PASeq Preference Options

There are a number of different adjustable Paint Action Sequence (PASeq) preference options you can use to fine tune the behavior of PASeq playback based on your personal workflow needs. These include options for controlling when the Editor and canvas are updated during PASeq playback as well as how keyframe interpolation works.  This tip will…

Setting up Initial Canvas States when Movie Processing with a PASeq

Today’s post follows directly from the last 2 day’s posts, which re-examined some old Process Movie Tutorial examples. The movie processing examples detail how to incorporate the concept of overdrawing on a previous canvas output frame into building a movie processing effect in a paint action sequence (PASeq). One important consideration to take into account…

Movie Processing Strategies Part 3

This tutorial continues our discussion of the mechanics of designing and building paint strategies for creating paint animation effects in Studio Artist. To process a movie file in Studio Artist you first record a Paint Action Sequence (PASeq) and then process a movie file with the PASeq. A paint strategy is the series of processing…

Movie Processing Strategies Part 2

This tutorial continues our discussion of the mechanics of designing and building paint strategies for creating paint animation effects in Studio Artist. Studio Artist uses Paint Action Sequences (PASeq) to process movies. So to implement your paint strategy for building a particular paint animation effect you need to record a series of action steps in…