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How to Erase the Canvas

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A simple question that comes up when getting started using Studio Artist for the first time is how to erase the canvas. The quick answer is that you can use the eraser button in the main operation toolbar shown above to erase the canvas. This tip discusses the different options available for erasing the canvas in more detail.

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Getting Started with Digital Painting

Studio Artist’s paint synthesizer is an amazingly versatile digital painting tool. You can choose to paint manually or just press the action button and let Studio Artist paint your source image automatically. There are thousands of factory paint presets available to help you get started. Paint presets are completely editable, so it’s easy to customize them to suit the needs of your own individual workflow and visual aesthetic. This tutorial will focus on getting started painting using the paint synthesizer.

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Brush Folder

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Studio Artist uses a special folder called the Brush folder as a container for storing individual image or movie files used in Studio Artist paint presets. This tip will discuss how to work with the Brush folder.

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Adjusting the Pen Mode

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The Paint Synthesizer can respond to your mouse or pen movements in different ways.  How the current paint preset responds to pen movement is a function of the paint synthesizer’s adjustable Pen Mode option.  Changing the pen mode is an easy way to modify the drawing behavior and appearance of any paint preset. This tip will discuss how to adjust the pen mode and the different kinds of drawing behavior you can access via the different pen modes.

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Creating a Random Vectorizer Gallery Show

Gallery Show is a cool new feature in Studio Artist 4. You can use it to build free-running art shows that endlessly loop creating new art imagery for display in an art gallery. You can also use gallery show to automatically generate sets of randomly evolved art images or effect presets that can be culled through for ‘keepers’. This tip will discuss how to build a gallery show that generates randomized vectorizer imagery.

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