{"id":1111,"date":"2013-07-28T17:24:37","date_gmt":"2013-07-28T17:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=1111"},"modified":"2025-03-12T08:18:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T08:18:32","slug":"convert-photos-to-cartoon-sketch-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2013\/07\/convert-photos-to-cartoon-sketch-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Convert Photos to Cartoon or Sketch Images in Ubuntu via XnSketch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial will show you how to <b>convert your photos to cartoon or sketch images in Ubuntu Linux using a simple tool XnSketch.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/XnSketch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1112\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/XnSketch-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"turn to cartoon\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/XnSketch-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/XnSketch.jpg 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i>XnSketch<\/i> is a very small tool that allows you to turn your photos into cartoon or sketch images. It works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Apple and Android devices.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Features:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>18 different effects (black strokes, white strokes, pastel, pencil sketch, colored sketch, &#8230;)<\/li>\n<li>Edge strength, and opacity adjustement<\/li>\n<li>Contrast, brightness, saturation adjustement<\/li>\n<li>Save or share the result to Flickr, Picasa, Facebook, Imgur, Thmblr, ImageShack, Yfrog, GlowFoto, TwitPic, and Email.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Install XnSketch<\/h3>\n<p>XnSketch is available to download for Linux (64-bit AMD\/Intel CPUs) through the link below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/download.xnview.com\/XnSketch-linux-x64.tgz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download XnSketch for Linux<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After downloaded the package, just decompress, then click run the &#8220;XnSketch&#8221; file from the extracted folder will launch the application.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/run-xnsketch.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48343\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/run-xnsketch-700x469.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/run-xnsketch-700x469.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/run-xnsketch-300x201.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/run-xnsketch-768x514.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/run-xnsketch.webp 1105w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you like this app, and want to add it to system start menu or Gnome app grid, then do the following steps one by one:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, move the app folder to a desired location for long time use. In my case, I created a &#8220;MyApps&#8221; folder in user home, and put these apps folders there.<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-xnsketch.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48344\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-xnsketch-700x408.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-xnsketch-700x408.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-xnsketch-300x175.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-xnsketch-768x448.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/move-xnsketch.webp 974w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Then, navigate into the XnSketch app folder, and click edit the &#8220;XnSketch.desktop&#8221; file.<\/li>\n<li>When file opens, replace the values of &#8220;Exec&#8221; and &#8220;Icon&#8221; according to where you moved the app folder (press Ctrl+L in that folder then copy).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/edit-sketchdesktop.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48345\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/edit-sketchdesktop-700x369.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/edit-sketchdesktop-700x369.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/edit-sketchdesktop-300x158.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/edit-sketchdesktop-768x405.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/edit-sketchdesktop.webp 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Finally, press <b>Ctrl+Shift+S<\/b> to open &#8216;Save as&#8217; dialog, and choose save the file into <code>.local\/share\/applications<\/code> (press Ctrl+H to view hidden folders) directory.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/save-xnsketchdesktop.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-48346\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/save-xnsketchdesktop-700x503.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/save-xnsketchdesktop-700x503.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/save-xnsketchdesktop-300x215.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/save-xnsketchdesktop-768x552.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/save-xnsketchdesktop.webp 930w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If everything goes well, you&#8217;re able to launch the app from start menu or Gnome overview a few moments later.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launch-xnsketch.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48347\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launch-xnsketch.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launch-xnsketch.webp 534w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/launch-xnsketch-300x161.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 534px) 100vw, 534px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This simple tutorial will show you how to convert your photos to cartoon or sketch images in Ubuntu Linux using a simple tool XnSketch. XnSketch is a very small tool that allows you to turn your photos into cartoon or sketch images. It works on Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Apple and Android devices. Features: 18 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[350,206],"class_list":["post-1111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-convert-photos-to-sketch-in-ubuntu","tag-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}