i just do not understand what an alpha channel is. i have just discovered painting with my own msg effects, not just applying the effect but really painting with them and i was thrilled. still trying to grasp what all the different brushes do. i came
Read more…I've had Studio Artist for 5 months and just discovered msg evolver.
Read more…I've searched the manual and tried a few things but cannot find how to do this: I'd like to delete a couple paint synth Preset Favorite Memory patches and make them blank again. Not all, just one or two in each of the banks. I understand I can opti
Read more…SUBJECT: Movie Processing Problem Last night and today I tried a number of times to process a short 5 sec video in SA 3.5- each time it starts on and seems to complete the first frame and then SA just quits. This happened a number of times. I then
Read more…Since I do not make any money off my art, I depend much more than the average monkey on getting inspired in order to create. Sometimes the discipline of a routine is enough, but since I do have to stamp out some cargo to put food on the table, painti
Read more…Hi, I'm a newbie. Could someone walk me through the process of turning a 320x240 QT file into a 640x480 with the same quality resolution? No painting actions. Thanks.
Read more…I've found certain stock SA PAS's where I love the effect, but I want to play with the parameters that went into a certain step because the result is way different than when I invoke the step using the atomic operation using its default parameters. S
Read more…I enjoy having Studio Artist (on the Mac only) as one of the advantages of being a creative class Mac user. Sounds like that situation won't last forever, as Synthetik has talked about plans to make a Windows version for some time. I realize develo
Read more…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…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…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…does one do it here in this central forum space? or is the old DMN forum still the place to do it?
Read more…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…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…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…As part of the version 4 development efforts we're currently optimizing and adding new features to the Studio Artist Paint Synthesizer. And we've love to hear your suggestions for new Paint Synthesizer features. Now is a great time to bring up your c
Read more…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…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…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"! 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…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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