Coherent Line Drawing

Coherent Line Drawing is an application tailored for artistic individuals. With that said, if you're not one of the more artsy individuals, you might miss the point of this program. Just like the name suggests, this program deals with creating an artistic effect based on line-drawings. In other words, we're dealing with a rendering technique presented by Kang that will turn real-life pictures into simpler, drawn-like variants of themselves.

There really is no magic regarding this application. It works as some sort of filter. You import your image, select an appropriate filter option from the top part of the program, and then proceed to adjust the parameters of the chosen filter until the displayed result is satisfactory. There is some degree of outside knowledge involved when dealing with this program. You'll need to understand the principles on which it is based if you're going to master its use.

Although some of these terms might not make sense to most, you will be able to deal with Noise, Degree of coherence, Line width, and Thresholding, all of which are represented through a slider that can be moved back and forth in an attempt to select the appropriate level values. The ETF kernel size can also be adjusted. You can also smooth the ETF element and activate the Iterative FDoG option. A small area near the bottom of the app will keep track of all your designated moves and actions.

Coherent Line Drawing is an interesting artistic experiment that will intrigue artists as well as curious people. It can offer splendid results in terms of its applied filters and will ultimately offer a fun way to improve the aspect and originality of certain photos and images. Coherent Line Drawing is an interesting application worth checking out.