Hi Vicki,

There are a couple of ways to increase the abstraction with Snap Art. The Photorealism control is the first place to start. Turn it very low.

Use the sliders on the Background panel such as the Brush Size, Paint Thickness, Stroke Length, and Color Variation. Increasing these parameters will make the effects more abstract. At the bottom of the Background panel, you can choose from different brush styles. These can add to the abstraction, too.

There are other painting styles in Snap Art. The Impasto presets use much thicker paint strokes. I’d take a look there.

Here’s a link to a video that demonstrates the use of the lighting controls in Snap Art. Enhancing the texture can also help break up the piece.

Hope this helps!

That’s a great tip! I may have to try that out myself. I have reached out to Jimmy and let him know.

Try combining the “Stylize” and “Watercolor” effects. They frequently work well together. That’s because real-world watercolor paintings often start with a pencil outlined on the paper, which will show through the final picture. For the Stylize settings, I choose black as the ink color, and thin strokes. Have fun.

Hi Dale,

All of the images in the article came from Chris. He has a good eye for working with it.

I have tinkered with running multiple effects with Snap Art. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to reproduce anything that will work on more than one artwork at a time. Because the results give such a specific look, it’s hard to use more than once.

Chris used the preset Oil Paint-Landscape for the store front image. He made a couple of modifications. The canvas height was lowered and the color saturation was by 30%.

I think Snap Art 4 sounds like a good idea. I think there is plenty of room for the product to grow for future versions.

Will a Snap Art 4 be released? What painting style did you use for the building/door/window scene?