Filters are an integral part of photo editing, and they can also be a powerful way to enhance your photos. Whether you’re looking for some basic color correction or want to add a bit more flair with artistic edits, we’ll show you how to do it all using Colorcinch—and in less than five minutes.

Adding Filters Using Colorcinch

Colorcinch offers a wide array of filters you can choose from. Here’s how you can apply it easily.

Step 1: Open Colorcinch and Upload your image.

Step 2: Navigate to Filters — Vintage.

Step 3: Choose a Vintage filter and adjust the Slider to change its effect.

Step 4: If you want more control over the filter you chose, you can use the “Advanced” option. Just click on Settings and try moving the Sliders around. Once done, hit Apply.

Here is the before and after:

These are some filters you can use:

Spice Up Your Photos With Colorcinch

Apart from the fiilters you can level up you photos using Colorcinch’s diferrent Effects.

Cartoonizer Effect

You can easily turn your photos to comics with Cartoonizer. Let’s us show you how:

Step 1: Go to Effects and click on Cartoonizer.

Step 2: Choose a filter from the Cartoonizer. CA031 will be used as an example in this case. Use the Slider to change how strong the filter is.

Step 3: If you want more control over the filter you chose, you can change the settings for the “Advanced” option. Just click Setting and play with the sliders.

Sketcher Effect

Turn your photos into a handrawn masterpiece.

Step 1: Click on Sketcher in the Effects menu.

Step 2: From the Sketcher, choose a filter. You can change how strong the filter is by moving the Slider.

Step 3: You can change the settings for the Advanced option if you want more control. Just click the Settings button and move the sliders around.

Here is the result:

Painting Effect

Just like the Sketcher Effect, turn your photo into a canvas with splash of colors.

Step 1: Go to the Effects menu and click on Painting.

Step 2: Choose a filter on the Painting tab. By moving the Slider, you can change how strong the filter is.

Step 3: If you want more control, you can change the settings for the Advanced option. Just select the Settings button and move the sliders.

Let’s take a look at the result:

Level Up Your Photos Using Overlays

We are sure that you’ve heard about the cool effect that Overlays can add to your photos. Here’s how you can do it with Colorcinch.

Texture Overlay

Step 1: Navigate to Filters — Texture.

Step 2: Pick a Texture. Adjust the filter by the Slider or by clicking on the settings button and experiment with the different Blend Modes.

Here’s the before and after:

Falling Snow Overlay

Step 1: Select Overlay. Pick Falling Snow.

Step 2: Select a Falling Snow filter for your image. Adjust the Slider or click the Settings button to adjust the effect. Try different Blend Modes.

Let’s take a look at the before and after:

Conclusion

There are many ways to enhance your photos and make them more appealing. In this article, we talked about quick and easy ways to use Colorcinch to spice up your image. Now is the time to have fun, be artistic, and use these filters and overlays on your photos.

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How cool would it be if you could turn your photos into a sketch, or even an oil painting!?

The great news is that you can do just that in a few simple clicks!

But, before take a look at these sketch Photoshop actions and amaze yourself.

In this quick tutorial, I’m going to showcase some of my favorite features and effects using Colorcinch to transform my photos into art. And when all is said and done, be sure to also check out the beautiful collection of sketch Photoshop actions for true inspiration.

Let’s get right to it!

How to Turn any Photo to Sketch

Step 1: Upload an Image

Click on Upload and select an image.

Step 2: Select an Effect

On the left-hand column, select Effects, followed by Sketcher.

After selecting Sketcher, you will see a whole range of different sketch-based designs to choose from. We offer both free effects, as well as many additional Plus Feature Effects, which are part of our Colorcinch Plus Subscription Plans. (This provides access to all of our premium features and effects!) 

However, for this example, I’ll be using one of our free sketch effects. Effect IC221.

And now for the magic!

All that you need to do is to click once on one of our sketch effects. Boom!

Easy enough, right!?

Now, while some effects might look great right away, I always like to make tiny adjustments to my effects.

In the next section, I will show you how to further customize your sketch effects.

Step 3: Customize your Sketch

Part 1: Using the Effect Slider

The first thing to do is to adjust the Effect slider.

By default, it will apply the effect at 100%. The further you move the slider to the left, the less intense the effect will be.

If you move the slider all of the way to the left, the effect will not be displayed at all.

Below you can see this effect applied at 100%.

Here’s what the effect would look like at 50%.

Now, this is all down to personal taste, so have fun with it and play around with the slider until you find the look that you’re after!

Part 2: Using Effect Settings

To customize the effect further, simply click on the Settings button.

Here we have 3 additional options: Detail, Color Range, and Hue.

• Detail: This slider essentially adds more texture/sharpness to the effect
• Color Range: If the chosen effect has color, you will be able to add additional saturation to the image by moving the slider to the right
• Hue: This will shift the color/tones within the image

In my example, I added 9 to Detail, 35 to Color Range, and 3 to Hue.

Seriously, how cool is that!?

Conclusion:

Whether you’re looking to create sketches out of your photos for Instagram, get them printed, or make an infographic, Colorcinch is a one-stop-shop for achieving your editing goals.

As you can see, with a simple click or two of a button, you can turn any photo to sketch, or an oil painting with ease. It doesn’t get easier than that!

With all of the different effects that we offer, you can easily lose a few hours trying them all out while turning your photos into art. (At least I did!)

I really hope that you enjoyed this tutorial and were able to turn some of your images into digital art.

So until the next tutorial, have fun with these effects and let your imagination run wild! Start editing.

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