MSG (modular synthesized graphics) is Studio Artist’s modular image processing architecture. Almost 500 different image processing modules (called processors) are available within MSG and can be combined together to create an infinite variety of different image synthesis or processing effects. MSG can be used to create abstract procedural imagery or animations from scratch. MSG can…
Studio Artist user Charis Tsevis recently created several photo mosaic portraits for publication in the LA Times based on imagery from the 2008 Olympics. By photo mosaic i mean a picture generated from a collection of smaller photos arranged to represent the larger image. Studio Artist provides many tools that enable you to take traditional…
Studio Artist user Dylan Harris is a poet who has been expanding the notion of electronic literature from traditional oral poetry recital to a full multimedia experience. Dylan will be presenting his ‘Poetry Accompanied by Processed Photography’ presentation at the Electronic Literature in Europe conference, which takes place in Bergen Norway from September 11-13. Dylan…
The San Francisco Chronicle via their SF Gate web site posted a review of David Kaplan’s Studio Artist animated feature film ‘Year of the Fish’. Year of the Fish has it’s theatrical debut on August 29th in San Francisco, Berkley, and New York City. Additional theatrical showings nationwide will include Huntington and Cambridge Harvard Square…
My favorite way to work with Studio Artist’s MSG (modular synthesized graphics) capabilities is to create procedural artwork using directed evolution. By procedural i mean that the actual imagery in the artwork is created mathematically from the internal processing in the MSG preset. As opposed to being based on a literal representation from a digital…
It’s great to see ‘Year of the Fish’ posters right there next to Rock Me Sexy Jesus and Death Race. David Kaplan’s Studio Artist animated feature film ‘Year of the Fish’ will be making it’s theatrical debut in the US on August 29. Initial showings are at the Kabuki Theatre in San Francisco, the Shattuck…
Studio Artist user Dennis Miller will be helping to organize a visual music section in the computer animation festival for Siggraph 2009, which will be held in New Orleans next summer. Those of you who checked out the previous visual music marathon know that it was an awesome presentation of different animation styles and techniques…
MacLife posted an article today on the making of David Kaplan’s Studio Artist animated film ‘Year of the Fish’. The timing is especially pertinent because Year of the Fish has it’s theatrical debut on August 29th in San Francisco and New York with additional showings in theaters nationally afterwards. It’s well worth checking out Year…
Studio Artist’s MSG (modular synthesized graphics) has some new cellular automata processors. What’s especially interesting about these is that you can configure them to create representation imagery as well as the flat fractal texture fields you would typically see for this kind of imagery. The mathematics behind cellular automata are particularly fascinating because they create…
One of the cool things about digital media is that you aren’t restricted to conventional limitations associated with 2D or time based traditional media. I’ve been exploring the notion of fluid time in static and moving imagery recently using beta builds of upcoming Studio Artist 4. Once you have a digital representation of motion captured…