Waterlogue: Photo to Painting Reviews

The other day I decided to change out some pictures on a wall in our upstairs hall. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money and wanted a particular color palette. I sat down with my iPad and dug through my pictures of Montana scenery and tried about two dozen in different this app schemes. Then I ordered some 3.99 matte finish 8x10s for $4 apiece and now the whole wall looks amazing. The possibilities are endless! I’ve had Waterlogue almost since it launched and I so appreciate all the hard work that the developers have put into improving it over the years. People up close are still the hardest to capture adequately but it is fantastic for scenes and items where less detail and more dreamy is what you’re going for. I love it. Thank you!

I really love your this app App on my iPad Pro. It is fabulous. As a long time teacher and painter of watercolor on paper I find your app has the most realistic watermarks of loose watercolor washes applied with a large brush.
I would however really love further control over the size of the watermarks as if changing to a smaller brush to put more detail into some images as I would in my watercolors. Perhaps a simple slider as in Photoshop filter effects to dial up and down the size of the overall brush marks. A great app that could be even greater!
I will be using it when I travel it to render digital watercolors of my landscape photography to use as pre-studies for my own works on paper. Should be fun. Thanks for listening.

An amazing little app that takes “the precise” and transforms it into a question! …into a possibility!

For me, as a designer, the use and beauty of a watercolor is that viewer’s see and understand the larger subject…while individually, they tend to get lost in visually hazy and differently perceived details…i.e. they all/each seeing different things within a watercolor. This effect allows for further creative thought…prompting further explorations…further discussions, whereas the effect of presenting a photo is much more often seen as…perceived as…a conclusion.

this app does exactly what I need…what I personally enjoy, as well! It transforms “the real” …into dreams!

this app combines an exceptionally uncomplicated user interface with beautiful aesthetic functions/results. The art that it creates looks incredibly natural, and turns one’s photos into virtual artistic masterpieces. It works exceptionally well with flowers, both in nature and in floral arrangements. One suggestion: in a future version, add the ability to have a slideshow function. Highly recommended for both experienced artists and novices. Renders in seconds on the iPad Pro. We found the default settings to give the most aesthetically pleasing results. No subscription required.

I’m learning watercolor and having problems visualizing a more abstract version of my photos. I found an article online recommending Waterlogue and looked at some of the reviews so I gave it a try. That was five minutes ago. I was completely blown away on the first photo. The process for rendering is incredible, the edge detection algorithm is spot on (I wish you could break the photo into its components and allow us to extract the lines for use in transferring a sketch). The results are awesome.

I can see this helping me already.

I wish there were a way to generate a report of the final image, complete with the palette to simplify the actual painting process (now that would be a great feature request).

I have at least thirty photo related apps I’ve acquired over the years (decade?). I’m moving this to my first photo apps page right now, it’s that good.

I almost didn’t buy Waterlogue, but I’m glad I did as it is easy to use and renders beautiful results. So why did I almost ignore it? Because of Waterlogue icon, which features a cartoonish whale holding an umbrella in the rain, which to me seems more suitable for something in Waterlogue category for Kids. Is this poor marketing? Waterlogue icon offers little indication of the high-quality painterly app behind it. I suspect that this app’s app icon has discouraged people from buying Waterlogue itself. Which is too bad because it’s a great app.

Im giving it a 5 even though compared to some other apps like Brushstroke this one is a bit limited- you don't get a whole lot of options. But it is just for watercolor and you really don't get a lot of options there! I bet its great for scenery. Most of my photographs are animals and I sometimes find myself struggling to even get one I can use with Waterlogue but when I do its really outstanding. Very high quality, easy to use and more than worth the money.

I love it. I put your app on my computer many many years ago, and didn’t use it then and today, I found a sample of it that I printed . Wonderful! I haven’t been watercoloring for those years, but I’m so happy I found that sample photo today. this app has been on my computer, I need to update my program. I guess I just load it in again. I’m so happy I found it. Thank you !
Sincerely,
Linda
I have 2 very dear friends who are watercolor teachers and they will love it as well.

If you choose the right images for Waterlogue to work on- and you really just have to figure that out by trying the diff images out- no hard and fast rule- some of what Waterlogue can do actually comes out like an absolutely gorgeous, artistic water color.
The trick is to play around with different images, different effects- highly recommend- and if the res of the image is good- they look fantastic printed professionally.

Great app!

Waterlogue is FANTASTIC! I'm a watercolor artist who owns an iPhone 6splus. Photography is a means to an end regarding my art - but Waterlogue has elevated my painting capabilities to a new level. The built in adjustment features are simple. The UI is remarkably clean and intuitive. I use it to "see" the possibilities my paintings "may" take before I put brush to paper. I crop in the embedded iPhone photo app, save and then import to Waterlogue! This a no-brainer if you are a watercolorist or someone savvy enough who appreciates the nuances of a watercolor painting.

I don’t know how many people I’ve shown Waterlogue to, and they are amazed. I find it best for landscape and still life stuff-people are harder unless you get the backgrounds very simple. I’ve even demonstrated it for our local computer society. Every big trip we make has resulted in a beautiful framed canvas that looks fabulous. I have the Grand Canal, the Tuileries, an old mill among others that Canvaspop has printed for me, simply sent from Waterlogue on my iPhone. I love Waterlogue!

I have a lot of photo editing and art apps on my phone and iPad, but come back to this app consistently because it does the best watercolor effect of any app I’ve used. Does it do filters, cropping, etc., etc.? No, but sometimes when an app does everything. It doesn’t always do them very well. this app is easy to use, give you choices in terms of color and size of the brush, and gives great results.

Waterlogue makes realistic watercolor transformations. I just read a review saying Brushstroke had more options, and that maybe true. But the end result just looks like Prisma to me. No one will think you did anything more than add an effect. With Waterlogue, however, you can really simulate a watercolor painting. I use it regularly to add watercolor backgrounds, then use other drawing painting apps to further customize. I love Waterlogue!

For someone who loves the water color effects on their pictures to look realistic and yet have an App that does not confuse...gives excellent results...keeps true color depending on your choice of selection and gives you the ability to choose size... In my estimation, it is among the finest Apps in this particular field.

I definitely would highly recommend this app to Water Color Enthusiasts!
Margaret

I’ve been looking for painterly effects for a long time. I owned the Aldous Gallery Effects Plug-ins if that gives you any clue. Early 1990s.
I have five apps on my phone, and will continue to use them for specific projects.
But this one is a no-brained.
The output is consistently good, and requires a minimum of effort.
I would recommend this to absolutely anyone with a camera on their phone.

I read a review about Waterlogue in a photography magazine and I’m so glad I tried it! As other reviews have said, it ONLY creates various watercolor style versions of photographs - but that’s what I expected, and that’s what I wanted! I have created beautiful cards by “Monet-ing”my photos ( scenery and flowers are the best, but people and animals work too). You save them to your camera roll and can print and edit just like other photos.

I recently purchased Waterlogue and find that it doesn’t really explain all of its features. The various sizes are labeled as 4,6,8,10,12? Is that inches? How do I print a jumbo size? I assume at a print shop that can access my photos. A few explanations about printing would be a nice addition.

The end results are suitable for framing if that is what you want. As a new artist it is a great learning tool to help you transition from trying to duplicate a photograph in watercolor to more original paintings. There are many variations in color, tone, brightness, and level of detail available. Using this app you can experiment with many approaches and select the approach that best suits what you want before you ever pick up a brush.

I've always loved watercolors but have never been an artist! I saw Waterlogue on a new friend's iPhone! Her photos turned into gorgeous watercolor paintings in a snap! I purchased and starting using this easy app during our lunch! It's very addictive! I've turned a few photos of my hometown into watercolors...posted on Facebook and had to keep telling friends that I'm not an artist...it's an app!! Love love love it!❤️

This is a very limited app. It changes your photo into something that looks like a watercolor painting but, in my opinion, only about 3-4 of the choice look good. I would like more editing abilities. Sometimes I can get a result I like better by using another app to do a double exposure. I have not had luck using Waterlogue with portraits of people. It consistently makes the lip color bleed into the teeth. Not very attractive! You can do better guys!