Photorealistic Stencils From Any Photo

For photorealism, 4-6 layers gives the best result. Two layers reads as graphic, three is portrait-style, and 4-6 captures the tonal range needed for skin texture, fur, or fine shadow detail. The tool lets you preview each layer count instantly.

A sharp, well-lit photo at 2000px or higher works best. Soft photos can be sharpened with the contrast slider, but blurry source images won't give photorealistic output. Use phone portrait mode or a DSLR shot taken in even lighting.

Yes - airbrush artists are some of the heaviest users. Each layer becomes a freisket or low-tack vinyl mask that you spray through in sequence, building tones from light to dark. The DXF export feeds straight into vinyl plotters for cutting masks.

The multi-layer output is ideal for it. Each layer is a separate colour pass on the skin, mirroring how you'd build the tattoo. Many tattoo artists use the SVG export to refine in Procreate before transferring to thermal paper.

Yes if the source photo has them. The tool does its best to preserve highlights as their own layer when you go to 4+ layers. Fine bridging keeps tiny details connected so they don't fall out when you cut a physical mask.

Yes - the wall-size tiling feature splits any realistic stencil across multiple A4 or letter pages. You can spray a 6-foot photorealistic portrait on a feature wall using only a home printer, masking tape, and the layered files.