Thread Weaving Tapestry Effect

This post details the individual steps used in a simple paint action sequence (PASeq) that generates a thread weaving effect.  The approach I took might not be what you would originally expect. Rather than building a paint synthesizer preset that emulates threads being horizontally or vertically woven into a tapestry, I used some clever image…

Extending the MSG Rough Sketch Effect

The first image in the following gallery above is a color sketch effect created by incorporating the black and white MSG sketch effect we discussed in yesterdays post into a paint action sequence (PASeq). The black and white MSG preset was used with the Vectorizer and some image operation action steps to build a more…

MSG Rough Sketch

This post details how a simple black and white rough sketch effect was created using MSG. MSG stands for modular synthesized graphics and is Studio Artist’s modular image processing architecture. MSG presets are created by combining together different individual processors that work together to build up an overall effect.

Directed Evolution of MSG Presets

The Studio Artist MSG Evolution Editor (shown below) is a cool way to generate abstract art and wild image processing effects. MSG stands for modular synthesized graphics and is Studio Artist’s modular image processing architecture. You can manually fine tune and edit MSG presets using the MSG Advanced Editor, but getting the most out of the…

Abstracting a Source Image Using MSG

MSG (modular synthesized graphics) is Studio Artist’s modular image processing architecture. 600 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. Or MSG can…