially for drawing details, while the Pattern mode enables you to choose between different preset patterns or create a custom one.
Last but not least, you can make use of the BandPaint option for making a group of brushstrokes following the path given by a free hand trace.

Other handy editing operations

When uploading a new image to the main panel, you can change the resolution and make the background transparent or choose the desired color.
What’s more, the tool lets you grab the desired color from a color picker, add or erase your own colors, and mix different color modes in the same project, namely Automatic (the color is sampled from the original image), Duotone (you can alter the background and foreground color), and Multicolors (you may choose up to 10 different colors).
You are given the option to choose between various brush types, import your own brushes, change the texture of the brush, undo or redo your actions, as well as select from different painting styles, such as pen and ink, watercolor, oil, crayon, or pastel.

An overall efficient drawing program

All in all, GMX-PhotoPainter provides a powerful suite of features for helping you transform your photos into paintings. The drawing process is smooth and the output results are excellent.