As many of you know, converting photographs into pencil-type sketches in Photoshop is easy in principle, but a nightmare in operation. For this reason, Akvis have released v2.1 of their
Akvis Sketch software. Additions to the new version include further multi-national language support, batch processing, support for Photoshop Elements 5, and much much more! Go check it out - its only $72 USD, and could save you quite a bit of time!