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  • I am sure there are quite a few factory presets available with SA that could start you on the way to making images like that.

    I am attaching a Paint Synthesizer preset that might be a good starting point for experimenting: cd_dottoss01.zip

    I used the auto button to run the action.

    This will generate nice color dots (colors from a source file) that (mostly) don't overlap and are various sizes. I generated the attached (screengrab) image on a 3222x3222px canvas. You can edit this preset in the Paint Synthesizer for variation. The dots reference the fish source image (also attached)3819801778?profile=RESIZE_710x

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    I am sure there are better options for generating the kind of dot cluster you are going for - I just happened to like working in the Paint Synthesizer.

    Luck!

    cd_dottoss01.zip

  • Like Craig said, there are a lot of different ways you could build something like this. Here's one simple paint synthesizer approach.

    So i'm using smooth random path start generator, a path length of 1, vector sphere painting, and i configured Path End to stop if the point is non white.

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    I then edited the Brush Modulation control panel to add some random brush size modulation. I also set the min-max range for that modulation to be a range less then the max brush size (to provide some space between each paint nib).

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    The 2 paint synthesizer preset files i used for this simple example are attached below.

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    You could also use MSG or the Vectorizer to create various close pack sphere abstract images. I'll try to post some examples of these alternative approaches here tomorrow.

    closepack1

    closepack2

    • Thank you for your helpfull answers. Your answers so close what I need - Especially closepack2.

      I did some editing on it and get colser dot.

      Is it possible touches dots each other and minimum whites between them without overlapping?

      • If you goto the Brush Modulation control panel, you can set the min and max brush sizes the modulation is generated within. So set Max Size to 100% if you want them to touch.

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