Wags Loc: Mequon, WI

On my Nikon D7200, I can adjust a photo in camera to what Nikon calls Color Sketch. I can adjust the photo a number of ways. The attached shot (I think I have messed this up) I was able to adjust in camera, then import in Lightroom and adjust colors, etc. It's kind of a neat affect. My plan was to do one for each of my grandkids and put one in a frame for them. BUT, my new Nikon D500 doesn't have that option. Does anyone know of an alternative way to get this type of look.

Thanks

G Brown Loc: Sunny Bognor Regis West Sussex UK

Gimp or Photoshop You will find 'art' brushes or look at layers and do 'parts' as required as an adjustment layer. (there are lots of tutorials showing how to change the colour of clothing in an image etc) Downside of adding layers is that the file can become very large.

have fun

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Back in the film/analog/darkroom days theses effects were achieved by the use of texture screens which were sandwiched with the negative in the enlarger or placed in contact with the paper in the enlarger easel. Nowadays the are simulated in digital post processing an various PhotoShop actions and plug in software- my favorite is TOPAZ- they come close to the old Mortensen texture screens. The can be added in various opacities.

Something else that I find lots of fun. There are free apps that you can download to your Android devices- cell phones. tablets and laptops. Theses apps simulate a wide variety of art types and styles such as pencil sketches, watercolor, oil paintings, etchings, crayon drawing, pointillism and other graphic arts styles like woodcuts, block printing etc.

At first, I thought some of this was kind "Mickey Mouse" until my teenage granddaughter asked me to join in with the fun. I found that you can apply the effect and on some 0of the apps you can adjust opacity, stroke length and thickness, saturation, contrast and composition. I can shoot on my phone or load the images into my laptop or tablet and edit away. It's fast and easy. Some apps to look for are Arto-Sketch, Deep Art Effects, Super Photo and Prisma. "Snapseed" and "Toolwiz" Photo are incredible general editing app- surprisingly decent! Don't laugh!

Attached, is a shot (and variations) of my 13 year old granddaughter and technical/IT consultant at her recent birthday party. Wanna get real computer savvy?- just ask a kid

(Download)

Wags Loc: Mequon, WI

Those are exactly what I want to do. Thanks, I’ll look into the apps you mentioned.

jmroach Loc: Washington State

This color sketch is a nice feature on Nikon D800 & Nikon D810. Sadly it was left off the Nikon D850. I miss it there.

NCMtnMan Loc: N. Fork New River, Ashe Co., NC

Take a look at Topaz Studio. It's free and comes with 10 adjustments. It's very graphics demanding, so your system may or may not run it. It's an easy download and install and if it doesn't run it's easy to uninstall. There are tons of effects created by other users that you can access and use. Lots of artsy and special effects type stuff.

vkb

ios phone app … named MY SKETCH is a terrific tool … unfortunately it is not available for pc's … to me it is far better than anything I can do with Photoshop and other apps I have. So, I attach my phone to my pc...and import a photo (if not on my phone) from my pc...do the sketch work...either in BW/Sepia or color, etc...save it and return it to my pc! This example is one of many I have turned into a sketch.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

Topaz, Photoshop.

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

OMG...I've *never* even investigated the retouch menu! Haha...new toys!

chasgroh Loc: Buena Park, CA

...thanks for the inspiration!

Tom DePuy Loc: Waxhaw, N.C.

Wow … The first one is beautiful

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, it's nice playing with the effects that are available. I tend to forget about them.

DWU2 Loc: Phoenix Arizona area

Take a look at Dynamic Auto Painter: https://www.mediachance.com/dap/. Easy to use, but also lots of possible customizations.

vkb

iPhone app Sketch is terrific....however, there is not a PC app from this company. I have not tried it, but you might be able to circumvent the issue by importing a jpg file onto your iPhone in order to use this app.

JohnSwanda Loc: San Francisco

You're better off getting these kind of effects in post with Photoshop or any of the other programs which have filters. You can control it better, try different effects, and you still have the original photo unmodified if you need it.