AKVIS unveils ArtWork photo to oil painting converter — AKVIS has unveiled ArtWork 1.0, a program that applies oil painting techniques to digital images. The program allows pictures to be transformed into oil portraits, landscape paintings, or still life creations. Users can work in an assisted mode, or let the software work automatically. A "virtual artist" visually lays the brush strokes onto the reference image. The Stroke Direction tool gives full ...... [Tags: artwork, brush strokes, digital images, landscape paintings, oil painting techniques]