Artomaton - The Motion Painter Reviews

by Ladylonglocks

But really, why does the watercolor look like oil paint? There are no wet edges, little transparency, and absolutely worst of all, globs of paint! Watercolor does not glob... ever; it pools, and that is a significant part of its beauty. A big part of this problem is the shine you add that doesn’t belong in watercolor at all. These problems completely ruin the effect and the result bears no similarity to the real thing. Correct me if I’m wrong, but isn’t realism the point of Artomaton ? Artomaton also needs an intensity setting for the canvas, inclusion of cold press paper, and a full screen preview with zoom so I don’t have to save after every significant change just to see what I’m doing. Though none of the current extras entice me to upgrade, if these issues are successfully fixed I will gladly buy it and up your rating to support a responsive developer. All that being said, the color controls are awesome and I really like the variation adjustment. Keep working, you’re on the way to greatness.

by Dexter Theed

Clever of you people to come out with a new update for Artomation. I’ll bet a lot of people were fooled into thinking they were getting new additions to make this an even better program.
Only come to find out that about half of the styles are now locked unless you pay to use them. All of us who have used Artomaton for some time now are really thrilled. It is now rated a two for this deception. OH........and thank you!

by Astaley

First things first, a subscription for presets? Why is this a subscription?

Also an outright one-time purchase, paid version would be most desired, and at least an all feature one-time IAP would be good.

by Qrst26478

Love Artomaton BUT can’t use my favorite filter successfully —the sketch/watercolor finishes with a group of short black vertical and horizontal lines that interfere with the picture and make it unusable. When I go to the website address to get help it sends me back to Artomaton . Frustrated I can’t use my favorite filter. I have tried reloading it and that doesn’t help. I have a brand new top-of-the-line smart phone so that shouldn’t be the problem.

by Yer Kiddin Right?

Guys guys guys! The entire reason many of my friends that have Artomaton won’t invest money in it is because picking the higher settings for frames, time to finish, and resolution crashes Artomaton 100% of the time. Picking the lowest setting only crashes it 95% of the time.

If you can fix the crashing problem that everyone just deletes Artomaton over, and never says anything because nobody bothers, you’d be very very rich.

Don’t know what else to tell ya. It offers amazing effects, and provides no ability to record the creation of the final pieces. Smh

by EMBurke

I’m hoping that either a purchase will get rid of the ads or that there is a option to remove them.
Edited: after experimenting with Artomaton more I’ve become very impressed with it. I’m using it to create storyboards for a project and it helps me to bridge the gap between photos and sketches. It is quite versatile and offers a lot of creative possibilities. What I would really love at this point is an explanation of how to use the built it settings - I’m not quite sure what many of them do - and it would be great if I could contact the maker of Artomaton - the website seems to have been down for quite sometime. If there are any plans to make a Mac based program for a laptop, I’d definitely be interested in trying it out.

by Tuggers1

I live and breathe photography. I can see quite a use for Artomaton. I can now actually shoot for a certain style (I can shoot with pencil or marker in mind and finish it in Artomaton). A great tool for the toolbox. My only wish is that I had a little more control over the rendering by using my Apple Pencil. Great job on Artomaton dev.

by Cobrindo

Can anyone or the developer do a how to video on Artomaton please!!! Otherwise would give 5 stars

by Napereza

I love the effect. But it seems like it compresses the image. It makes it smaller, but other than that it’s a wonderful app. May I suggest that on the unlock buttons, we would like to see the turn out of the photo to see the effect. With the LOCK appearing at the center of the photo, it’s not possible to see the actual turn out. It would be nice to see if it’s worth doing an add on purchase. It’s a nice app but without seeing the actual effect or what it really does, it stops me from making add on purchase. Thank you.

by Hsbxzbs

Oh my god, Artomaton is a literal game changer! It can let me see how a drawing or video can be created as a work of art in real time. I’m wondering if i can copy everything Artomaton does on a real piece of paper... i will try it one day when i have the patience!

by Abiotv

Can make some very creative and artistic pictures without any talent.

by Cobysoftco

I love Artomaton so much and use it all the time. I only have one bug, when a video has a completely black frame the application will either draw forever or freeze. Either way, I love Artomaton and work around that bug.

by Juicytiger

I love to just see what I can create with the tools in Artomaton.

by Gigi Cary

I have so many photos and am so happy to have Artomaton to work with! It is fun and amazing.

by Genzumi

The sketch filter doesn’t have that say gritty effect anymore that I was quite fond of. Now the filter is too murky and clean. The sketch filter basically feels like another art filter. It doesn’t look or have the appeal of an realistic looking effect anymore. For someone who spent there money on this, please revert back to that gritty feel and natural effect for the sketch filter. I can even send you pictures to show what I’m referring to.

by Adobewonkenobe

Really fun filters and great features in this option filled creative app including hi res output and frame rate control! Nicely done! I’m loving it. My only observation would be that you gave us this great resolution for output, but no way to zoom in on the detail of the applied filter after making adjustments. Other than that though... a truly useful program for both artists and enthusiasts!

by Zi@sunlife

It will be great, if adding a function which outlines moving objects in the forth ground from shadow and background.

by Deletethisplease

Is this available for desktop users?

by East Of Sun & West Of Moon

Great for tourists passing the time on public transportation. You just take many pix, select a good one, turn it into a sketch or painting, and you have a nice memento! Everyone else sits around bored or eating while you were creating something.

by Miggy77u

Excellent program for turning photos into all sorts of paintings and drawings. There is quite a few options and some are free and some are paid and even the paid are very inexpensive and one time. I really like this program thank you.