Pencil Sketch is available in the Pro tier.

Creates a hand-drawn look, with sketched lines on a solid background. The weight, color, direction and length of the lines are configurable, to adjust the style of the sketch.

  • Preset: Choose from a variety of included presets for the effect.
  • Intensity: Adjusts the intensity of the sketch effect. Lower values give a more refined appearance, while higher values create a rougher, sketchier look.
  • Edge Thickness: The pencil sketch effect works by finding the edges in your images, and sketching along those edges. This control adjusts the thickness of the edge lines before the pencil sketch is applied.
  • Background: The background controls adjust the appearance of the virtual paper on which the sketch is drawn, or the areas of the frame where the sketch lines do not appear.
    • Radius: Sets the radius of the blur applied to the background, which affects the amount of shading present in the sketch.
    • Background Color: Select a color for the paper on which the sketch is drawn. You can use the eyedropper to choose a color from the viewer, or click the swatch to open a color picker and choose any color you prefer. You can also manually enter the color values for the red, green, and blue channels.
    • Opacity: Adjusts how transparent the background is, with 0% being fully transparent and 100% being fully opaque.
    • Color Amount: Adjusts the blend of your selected background color with the original color of the layer or clip.
    • Blend: Select the blend mode used to combine the sketch effect with the underlying layer.
  • Stroke: These controls adjust the appearance of the pencil lines that make up the sketch.
    • Color: Select a color for the pencil lines in the sketch. You can use the eyedropper to choose a color from the viewer, or click the swatch to open a color picker and choose any color you prefer. You can also manually enter the color values for the red, green, and blue channels.
    • Softness: Determines how far the sketch lines feather out past the edges identified by the sketch effect.
    • Curvature: Adjusts the curve of the individual sketch lines. 0.0% creates straight lines. Negative values create a concave curve, and positive values give the lines a convex curve.
    • Count: Specify the number of stroke angles used to build up the sketch.
    • Rotation: Offsets the angle of the sketch lines from their original position, by the number of degrees you specify.
    • Texture: Introduces a graphite texture to the sketch lines. Higher values break up the lines more with a fine texture.

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