As opposed to most of the JixiPix apps Ive played with, which change a photograph into a painting, this software makes the photograph "hyper-photographic", making your image startlingly more real-life. You can play with the settings, though, to make the result more surrealistic by playing with color settings, etc. Very cool results. Im very pleased with this product and have no complaints. There are a bunch of presets to choose from, as well as the ability to use sliders to fine-tune the result. Be aware that when you want to save your image, it will take a couple of moments and the resulting file size will be significantly larger than the image you started with.