Engraving: a photo redrawn as rippling banknote lines
Engraving draws the picture with parallel lines spaced by Cell size 12 that ripple on two slow waves, bend with the relief of the image and swell with its darkness until the shadows close up into solid ink. Strength 50 sets a moderate ripple, Angle 0 runs the lines straight across, and the Signature Ink is a warm near-black on cream paper, the look of a banknote portrait or an old share certificate. In the preview the aqua butterfly becomes a banknote vignette: its pale wing panels are drawn in fine wavy lines, the dark wing borders and body close up into solid ink, and the orange leaf beneath turns into a field of heavy, swelling strokes.
Make it yours
Let more of the picture through
Shadows close up fast in this style, as the wing borders show. Lower Color contrast from 100 to about 30, or raise Brightness to 25, and the lines thin out so darker areas keep their shading instead of turning to solid ink.
Change the line direction
Angle tilts the whole line screen. Set it to 45 for diagonal hatching or 90 for vertical lines, and lower Strength to 0 if you want the lines to follow only the relief, without the banknote wave.
FAQ
Can the Engraving preset print in color?
Yes. Set Ink to Photo colors and each line takes the picture's own color, slightly deepened, on the same cream paper. Tint color draws every line in your Tint, which works well for a one-ink brand illustration.
How it works
Upload an image
Add a PNG, JPG or WebP up to 20 MB or pick a sample photo, then keep its own shape or crop it to 1:1, 4:5, 3:2, 16:9 or 9:16.
Choose a mode
Dither with 14 algorithms and 13 palettes, Shapes with dots, squares, lines, crosses and diamonds, or Photo art with 18 pixel and print styles from LED matrix to stained glass.
Style and use it
Set pixel size and contrast, add scanlines, bloom, grain or a vignette, then sign in with a free UX Pilot account to use it on the canvas or export it.