User's Guide This User's Guide Is the Official Reference for Studio Artist 4.0
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™ StudioGraphics Synthesizer Artist from Synthetik Software Version 4.0 User's Guide This User's Guide is the official reference for Studio Artist 4.0. Studio Artist User's Guide by John Dalton. Studio Artist application by John Dalton. Special thanks beyond the call of duty to Candice Pacheco. Thanks to Jean Detheux, Chuck Floading, Victor Ingrassia, Dennis Miller, Sharon Katz, Craig Deeley, David Kaplan, Dave Mazza, Dave Nagel, Tien Yang, Jason Sharp, John Binkov, Toru Kawate, Margie Levinson, Scott Rawlings, Steve Campbell, Julia Kay, Josh Rosen, Tom and Ann Dimuzio, Atau Tanaka, Nina Paley, Jenna Amberg Johnson, and everyone else who contributed their time and talent over the years. Studio Artist™ is developed and supported by Synthetik Software. Synthetik Software Inc. Seven Waterfront Plaza 500 Ala Moana Blvd, Suite 400 Honolulu ,HI 96813 Voice: (866)-511-9971 Fax: (808)-261-1837 Visit us online at: www.synthetik.com Technical Support online: www.synthetik.com and [email protected] (Please include your serial number in any communications when you contact Technical Sup- port.) Information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on the part of Synthetik Software, Inc. The software described in this document is furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. The software may be used or copied only in accordance of the terms of the agreement. It is against the law to copy this software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the agreement. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose without the express written permission of Synthetik Software, Inc. 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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started ...................................................................... 1 Studio Artist is a smart painting, drawing, image and video processing program which includes: ...........1 The World’s First Graphics Synthesizer.................................................................................................................2 Intelligent-Assisted drawing ...................................................................................................................................2 The complexity of Raster paint with the editability of Vector paths .................................................................3 Extensive Interactivity .............................................................................................................................................3 Auto Rotoscoping .....................................................................................................................................................3 Vector-based warping and morphing ....................................................................................................................4 Image Processing .......................................................................................................................................................4 Texture Synthesis .......................................................................................................................................................4 Vectorizer - Raster to Vector Conversion ...............................................................................................................5 MSG - Modular Synthesized Graphics ..................................................................................................................5 Live Video Processing ..............................................................................................................................................5 Overview ........................................................................................................................................................................6 Working With Movies .................................................................................................................................................14 Studio Artist Windows and Palettes.........................................................................................................................15 Source Area ..........................................................................................................................................................16 Editor ....................................................................................................................................................................22 Working Canvas ..................................................................................................................................................22 Operation Toolbar ...............................................................................................................................................23 Favorites Preset Toolbar .....................................................................................................................................24 Help Palette ..........................................................................................................................................................25 Installing Studio Artist on your Hard Disk ............................................................................................................26 Quick Start....................................................................................................................................................................28 System Requirements .................................................................................................................................................31 Chapter 2: Operation Modes ................................................................ 34 Presets ...........................................................................................................................................................................36 Paint Synthesizer .........................................................................................................................................................42 Image Operations ........................................................................................................................................................44 Temporal Image Operations ......................................................................................................................................46 Texture Synthesizer .....................................................................................................................................................47 Vectorizer ......................................................................................................................................................................48 MSG - Modular Synthesized Graphics ....................................................................................................................49 Warp ..............................................................................................................................................................................50 Warp Quality Settings ............................................................................................................................................51 Hot Keys ...................................................................................................................................................................51 Adjust ............................................................................................................................................................................52 Hot Keys ...................................................................................................................................................................52 Selection ........................................................................................................................................................................54 Region Masking .......................................................................................................................................................56 Bezier.............................................................................................................................................................................57 Bezier Drawing ........................................................................................................................................................57 Bezier Editing ..........................................................................................................................................................59 Canvas Layers ..............................................................................................................................................................60 Actions - Paint Action Sequence ...............................................................................................................................61 Paint Action Sequences ..........................................................................................................................................61