MSG (modular synthesized graphics) is Studio Artist’s modular image processing architecture. 600 different image processing modules (called processors) are available within MSG and can be combined together to create an infinite variety of different image synthesis or processing effects. MSG can be used to create abstract procedural imagery or animations from scratch. Or MSG can…
MSG Live is a new Source option in the paint synthesizer’s Brush Source control panel. This source brush option uses the current MSG preset to generate a source brush image buffer on the fly when drawing. Any MSG preset can be used to interactively generate the source brush, which means you can use Temporal Generators…
Each layer in Studio Artist is composed of 3 RGB (red-green-blue) image channels and 1 alpha (A) channel. The RGB image channels define a color image. The alpha channel is an extra image buffer that can be thought of as an additional mask channel associated with the layer. Technically the pixel values in the alpha…
This tip focuses on some simple editing strategies for generating coloring effects in abstract imagery created with MSG presets. A color MSG output image consists of 3 image Streams (R Out, G Out, B Out). RGB stands for red-green-blue. Each image stream in a MSG preset is a monochrome image. So generating a color…
The MSG Advanced Editor is a special control Palette that lets you edit and build MSG presets. It provides access to all of the individual modular processors and their associated editable parameters and IO Stream connections that make up the MSG preset. The screen snap above shows a simple 3 processor MSG preset in the…