# Glaze

> Photo to painting app with custom style creation and transparent background export. (iPhone/iPad app by Gilles DEZEUSTRE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/glaze/id521573656 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gilles DEZEUSTRE](https://appshunter.io/developer/952613780)
- Category: Photo & Video, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.40/5 from 418 App Store ratings · 194 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 6.0 · 11 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, European Portuguese and 5 more
- Released: 2012-07-27
- Data updated: 2026-08-29
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/glaze/id521573656/reviews.md

## What is Glaze?

Glaze turns your photos into paintings with your unique style. Select one of dozens of included styles and compare variations before sharing your image with friends or saving it for professional quality printing. Paint masks to control brush stroke placement and save with transparent backgrounds for layering. Create your own unique styles using the Workshop mode, allowing you to generate endless variations of the styles and blending styles together.

• Create beautiful paintings without the mess.
• Impress your friends with unique holiday cards.
• Create unique avatars and profile pictures.
• Save full-resolution images for poster prints, up to 21 megapixels.
• Combine results with other apps using transparency features.

Glaze's standard Studio mode is great for quickly generating a few versions of a painting and sharing or saving the results. The Workshop lets you explore a huge range of styles and variations to find the perfect fit for each image.

Load images from your library before applying styles from the sliding style bar. Compare styles by tapping on their style buttons. Share or save your final image with the button on the right side of the toolbar to the gallery, Facebook, Twitter, Email, or to other photo processing applications.

Paint a mask to restrict where brush strokes are placed using the Transparency Mask in-app purchase. Save images with transparent backgrounds so they can be precisely layered using compositing apps, retaining the detail of each individual brush stroke.

The Glaze Workshop allows you to create your own unique styles by generating variations and combinations of the included popular styles. Personal styles are controlled through a button palette which is saved and restored each time you use Glaze. Generate random new styles to expand the range of possibilities and mix the random styles on your palette.

Brought to you by The 11ers, winners of the 2012 Technical Achievement Academy Award ® with 20+ years of experience building advanced imaging tools.

Image Credits:
Girl close-up by Habib Zargarpour, modeling by Charlotte Kaiser
Painted Horse by Veronica (vjv on instagram)
Beach shot by Karen Messick
Dinner Party by Christianna Pierce
"Stark Christmas" by James Walsh
Butterfly by Carolyn Hall Young

## Key features

- Photo to painting conversion
- Dozens of included styles
- Custom style creation (Workshop mode)
- Paint masks for brush stroke control
- Save with transparent backgrounds
- High-resolution image saving (up to 21MP)

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Planet Style Group | $0.99 | one-time |
| Pearl Style Group | $0.99 | one-time |
| Daisy Style Group | $0.99 | one-time |
| Poppy Style Group | $0.99 | one-time |
| All Styles | $2.99 | one-time |
| Sailboat Group | $0.99 | one-time |
| Orange Styles | $0.99 | one-time |
| Transparency Pack | $2.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Glaze?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- ⭐ Great app
- 🎨 Turns photos into beautiful paintings
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🎨 Wonderful paint effects
- 💡 Allows creating unique artwork

**Cons**

- 🐛 Saving issues on newer iOS versions
- 🔍 Limited customization options
- 🔧 Needs updates and bug fixes

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Saving images not working
- Crashes on certain devices
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions

**Most requested features**

- More customization options
- Ability to adjust paint effects
- Support for higher resolutions
- Faster performance

## Recent user reviews (10 of 194)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/glaze/id521573656/reviews.md

### 1/5 — А где рисовать?

*2026-04-10*

а где рисовать?

### 1/5 — Фу

*2025-12-30*

Приложение позор, ужас! Ничего не понятно, так ещё и трудно! Зачем оно, и для чего нужно!? Позор не скачивайте!

### 5/5 — Great little app

*2025-12-09, version 1.9*

Works great for my purposes. Really like it. Simple, quick, easy.

### 5/5 — Simply The Best / I love this app

*2025-06-19*

You can turn your photos into beautiful paintings any drawings or pictures you have add painting textures to them with Glaze . This wonderful app does my artwork beautifully . I simply love this app . It’s a great app tool . Do yourself a favor and just try it . For me it’s wonderful .

### 5/5 — Beautiful app

*2024-12-19*

It turns your pictures into beautiful paintings . If you have a photo or picture of a landscape you can use this app to make it look like a painting . It has so many beautiful filters to use . This is not your average app it does videos as well . I love this app simply love it . Give it a try l think you’ll like it . I do .

### 5/5 — Brilliant

*2024-07-20, version 1.9*

This is so easy to use and allows me to reimagine my work into art in seconds what would have taken hours in photoshop

### 5/5 — Never disappoints

*2024-07-04, version 1.9*

I love this app so much years and years of excellent inspiration

### 5/5 — Works great Feb 2024

*2024-02-20, version 1.9*

I don’t care that it has not been updated in a long time. I could screenshot the finished painting and also email it. Super!

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### 4/5 — Great arty app

*2023-12-15, version 1.9*

I like this app a lot - it has some interesting quirky styles. I’m unable to access all the features as the user guide will not scroll on my iPad Air with OS17. The creator’s website is unavailable so I suspect this app hasn’t been updated probably for years - but it’s great as far as it goes and I use it a lot.

### 5/5 — Monty O

*2023-11-27, version 1.9*

Works like magic turning landscape photos and portraits into paintings. I love it.

## Frequently asked questions about Glaze

### What does Glaze do?

Glaze transforms your photos into artistic paintings using a variety of included styles. You can also create your own unique styles and control brush stroke placement with masks. The app allows for high-resolution saving and exporting with transparent backgrounds for further editing.

### What are the key features of Glaze?

Key features include turning photos into paintings with unique styles, creating custom styles in Workshop mode, controlling brush stroke placement with paint masks, saving images with transparent backgrounds, and exporting high-resolution images up to 21 megapixels.

### Is Glaze free to use?

Glaze is free to download and use with its standard Studio mode. However, advanced features like the Transparency Mask for controlling brush stroke placement and saving with transparent backgrounds are available through in-app purchases.

### What are the use cases for Glaze?

Glaze can be used to create unique holiday cards, personalized avatars and profile pictures, or professional-quality poster prints. The transparent background feature is useful for layering images in other compositing applications.

### Can I combine Glaze results with other apps?

Yes, Glaze allows you to save images with transparent backgrounds. This feature enables precise layering and integration of your painted images with other photos or designs in different photo processing or compositing applications.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.9 — 2014-10-31

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Fixed crash in iOS 8.1, loading image issue since iOS8 and iPhone 6&6+ layout issues.

### 1.8 — 2013-11-13

New Transparency Pack in-app purchase:
→ Paint a mask to restrict brush strokes
→ Save images with transparent backgrounds

• Pinch-to-zoom to inspect brush stroke details.
• Load last working photo, or a default, on startup.
• Help overlays improved.

### 1.7 — 2013-10-09

• iOS 7 fixes

### 1.6 — 2013-04-17

Fix startup crash.

### 1.5 — 2012-12-04

• Explicit output resolution selector fixes iPhone 3GS & iPad1 low-resolution output issue and enables hires output of small source images.
• In-app purchases work when disconnected from the Internet (thank you user "scgriff" from Australia for reporting this).

Version 1.4:
• 30 new styles! 6 free styles and 24 more with in-app-purchase. 
• Send a postcard with a glazed image directly to anywhere in the world. 
• Share images to other photo apps with Photo App Link. 
• Improved quality with better color shading and anti-aliasing. 
• Metadata from original images saved to glazed output. 
• Optimized for iphone5. 

The current version of Glaze now supports full-resolution output, allowing you to create images suitable for poster-sized, museum-quality printing. The breathtaking new styles provide amazing new looks that use our improved shading engine to provide vivid colors with no loss of brightness after glazing. Metadata support completes this new set of features designed to make Glaze perfect for professional-quality work, allowing you to glaze your images as part of a larger processing pipeline with no loss of quality or data. 

(*) Full-resolution output requires lots of memory. We conservatively estimate available memory and display a warning if full-resolution output is not feasible. Full resolution output only supported when saving to the gallery, via Email or sharing to other apps via Photo App Link. Facebook and Twitter use reduced resolution due to system limitations. For more details on full resolution rendering please see: http://www.the11ers.com/glaze/support/#resolution 

Contact the developers directly at contact@the11ers.com with any questions.

Note added on 04/08/2013:
Some of our users have reported a startup crash on iOS6. The source of the issue have been identified and an update fixing this is on the way pending approval by Apple. The crash doesn't lose data but it will force you to startup the app twice if it hasn't been used for a while. Thank you to app store users Davidresseguie and Nanski for kindly reporting this.

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