The image above is of a beautiful golden retriever dog (similar to one I used to own) that was enjoying a nice sunny morning in Savannah, Georgia, in October. The sliders and artistic effects are all the same as version 3. CTRL+R resets the Detail Mask so you can create new ones. F5 still resets the Background to some default settings, but I am not quite sure how this is determined. Also the Background and Detail Masking Panels can be seen at the same time which is very helpful. The biggest change is that thumbnails are note created of your image showing all painting style variations in each artistic group – this makes it easy to choose a particular filter or effect for the image.
To be honest, I do not see a whole lot of difference between the two versions except for the new interface, which looks more like Lightroom’s interface. It is definitely worth a second look if you love the painterly effects like I do. Since I reviewed Snap Art 3 not that long ago and since it is the holidays, I am just going to do a fairly quick update for this version. I was excited to hear the plug-in was being updated to version 4. (See my Digital Lady Syd Reviews Alien Skin Snap Art 3 blog). Alien Skin’s Snap Art 3 has definitely been one of my favorite Photoshop plug-ins for doing this – not only for its ease of use, but also because it gives some great results quickly. Happy New Year to everyone! Hope you have a wonderful year ahead and create some really spectacular images from your photos! Recently I have gotten interested in adding a painterly feel to my photos. DIGITAL LADY SYD REVIEWS ALIEN SKIN SNAP ART 4