[Hidden-tech] Question about making a book illustration

[Robert Heller]

I have used Gimp on my Linux machines to do this for years.

At Fri, 15 Aug 2025 16:30:35 -0700 AI Zuckerman <valleywood2012 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi Hidden Techies,
> 
> I have a client who wants to improve on a book jacket cover he made. I am
> trying to get the details on what software he used. In the absence of that
> information please tell me the following:
> 
> Can one take a pre-existing digital picture and use the outline to make a
> digital illustration?
> 
> What is the software that translates a photograph into an illustration?
> 
> What is the best software to make illustrations from scratch?
> 
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> Have a nice weekend.
> 
> Amy Zuckerman
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