There are a number of different path start generators in the Studio Artist Paint Synthesizer that support paint regionization. What this means is that the paint synthesizer analyzes your source image and then breaks it into a series of different geometric regions and paints in each region individually. This is an alternative approach to the…
Studio Artist creator John Dalton will be giving a 1 hour presentation on Digital Creativity and Studio Artist at HMAUS’s Mactoberfest on Saturday, October 18th from 11-12 am. Mactoberfest is a free and public event celebrating mac computer culture. Everyone interested in Studio Artist or Apple computers is urged to attend. For more information on…
October 14th is the Canadian premiere of the Studio Artist animation “Mugenkei” at the Festival Nouveau Cinéma in Montréal. The film is by Studio Artist user Jean Detheux and features the music of German composer Wilfried Jentzsch. The film shows Oct 14th and Oct 18th. You can learn more about the festival here, and info…
We’ve recently been profiling some different ways to utilize MSG presets within the Studio Artist Paint Synthesizer. Another approach to using MSG’s modular image processing architecture to extend the functionality of the paint synthesizer is the MSG Scan Generator option in the Path Start control panel. Some MSG processors that generate a series of internal…
The example above is a frame from an animation created using time particles in the Studio Artist paint synthesizer. Each time particle is an instantiation of a MSG preset. The particular preset used in this example is the same IFS chaotic attractor preset used in the previous post on MSG Live Source Brushes. This means…
The image above was created using a MSG preset that generates an IFS chaotic attractor as a MSG Live Source Brush. What this means is that the MSG preset is used to generate the source brush dynamically as you paint. This is a new feature in Studio Artist 4. Note that this is different than…
I’ve been doing some experiments recently building paint presets that paint with actual chaotic attractors, as seen in the image above. This example showcases how you can use different Studio Artist features working together to build an overall artistic process. I started out by building a MSG preset that renders a pickover chaotic attractor, as…
Studio Artist user Ben Balser will be giving a Studio Artist presentation at FEAR in New Orleans, the Film, Effects and Animation Revival on Sunday, October 5, from 4-5 pm. Ben will show the basic tools available in Studio Artist. Ben has this to say about his presentation. ‘Designed for fine arts work, Studio Artist…
Studio Artist user Zennor Alexander has recently posted some awesome music animations on his web site www.colliderscope.com. Zennor focuses on the animations while collaborating with Fiona Soe Paing who does the music. Check out the movie ‘Tamin Sah Pade’ for some examples of his Studio Artist work. Zennor and Fiona plan a DVD release for…
Symmetry can often be used as a powerful component of a given artistic image. This is true because there is a hard-wired component of the visual system that recognizes and perceives symmetry in an image before we even become consciously aware of that fact. Christopher Tyler at the Smith Kettlewell Eye Institute in San Francisco…