Understanding the Classic Paint Synthesizer

The purpose of this guide is to help you get started understanding the Studio Artist Paint Synthesizer. We’ll cover some of the design philosophy behind the Paint Synthesizer as well as provide an overview of some of its wide range of different features. What is the Paint Synthesizer? Paint Synthesizer is a digital paint engine.…

DualMode Paint Operation Mode

Dual Mode Paint DualMode allows you to combine a Paint Synthesizer preset with an image processing, TextureSynth, MSG, Warp, Adjust or Vectorizer effect into a new kind of paint preset. The image processing effect is interleaved into your live painting. This means the effect can run live while you are interactively painting. For example, if…

Getting Started with Digital Painting

Studio Artist’s Paint Synthesizer is an amazingly versatile digital painting tool. You can choose to paint manually, with assistance or completely 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…

Adjusting the Pen Mode

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…