Sand Dune - Step 1

To activate either an ArtWizard or an ArtWizard Step, click on its name, and then click the ArtWizard button, that you will find under the ArtWizard panel on the left-hand side of your screen. The ArtWizard button is not activated until you click on the name of the ArtWizard or the ArtWizard Step.

For this example, please click on the SAND DUNE.f2p (rather than one of the three Steps), and then click the ArtWizard button - as in the screen-grab below - and wait a few seconds while the Source is processed - see section Tabs and Sources for more details on the Sources.

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Upon clicking the ArtWizard button, the panel containing the list of ArtWizards slides to the left and all the Studio’s features and functions will appear. A progress bar at the very bottom of the screen will indicate how far each ArtWizard Step has processed.

When the Source has been processed, you will note several items on your screen:

At present, the Canvas area is blank.

• In the top left hand corner, the Source chosen by the ArtWizard will appear in the Palette - see section Palette and Stencil – pg.49 for details of the Palette.

• The three all-important Mixers (coloured grey) appear under the Palette.

• On the right-hand side, the ArtWizard Guide will slide down.

As you can see in the screen-grab below:

• At the bottom of the screen, you will see the Tab and related Sources; the Source selected by the ArtWizard has a bright green band around it.

• In the lower left-hand corner is the Preview Pane, which will show you the effect of adding the contents of the Palette to the Canvas, given the settings of the Mixers - see Colour, Contrast and Blend Mixers for more details.

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Note: The Mac screen-grabs have been captured on a G4, thus appear to have less canvas and larger guides than the PC screen-grabs.

There are several ways of applying the image in the Palette to the Canvas:

a. Click the Fill button and the Canvas will fill with the image in the Palette.

b. Click Default and see what the ArtWizard has suggested.

c. Pass the cursor over the Canvas and watch the image emerge under your brush (for more on Brush shapes etc. see Section Brush and Brush Controllers).

d. If the ArtWizard has not done exactly what you want you can add your brush strokes when it has stopped painting or un-paint by right-clicking and holding the mouse. You can also un-paint by holding the Shift key whilst painting. The screen-grab above shows partial painting on the Canvas.

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To make the Tab and Sources open or minimise, press F5 (PC) or fn+F5 (Mac); and to make the ArtWizard Guide open or minimise, press F6 (PC) or fn+F6 (Mac).

In the screen-grab below the Tab and Guide are hidden from view.

At any stage whilst an ArtWizard is running you can:

a) stop it by pressing the Esc key or clicking the Cancel button; or

b) take it right through to the very end, (i.e. bypassing, but completing, all the Steps), by pressing Ctrl+Enter (PC) or Command+Enter (Mac) keys.

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A Tab can contain more Sources than can be displayed at one time; to see a Source that might be hidden from view, click, hold and drag the Tab’s slider to the right.

In the screen-grab below you can see that the Sand Dune ArtWizard has selected Source 14 from the Drawn Edges Tab.

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The ArtWizard Guide takes you through the ArtWizard’s Steps. For example, if you are on Step two of a three Step ArtWizard, it tells you what has happened, what is happening and what will happen. It also offers Tips and Shortcuts. To make the ArtWizard Guide minimise or open, press F6 (PC) or fn+F6 (Mac) on your keyboard.

There is nothing to stop you from changing the Source that the ArtWizard has pre-selected. Try clicking on Source 11 and note there are subtle differences between it and Source 14 - you will see that there are fewer lines. These differences are not always obvious in the Source’s thumbnail preview and it’s good to experiment with Sources other than those selected by the ArtWizard.

It is also good to experiment with the three Colour, Contrast and Blend Mixers that are under the Palette area. For the purposes of this example, go to the Mixer that is labelled B/C (Brightness/Contrast) and click, hold and gently drag the crosshairs up the screen until the readout says 100,97 - you can also use the up, down, left and right arrow keys on your keyboard to move the crosshairs around. The 100 means the Palette has been thresholded to just a black and white image and by sliding up the Mixer to 97 you are making the Palette darker. If you slide down the screen you will make it lighter and less information will be placed on the Canvas. Slide the crosshairs to 100,83 and see the difference.

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When you are ready to move on to Step 2, press the Continue button that you will find under the Mixers. On pressing Continue you have fixed the Canvas and, unless you press Undo, its state cannot be changed.

If you want to end an ArtWizard before it has gone through all its Steps, just press the Finish button.