Alternative Kaleidoscopic Effects

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Alternative Kaleidoscopic Effects

Studio Artist provides a wide range of different and unique kaleidoscopic effects that extend beyond the limited range of typical kaleidoscopic effects seen in other digital effects programs. The image above shows off an inverse kaleidoscopic effect (something unique to Studio Artist). This post will take a look at some of the other kaleidoscopic effects you can create in Studio Artist 4 that go beyond the norm.

The inverse kaleidoscopic effect shown above was created with a simple 1 processor MSG effects shown below. Note that it’s based on the use of the 3CKaleidoInv processor, and the IO (input-output) routing shown is a simple approach that takes the 3 color input image streams for the MSG effect (RSrc,GSrc,BSrc) as inputs to the processor, and then outputs it’s effected imagery to the 3 output image streams associated with the MSG effect (ROut,GOut,BOut).

The 2nd gallery image above shows the Evolution Editor propagated with mutated variants of the single inverse kaleidoscopic effect detailed above.

The image below was generated using the Interactive Warp operation mode. It is another example of an inverse kaleidoscopic effect. It was created by interactively moving the mouse in the canvas to dynamically create the effect.

The 2nd gallery image above shows the Interactive Warp control panel settings in the Editor used to build this effect. note that I used the Kaleidoinvert Distance Symmetry interactive warp option. You can see the source image I was processing with the Kaleidoinvert Distance Symmetry interactive warp effect in this screen shot. The mouse movement away from it’s initial mouse down position dynamically determines the symmetry of this kaleidoscopic effect.

You can also use the t hotkey to change what is going on in the warp by dynamically moving the start point. The 3rd gallery image above shows a variant of the effect created by using the t hotkey to move the center point for the effect.

The image below shows off a different kind of kaleidoscopic effect, that incorporates a nonlinear mapping function into the traditional kaleidoscopic process.

The 2nd gallery image above shows the simple MSG preset used to build the nonlinear kaleidoscopic effect. Note that the single processor used is the 3CKaleidoNL processor. The IO routing is the same as discussed above, all it does is route the 3 color input channels associated with the MSG effect through the 3CKaleidoNL processor, who’s output it’s then routed to the 3 color image streams associated with the effect output.

The 3rd gallery image above shows the Evolution Editor propagated with mutated variants of the nonlinear kaleidoscopic effect.

Other kaleidoscopic MSG processors include the 3CKaleidoSpiral, and the 3CKaleidoSwirl processor ( as shown below). And of course the original 3CKaleido processor discussed in posts earlier this week.

All of the above mentioned kaleidoscopic processor effects also come in 1C (single channel) variations as well as the 3C full color variants discussed.

Later in another post we’ll discuss kaleidoscopic effects that include additional modulation inputs, that allow for controlled symmetry breaking in kaleidoscopic effects, which can lead to interesting organic looking imagery that contains symmetry as well as symmetry breaking on a local level.

Categories: MSG, Warping

Tags: kaleidoscope warp

Alternative Kaleidoscopic Effects

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