reviews

Designorati (rated 9 out of 10)
"Snap Art by Alien Skin is a set of filters that do a much better job than Photoshop’s own artistic and sketch filters. Alien Skin is the gold standard in cool Photoshop plug-ins, and this one is no different..."
– Jeremy Schultz, October 2007

imaginginfo.com
"Alien Skin’s Snap Art is one of those great plug-ins for Adobe Photoshop and similar image editing programs that lets you be as creative as the ideas you dream up.”
– Diane Berkenfeld, October 2007

Shutterbug Magazine
"Whether you want to expand the services you offer to clients, or explore your own artistic expression, Snap Art...enables you to do it, in a snap"
– Howard Millard, June 2007

Photoshop User Magazine
"Snap Art does a good job of mimicking traditional art styles: It's easy to use and delivers great results."
– David Singer, April 2007

Chicago Tribune (registration required)
"After working with Photoshop, you'll want Snap Art because it takes all of the artistic image editing and transforming tools and lays them out in a set of hundreds of options to emulate various styles."
– Jim Coates, Binary Beat, April 2007

International Press Association (Featured Product - 4 Stars)
"I found that many of my favorite photos really looked spectacular using Snap Art. I love the way it changes a [photo] into a true work of art, suitable for enlarging and framing."
– Len Rapoport, March 2007

Macworld Magazine (4 out of 5 mice)
"Snap Art offers a painless way for consumers and professionals to create natural-media art from photographs. Its ease of use and variety of customizable effects make it an efficient alternative to Photoshop's native brushes and actions, and to full-featured art applications like Corel Painter."
- Jan Kabili, December 2007

DingBat Magazine (Editor's Choice award)
"Let's face it, the built-in filters in Adobe Photoshop are nothing to write home about...That's why Alien Skin's new collection of ten plug-ins—SNAP ART— should be greeted with high-fives and cheers. These filters produce stunningly beautiful natural media effects that will knock your smock off."
– Derek Pell, March 2007

PC-Review Online (5 out of 5 stars)
"Finally we have a plug-in that not only quickly turns an image in to a work of art, it does so in such a way that it really looks real and it provides you with a lot of customization tools so you can tweak the effect to your hearts content."
– Robert Barnett, February 2007

About.com (4 out of 5 stars)
"Snap Art seems to provide a nice balance between instant results and artistic realism."
– Sue Chastain, February 2007

3D Commune
"There is no better word to describe my initial reaction to seeing what this set of filters can do, other than WOW!"
– Kelley Henley-Edain, February 2007

GFXReview.com
"The bottom line is that these are so good you may finally forgive yourself for never buying and learning Painter."
– Lance Evans, February 2007

The 3D Studio
"We absolutely recommend the Snap Art filters from Alien Skin."
– Matt Anderson, February 2007

MacUser UK Magazine (3 out of 5 mice)
"Snap Art's good stuff really is very good indeed."
– Steve Caplin, February 2007

On Computers
"We thought the Snap Art program from Alien Skin was worth the price."
– Bob and Joy Schwabach, January 2007

DT&G Magazine (Best of 2006 award)
"Add Snap Art to your arsenal and you'll never want for an artistic effect -- ever again."
– Fred Showker, December 2006

Digital Dingus
"Snap Art's ability to virtually take any image and render it into a natural media artwork presentation, will bring new life to images you thought were boring or just didn't have that certain something in them - highly recommended."
– Jason Busch, December 2006

Applelinks (4 out of 5 Applelink As)
"In short, Snap Art is fun."
– Gary Coyne, December 2006

Photographyvoice.com (highly recommended)
“If you've ever wanted to create a simulated painting from one of your photos and have been frustrated by the default tools included in your imaging software, then Alien Skin's Snap Art is a must have!” – Kevin L. Kitchens, May 16, 2007

The Digital Story
"What's different about Snap Art isn't so much the various effects such as colored pencil and watercolor, it's the amount of control over the effect that goes above and beyond the filters that come bundled with Photoshop."
– Derrick Story, December 2006

Cyber Aspect
Snap Art's interface is easy to use, the filters are pretty well self-explanatory, there's loads of options to play with and the results are pretty impressive. In fact, it's a snap and the product gets a definite thumbs up from me.
– Julie Smyth, June 2007

Cameratown.com
After spending way too much time playing with different photos, filter styles, and even printing a few of them, the song "Fooled Around and Fell in love" came to mind. I got so excited about some of "my" transformations that I wanted to print them to really get a feel for how realistic they would look on a wall, up close, from a distance, etc.
– Ron Risman, June 2007

Epinions.com
'Previously, I have done a lot of artwork from my slide images using Adobe Photoshop or the GIMP trying to add effects that otherwise cannot be achieved in the field. It was a process that required patience and a willingness to experiment, meaning that a lot of time is invested; and depending on the degree of success, time could e viewed as wasted or well spent. Well, with Snap Art, the captivated effects can be achieved immediately without spending so much time put into it. The quality of the final piece of artwork is amazingly stunning.'
– Paul Nong Laolam, June 2007.

TechByter Worldwide
"Alien Skin has a long history of turning out products that are both useful and fun to use. That record continues with Snap Art."
– Bill Blinn, July 2007