Happy Island Updates

A personal blog that chronicles various aspects of what Studio Artist creator John Dalton is up to. The Studio Artist User Forum is at studioartist.ning.com The main Synthetik Software site is www.synthetik.com More WMF at www.myspace.com/wmfrocks

Jul 9

MSG Facial Variations 4


Another image from a series of MSG preset processed abstractions of the same facial source image. The original face is most recognizable in this one. The whole series was generated using…
Posted at 8:38am

Create Digital Music » Record Your Session to the Web: Indaba’s Online Recording Studio Launches

I don’t know what i think about this.  But i think my previous comments about hard compiled application on your desktop and their advantages apply.  Still, food for thought…
Posted at 8:35am

Jul 8

MSG Facial Variations 3


Another MSG facial abstraction created in Studio Artist 4. All of the images in this series were made from the same source image of a face. There’s really an infinite variety of different…
Posted at 9:09am

Jul 7

MIT develops camera-like fabric | Underexposed - CNET News

Posted at 7:45pm

MSG Facial Variations 2


Another MSG derived image in a series of different facial abstractions generated off of the same source image of a face. This one was created using a new Studio Artist version 4 MSG…
Posted at 8:26am

Jul 6

MSG Facial Variations 1


I thought i’d post a few examples of different MSG presets processing the same facial image over the next few days. This one is pretty abstract, but interesting. It reminds me of colored…
Posted at 10:36am

Jul 5

Decoding the HTML 5 video codec debate - Ars Technica

Posted at 7:05pm

Extending a Black and White MSG Sketch Effect to Color


In a previous Anatomy of a MSG Effect post we discussed the inner workings behind programing a 2 step black and white sketch effect based on 2 different MSG presets combined together in a…
Posted at 9:50am

MSG Experiments


Abstract procedural image created using one of the new MSG processors in Studio Artist 4.

Posted at 12:37am

Jul 4

Video Time Particles


Still frame capture from a movie generated using video time particles. It’s done using the Time Particle Start Point tracking setting in the Paint Source Offset control panel in the paint…
Posted at 9:28am

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