Start with a photo.
Open Easy mode in English. Keep the demo image for your first experiment, or choose Use my photo to pick an image or video. New photo swaps in another Unsplash image.
Choose Square 1:1 in the format menu along the bottom. A portrait with a clear silhouette is a useful first test: it makes changes to lines and texture easy to spot. Close the introductory tip if it covers your image.
Roll until something clicks.
Press Roll, then Roll again to explore more treatments. The source and chosen ratio stay in place while the look changes. Our second roll produced this blue, textured portrait; yours will be different.
Try a few versions and notice what you like: the color, the amount of detail, or how much of the original photo is still visible. Choose Save PNG when you find a keeper, before rolling again or changing modes.
Make a deliberate version in Pro.
Open Pro mode for a fresh composition. In our walkthrough, switching from Easy reopened the default source and ratio, so save your Easy result first. Load your photo again if needed and choose Flow Engraving from Look preset above the preview.
Open Contour Studio on the left and make sure Source contours is on. Try this starting point, then adjust one setting at a time:
- Line detail 78
- Start with fine tracing, then lower it to simplify the treatment.
- Contour opacity 95%
- Keep the lines prominent; lower it for a subtler overlay.
- Flow speed 0
- Inspect continuous, still strokes. Raise it when you want the lines to move.
The preset selector may change to Custom / Manual after an edit. Use Compare source to check the photo and Undo to step back. Contour levels is unavailable in Flow Engraving; switch the drawing method to Topographic to use it.
Keep the settings you like.
Open Looks above the preview. Enter a preset name—we used “Portrait trace”—and choose Save preset. Your saved look appears in the library, ready to load again.
Use Copy settings and paste the JSON into a text file for a backup. A preset saves the visual settings, not the photo, audio, or output format. Keep the original media and note your ratio separately. Browser presets can disappear if you clear the site’s data.
Take it out of the browser.
Scroll the right panel to 13 / Output. Choose the format before exporting: square for a tile, portrait for a taller post, story for a vertical screen, or wide for a landscape composition. Recheck the framing after changing it.
Keep the tab open while it exports. If MP4 isn’t supported, try WebM fallback and keep the tab visible during recording. Downloading a file does not post it to social media.
