Studio Artist Tutorials

Creative Mac - Revisiting Write-on Effects in Studio Artist 3
Creating painting and writing animations, working with alpha channels and exploring new stroke recording options


http://www.creativemac.com/2004/04_apr/tutorials/ggyhbw08.htm

Creative Mac - Download Dave Nagel's Series7 PaintPatches
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/09_sep/features/download46030926.htm

Download these amazingly rich paint patches created by Studio Artist expert Dave Nagel.
"25 chunky, creamy, splattering art brushes."

Creative Mac - Alpha Channels in Studio Artist 2.0
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/09_sep/tutorials/studioartistalpha1030904.htm

A comprehensive looks at using alpha channels in your stills, video and animation. This tutorial can help Studio Artist fit better into your production pipeline.

Creative Mac - Creating Paint-On Effects in Studio Artist
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/08_aug/tutorials/sa-writeon030814.htm

You paint on the canvas using the paint patches you want... Studio Artist records and outputs it all in the form of a QuickTime movie in the codec of your choosing. It's as simple as that!

Creative Mac - Masking and Region Selection in Studio Artist
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/06_jun/tutorials/samask1030625.htm

Learn how to use Studio Artist's powerful region selection and masking tools - features that are unique to Studio Artist. You can set your mask interactively based on an image's local color values.

Creative Mac - Inside the Paint Synthesizer: The MultiPen Mode
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/02_feb/tutorials/sapaintsynth4030227.htm

A look at Studio Artist's amazing MultiPen capability. MultiPen is a mode that allows you to take any Paint Patch and turn it into a brush that appears to have multiple tips.

Creative Mac - Inside the Paint Synthesizer: The Pen Mode
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/01_jan/tutorials/sapaintsynth3030129.htm

Explore Studio Artist's powerful Pen Mode parameter. In Studio Artist 2.0 there are 9 distinct Pen Modes available. This tutorial explores each mode, providing tips and illustrations.

Creative Mac - Warp Effects in Studio Artist
http://www.creativemac.com/2002/10_oct/tutorials/sawarp021002.htm

"Of the multitudinous--and, yes, that is a word--creative tools in Synthetik Studio Artist, one of the least documented is its Interactive Warp features. These include the ability to create spherical bulges, spirals, ripples and a number of other warp styles. And they can also be animated, a process we'll look at today."

Creative Mac - Creating Photomosaics in Studio Artist
http://www.creativemac.com/2002/08_aug/tutorials/saphotomosaic1020808.htm

Create images composed of hundreds of smaller photos. In Studio Artist the effect need not be limited to just still images, and it doesn't have to be a laborious process of manually laying out and photographing each mosaic as a frame. Using Synthetik Studio Artist 2.0 and a collection of digital images, you can create still or motion photomosaics in no more time than it takes to render frames.

Creative Mac - Inside the Paint Synthesizer: Intro to Time Particles
http://www.creativemac.com/2002/12_dec/tutorials/sapaintsynth1021220.htm

"Takes a look at a function unique to Studio Artist called "Time Particles". Time Particles are, in essence, self-animating brush strokes. They can be used to create paint daubs that float around the canvas, images that break apart or come together over time or just about anything else you'd like to do given a boundless creative environment in which any kind of paint stroke can have motion applied to it."

Creative Mac - Inside the Paint Synthesizer: More About Time Particles
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/01_jan/tutorials/sapaintsynth2030115.htm

Continuing our look at the unique feature called "Time Particles".

Creative Mac - Quick Reference Guide
http://www.creativemac.com/2003/03_mar/tutorials/saqrg3030305.htm

"Quick Reference Guide" is an updated, feature by feature reference to the Studio Artist Paint Synthesizer.

Digital Media Designer (Jean Detheux) - Working With Source Images in SA
http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/2001/04_apr/tutorials/studioartist1/studioartist1-page1.htm

"This tutorial on Multiple Source Images shows how Studio Artist enables the artist to "use" just about any combination of source images in order to come up with unique images that are truly his or her own, and doing so in ways that are radically different from what, for example, could be done in Photoshop, or Painter."

Creative Mac - Digital Washes
http://www.creativemac.com/2001/04_apr/tutorials/digitalwashes/digitalwashes-full.htm

Taking a look at another one of those features that makes Studio Artist unique, namely the ability to use media that interact with one another like liquids.


Creative Mac - Working with Alpha Channels

http://www.creativemac.com/HTM/58Seconds/2000/04_00/studioartistalpha.htm

Importing and working with Alpha Channels in Studio Artist.

Creative Mac - Bezier Animation Tool
http://www.creativemac.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2001/02_feb/tutorials/studioartistanimation/studioartistanimate-page1.htm

"A quick look at how to get your Studio Artist still creations moving with a little bit of help from Bezier paths and keyframes."


Digital Media Designer - Bronze Rubbing Effect

http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2001/03_mar/tutorials/sarubbing/sarubbing-page1.htm

Exploring Paint Synthesizer functions to create a bronze rubbing effect. For this tutorial, we'll be using a stained-glass window and creating the effect of taking a rubbing with a piece of bronze.

Creative Mac - Color Mapping in Studio Artist
http://www.creativemac.com/cgi-bin/getframeletter.cgi?/2001/02_feb/tutorials/studioartistcolormap/studioartistcolormap-page1.htm

This tutorial demonstrates how to use Color Map Image Processing to apply the colors from one image to another image."

Dr. Dude Tutorials and Tips
http://drdude.net/sa_tutorials/sa_demomp.html

Project 1: Fixed Morphs using the animation time line.
Project 2: The Melting Face using warp regional modified

Creative Mac - Drip Transition Tutorial
http://www.creativemac.com/HTM/58Seconds/2000/06_00/studioartistdrip/studioartistdriptransition.htm

"A little tweak on one of the presets to create a QuickTime movie that uses a liquid drip effect to transition to another image. It's something that can work as a stand-alone effect or brought into Adobe After Effects for luma keying."

Digital Media Designer - Exploring Synthetik's Studio Artist 12/2000
http://www.digitalmediadesigner.com/2000/12/tutorial/studioartist1/studioartist1-page1.htm

Brush interaction through Paint Fill algorithms. Using your brush to blend with and displace the painted surface of your canvas.

Creative Mac (Jean Detheux) - Three Strokes - PASeq Processing
http://www.creativemac.com/HTM/58Seconds/2000/07_00/studioartist3strokes-page1.htm

New ideas about creating flowing paintings as Quicktime movies where moving paint interacts with previously applied strokes.

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