when i click the "download now" button it takes me to a page that says 404 error. so i cant download it. and theres only 1 hour and 40min left to download. please help

I don't understand all the registration problems mentioned. I didn't even have to wait for an email from them -- as soon as I gave them just a little info, the activation code was right there. Nice little program. It's always fun to play with new arty programs! Thank you, GAOTD and SoftOrbits!

Everything 'said' it installed correctly and "thank you for installing" but when I run the program it says '0' trial days remain and then closes..
I tried "Extend Trial Period", which only offers 20 days, but have not received anything further...

VERY disappointed....

The key not sent to my email please sent it

Okay, here's my feedback on this Sketch Drawer 6.0
1. Registration was simple and went without a hitch. (see how in post #16)
The user interface is simple and straight forward.
It has a drag and drop option or you can navigate to an image using the add file or folder under "File" on the toolbar.
Features for using a photo are Add file, Add folder, Remove Selected, Remove All, Save, Save as, Print, File Information, Do, Undo, Zoom in, Zoom out, or Zoom normal, Painting, Crop, Rotate, Undo Brush, Image Correction and Options. Under options, the only thing there is language you use. That's it.

After adding an image file you will see a preview pane located in the middle of the picture. To the right you will see a Toolbox. For tools you have Style (realistic, detailed sketch or classic) Under that is a Preset button with a dropdown menu that contains... Default, Schematic, Detailed Sketch and Light Brown. Below that there are 3 tabs labeled Contour, Hatching and Colorize with each tab having slide buttons except for the Colorize which only has checkboxes. Once you've selected all of what you want you picture to look like, simply click on the Run button to transform your picture into art.

It was easy to use, fun and gives you a sense of being creative. I think you'll be amazed at what the results are. I certainly was. This program has a very low learning curve. You probably can just wing it on your own as the UI is self-explains itself. It's worth downloading, I think. And I did not once experience any crashing as others below have complained of. Haters will hate, I suppose. I think this program is a keeper so I can just toy around with pictures of people and or scenery.

great photo editor software. Easy to use and had a lot of features

They seem to have mislabelled a couple of sliders. The one for stroke length seems to thicken the lines and visa versa. It also crashes often when trying different settings after a "Run".

LoL at those waiting for activation key.

Here's what you do.
Install the program
License key window will pop up
Click "Get free activation key button at bottom (button pulsates blue)
Next window opens up in your default chosen browser
Enter email addy click "Request Full Version Key" button (green)
Next page you will fill in your name and country you live in
Click "Done. Continue" button (blue)
Next window opens up and you will the see your key just below where it says this: Step 3: Show license key
Copy and paste this key into notepad and save it along with the other info you used i.e. name, country and email you used.

I played around with this for about a half hour, trying all kinds of settings. I was never able to get even a half decent "sketch" out of it. So, I went and tried Fotosketcher, as recommended by several below. For me, Fotosketcher was much, much better and easier to use. I might be doing something wrong, but I tried for a long time and it is not my first rodeo.

This is not the same version 6.0 product as indicated on the web site, there is no Batch Convert, no Watermark, No delete button and the toolbox layout is different, so how can it still be version 6.0

I have the same problem as Charles, tried to get the activation key about two hours ago, repeated again but no email until now.

I entered the key and registered successfully with confirmation message.
Then, I finally got "Sketch Drawer - Giveaway of the day - ****Unregistered version - 10 trial days remain****" on top of the Window!!!

Please help!
I had uninstalled my previous registered version 5.1 of Sketch Drawer Pro...

Two originals(downloaded from the internet) and some results:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/0c2bo6pb0xvcd4b/AACnyH-ChwYtaHzXRQWllQqya

This version 6 did deactivate version 5 from another free d/l site and a way old Sketch Drawer I never uninstalled. Used programs' built in uninstall to remove them. Oddly Revo uninstaller only showed the version 6. Didn't bother to try other uninstallers.
Have had earlier versions work ok on Windows 10 x64 Pro. Same with this drop & drag one. License right away using a Yahoo acct.
Worth a poke for casual use like if need this for a photo to sketch output. Personally I still like to sketch from a projected image onto canvas rather than use such 'mechanical' interpretation, but now & then this method can come in handy. Thanks GOTD.

I already had version 5.1, opened this up first and was greeted with a purchase v6 window, so getting v6 for free today, brilliant. V5 didn't like opening my .Nef raw files, it wasn't probably designed to work with these, often crashing out, fair enough. V6, however seems not to mind these files, stable, didn't crash. Not sure v6 is supposed to work on Raw files, but it did, most of my images are in raw format, so happy days, I have yet to try it on Jpegs. After a little play around with settings, you can get some descent artistic conversions. Worth a try? I think so, works with all the usual formats, Jpeg, Tif etc. Win10 64 bit, installed no problem, registration process simple and reliable as it should always be, if only all soft wares were as easy to install and register.

A good program for any wanna-be artists --- also actual artists. Fun to use. Had it for a while. Thumbs up from me.

Downloaded fine, unpacked fine. Still waiting for the license key after an hour and half :-/

Installed and registered fine but crashed numerous times while trying to use. Not uninstalling yet. COULD be conflicting with another app. Could be the complexity of the picture. We'll see. I've had previous versions that did not crash when using.

Every year or two we have this as GOTD, what's in today version vs. the older ones?

keeps closing

Installed on Windows 10, 64bit. Works GREAT! Tried it with several pictures and all worked! Thanks for this program! What fun!

I've tried it during the pas giveaway, but I found Fotosketcher, which is free, and offers more tools, and does a very fine job at being the "artist within."

But keep up the giveaways! And hopefully you're up your ante for XMAS!

Installed and registered fine but crashed 6 times in a row while trying to use - uninstalled.

FotoSketcher is free, been around for many years, and does everything this one does - and more.

Sorry, I should have added it overwrote V5 I had previously installed, saved me uninstalling it.

Installed, ran, no problems.