Paint a photo with a soft watercolor wash

Leave medium, or pick light or strong, then download PNG or JPG. Colors sit in soft pigment bands. The work runs in this tab.

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  1. Choose file
  2. Set options
  3. Get result

Your file never leaves your device. Processed locally in your browser. Nothing is uploaded. Location and camera metadata (EXIF) are removed from the result.

Colors fold into a few pigment bands and lift off pure black and white. Light uses a blur of 1. Strong uses 3. Width and height stay the same. PNG keeps transparency. JPG fills empty pixels with white. Camera location is not copied.

How to paint a watercolor

1. Drop a JPG or PNG you already have. A video, an audio file or a WebP is refused here. 2. Leave medium, or pick light or strong. 3. Leave PNG, or pick JPG. 4. Press “Apply watercolor” and download.

GustKit blurs the photo a little, then folds the color into a few pigment bands and lifts pure black and pure white. Strong uses a blur of 3 and fewer bands than light. Shadows lean a little blue. Width and height stay the same.

A wash, not a pencil sketch

Sketch image turns the photo into gray pencil lines. Oil paint clumps color into thick strokes. This page keeps a soft color wash and saves PNG or JPG. It does not add a caption and it does not change the size.

The photo stays in this tab

The canvas in this browser does the work. GustKit does not fetch a photo from a link. Close the tab and the file is gone. Camera location is not copied into the download.

How to check the watercolor

1. Open the original and the download at the same zoom. 2. A flat black patch should turn soft and a hard edge should look washed. Strong should lift black more than light. 3. If the size changed, you opened a different page.

Sketch image draws gray pencil lines. This page paints a soft color wash and saves PNG or JPG. Nothing is uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

A flat black patch turned soft blue-gray and the size did not change. Did it work?

Yes. Strong lifts black by about 40 levels and adds a little blue in the shadows. Width and height stay the same.

Why is WebP refused?

This page reads JPG and PNG only. Convert other types first, then open the download here.

Can I paint a watercolor and also add a tilt-shift in one step?

No. Paint the wash first, or add the tilt-shift first, then open the other page on the download.

Is the photo uploaded?

No. The wash runs in this tab.

A flat black patch turned soft and the size did not change. Did it work?

Yes. Strong lifts black by about 40 levels. Width and height stay the same.

Can I paint a watercolor and also turn the photo into a sketch in one step?

No. Paint the wash first, or make the sketch first, then open the other page on the download.