repeating a paseq step every n frames
Hello, What's the best way to repeat a particular paseq step every N frames, but not every frame? thanks, Michael
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processing speed with multiple processors
Hi all, I read on the site that the new version (3.5) would take advantage of multiple processors does anyone have experience of this? The demo uses about 45% of existing processor output making me think that it only uses one processor. Is there a w
Read more…Process Movie Settings
I did first serious tests with the task Proscess Source Movie with a Paint Action Sequence. The snippet of video I used was set to 15 frames per second and I cut it down to 2 seconds. Means I had 30 frames. When I let the source movie ran through the
Read more…Be Afraid of the Quicktime 7.2 Update
It's not always a good idea to blindly click ok whenever the apple software update panel comes flashing up. Apaprently some people on intel macs are having issues with the latest Quicktime 7.2 update hosing rosetta on those machines, mackine them una
Read more…Hello
Hi there, I am totally new to Studio Artist 3.5. As usual with programmes I have way to many ideas that I can't develop because I am not proficient yet. This might seem like a stupid question but I am having trouble with something that seems like it
Read more…Movie Brush
Hello I recently made a movie brush in which all my images had an alpha channel. I edited: Default -> 3.0 Tutorial -> PhotoMontage Brush2 to use my generated quicktime movie. The alpha channel was not acknowledged so I changed the Brush Type to: Sou
Read more…General SA feature suggestion(s)
John and all at Synthetik, Glad to see this forum and all up and running. Thanks. I am still using an older version of Studio Artist: 3.04 Because I have not updated, I may end up referring to features that already exist in the newest version(s). I
Read more…Where is the best place to ask little tech/creative questions?
does one do it here in this central forum space? or is the old DMN forum still the place to do it?
Read more…Rescaling Time
Suppose I want to keep my output movie fps something like 24 (or whatever), and have a source movie which is the same fps. However, I'd like to slow down my source by a factor of N, where I want to repeat each frame of the source movie N times (while
Read more…How to animate a progressive effect?
I primarily edit video using FCP and After Effects and I love SA as a potential tool in my arsenal. From all the examples I have seen, SA paint effects are usually added to the entire vid clip frames. I want to do something different and create a mov
Read more…New Tutorial up on my Personal Blog
One of the cool features of the new Studio Artist User Forum is that you can start your own personal blogs in the 'My Page' section of the forum. I'm going to try using my own personal blog as a way to post some short tutorials and tips for Studio Ar
Read more…New InkJet Photo Printers
Epson was really the only game in town for archival photo printing for a long time but that has recently changed with recent announcements by HP and Canon. I'm particularly excited about the new HP models like the Z2100 and Z3100 series because of th
Read more…Manual Rotoscoping
Ive been trying to play around with some manual rotoscoping but am having some problems...first off i just want to make sure im going about doing it correctly... I open up the program and load my movie as the source image...i then load the same movi
Read more…New User Groups Feature
We added a new User Groups feature to the Studio Artist User Forum. You will notice the new Groups tab at the top of the forum and a new popular groups section on the bottom left side. I started a new Studio Artist Tutorials group as a way of gettin
Read more…Angle Increment in Particle Pen Mode
I recently realized that the Angle Increment control in the Path Angle control panel was not doing what it was supposed to in Particle Pen Mode. It's now fixed in the version 4 development builds, so something to look forward to (among many things).
Read more…how to save a movie stream as you're working
i just had sa quit after i painted 50 frames into a movie stream. i don't see a way to save the movie as i work because if i close the stream i've ended the movie. it seems i can't use "save canvas movie" because that is a loaded movie canvas command
Read more…Welcome to the new Studio Artist User Forum
Welcome to the new Studio Artist User Forum! We've set up this new forum as an alternative to the old WWUG user forum to take advantage of more recent developments in web-based social networking. The old forum is still available as always but we're
Read more…Is anybody making a copy of all the material in the Tutorials Forum
Since the Forum is going away in June, has anyone started to make a copy of all the stuff in the Tutorials forum?I've made copies of some of the tutorial material on the main site, but haven't looked at the Tutorial Forum yet.I'm going to continue copying as much as I can for my own personal use anyway, but if anyone else is doing it, or has already started doing it, please let me know.Maybe we can co-ordinate our efforts. ps can't ..... believe John, would let this happen without so much as a…
Read more…Studio Artist is in Italy!
I was crawling the streets of Matera, Italy today and may have discovered where SA is hiding! (see attached photo). Not meaning to make light of this great, sad mystery. But I just couldn't resist as I try to make sense of what's happening. Losing my connection to SA, Synthetik and John has been a great sadness... and if real, ends a monumental era in my creative life. love,~Victor
Read more…The Overload
"The Overload"! A video with music, from the various experiments I made in Studio Artist with stuff that I have learned in the last few days, from tips and tricks I found by scouring this site and the Synthetik site for tutorials etc. MSG! Paint Synth with MSG Path Generation! Movie Brushes with MSG Path Start Generation! Time Particles! Time Particles with MSG Path Start Generation running Movie Brushes! All that, and more! Haha I have been trying to stretch the Paint Synthesizer in the…
Read more…Teenage Tongue Cult
Hi, here is the video I made back in 2010 for my song "Teenage Tongue Cult". I finally found my master folder of image sequence files for it on one of my old hard drives, and since the version I had on my Vimeo was of pretty terrible pixelated low quality visually, I re-did it yesterday. It has extensive use of Studio Artist through the whole thing. I made it by first animating the characters and scenes in Flash, against a mostly kind of muddy green background, a color I knew wasn't being used…
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