Stipple Studio

Editors' ReviewDownload.com staffSeptember 29, 2005While it automatically applies stippling and creates paint-by-number guides from your BMP images, this freeware application suffers from some flaws in design and output. Stipple Studio's basic window has a menu bar with options to open pictures, apply effects, and save. You won't find any controls to resize, minimize, or close the window, and no help file is offered. Stipple Studio has a file tree to choose images, but you'll need to place them in the program's picture folder. You can't see or choose files in other folders, and the app doesn't support other image types. The tools to modify the picture aren't self-explanatory and the image quality never quite reached the desired level using them. Though it's a one-step process to apply stippling and a paint-by-number grid, the option to save images was occasionally, and inexplicably, grayed out. Also in testing, the program closed or locked up while executing certain operations. With its limitations, you'll want to look elsewhere for a more intuitive and flexible painting program.