Magic Spiros
The following abstract image above was generated in about 10 seconds using one of Studio Artists Spiro paint presets. We’ll take a look at how this particular paint preset works in this post.
Truchet Vectorizer Shape Type
Studio Artist has a vectorizer Shape Type option that can fill with different Truchet patternings. This post will take a look at how to use the new Truchet Shape Type options. You can find Truchet Presets by choosing the Vectorizer mode and searching for Truchet. There are also Truchet presets in the Paint Synthesizer that…
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Adding a Border Effect to a Vectorizer Abstraction
The following image is a combination of a vectorizer abstraction preset with an added smart blur effects masked so that it only blurs at the edges of the image. This can be used as a technique to focus the viewer’s attention on the center of the image, and also to create a sense of…
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Timed Painting of a Bezier Path as an Animation Effect
The following image is the end frame of a simple paint animation that paints in 2 bezier paths that spell out ‘Happy Holidays’ over a specific number of frames. Someone recently asked me how to build this kind of animation effect, so I quickly threw this simple example together, which we will explore in…
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Preset Management Tutorial Video Posted
Three Training Videos on Preset Management. Check ’em out on the Training page or through these links