These
images are there in no particular order, they are gathered as raw material
for the creation of one or several images I know nothing about as of yet.
Some of these images may be used a lot, others may be ignored (almost)
totally.
I find that Studio Artist is an exceptional tool for exploring
almost without a goal, my favorite way to work.
First, I will launch Studio Artist 1.5 and select "image 1"
above as the Source Image, at 320 x 240 pixels. As soon as you
launch it, the application asks you to select a Source Image and
then brings up this dialog box:
If you
want to change the proportions of the image you are opening as Source
Image, make sure you deselect the "Constrain Aspect Ratio"
box.
If you want the Source Image to appear on the canvas, select "Source
Image" in the pop up menu at the top of the work window:
Here's what that first 320 x 240 canvas image looks like:
Then, I open a second Source Image ("cmd-o"), with which
I will modify the first one (Note:: in Studio
Artist, if you do not modify the canvas size initially defined when
opening the first Source Image, all the subsequent Source Images
will open at that size and resolution):
Here's a thumbnail of the image I selected:
I did not render it to the Canvas, just kept it selected as
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I select
a Category in the Preset, and a Patch with which
I paint on the canvas image, either manually, or by triggering the "Action"
(simply pressing "cmd-spacebar") and stopping the action
( by pressing the spacebar alone).
The intelligence behind Studio Artist is remarkable, I have tested,
several times, its automatic actions against what I would choose to do
manually, and there often are amazing similarities!
Here's
the Fast Edge Sketch patch in the Auto Sketch category
Letting the Action proceed for just a few quick seconds, then stopping
it by pressing the spacebar, here's what I get:
Keeping the same Source Image active, I choose
another Patch and apply a few strokes, this time with my drawing
pen (Wacom Intuos).
Selecting
another Source Image (image 7 ), and
again not rendering it to the canvas, I use several other Paint
Patches to modify my canvas image: |
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Selecting
the next Source Image (#5), not rendering it to the canvas,
and working with a variety of Patches:
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Opened
another Source Image (#3), did more work with a variety of
Patches, I also brought back the original Source Image
(#1) and again made a few strokes with several Patches:
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You
likely get by now the idea of how to modify the canvas image by using
successive Source Images as sources for strokes, colours, and
more. |
Before
we move on to looking at more images done using Multiple Source
Images, here are a few tips that can be very useful: even though
Studio Artist requires one to select a Source Image
to start working, one is not "limited" to using only that
Source Image. It is quite possible to switch from Source
Image to Source Color and paint using one's selected
colours.
Let's
open the image above and set the source to Source Color:
Notice
I also switched to another Category, and to another Patch.
Also, I do not render the Source Image to the canvas, instead
I select to use a White canvas:
Let's make a few marks selecting different colours in the palette:
A
few more things worth noticing: in Studio Artist, the range
of colours available in the colour palette window extends beyond
the edges of the palette itself. If one clicks and drags beyond
an edge, the colour will continue to shift in relation to the position
the cursor is at, even well beyond the (visible) palette edges.
Also, it is possible to select a colour on the fly right off the
canvas image itself, simply by pressing the "c" key and
mousing down (just like a colour picker in so many other graphics
applications).
Finally, one can modify the brush/tool stroke width by pressing
the "b" key and mousing down on the canvas, setting a
new stroke width size by dragging horizontally:
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Here
are ten images that were made by using the same Source Images
presented above, with a few side trips into "Source Color"
and stroke width size setting: |
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