JixiPix's Sprektrel Art is free until 29 August

Spektrel Art is a smart Windows and Mac app/ Photoshop plugin which transforms images into digital works of art -- and it’s available for free until August 29th. What does it do? The developer attempts to explain, saying it’s "an extravagant otherworldly display of undulating movement that glimmers and gleams with intersecting lines of tapered light". Umm, great. What this means in real life is it emphasizes edges, smooths the background and enhances colors, often to spectacular effect. The exact results will depend on your source image, but they often have a dreamlike quality, maybe a painted or drawn look,… [Continue Reading]