Pose Detector Experiment

 

Playing around with VGG based deep learning neural net pose detection in Studio Artist preV6.

One Paint Action Step Dynamic Brush Experiment

 

Single paint action step that uses an intelligent dynamic brush paint synthesizer preset. I'm using a Transition Context to re-time the paint animation output as an experimental alternative to using a lower frame rate for the output.  This output is totally painted in by the AI and associated visual modeling in the paint synthesizer, no source image mixing involved in this effect at all.

Dynamic Brush with Facial Feature Point Smart Start

 

Default paint synthesizer Regionize Dynamic Brush QuickEdit with Smart Start in Path Start set to FaceFeaturePoint.

Facial Feature Point Detector Bug is fixed

 Dumb bug in the facial feature point detector is fixed now in V5.5.3. So we'll be doing one more build before the feature freeze for the release.  Glad it is working again, since it is very useful, and can be accessed all of the place (where ever the other face detect options are).

Feature-Based Paint Tightening 2

More experiments using analysis of perceptual features to tighten up painting.

Feature-Based Paint Tightening

More experiments using perceptual features in the source image to tighten up painting. I've got smart spread modulation on, and also some facial feature recognition i the auto-paint steps associated with this particular PASeq.

Paint Strategy

Working on some new paint action sequence (PASeq) presets for auto-painting in Studio Artist. This one is using some new Paint Brush Load features that let you combine multiple PBL techniques in a single paint preset. A very cool new feature.

I'm also using an interesting technique for setting up the Blanking buffer in the paint synthesizer prior to starting painting, using the Smart Contrast ip op. This helps build structure in the first large brush rough paint pass. Subsequent paint passes alternate low and high Paint Color Source luminance offsets to emphasis detail. Feature detection is then used to focus fine detail painting.

Eye Detection 2

Another experiment using facial feature detection to modulate vector abstraction.

Eye Detection

I've been playing around with using eye detection routines to enhance detail in abstraction presets so that facial details are still preserved in the abstracted image. Here's an example of what i mean by this associated with a Studio Artist vectorizer preset.

Cheers

This fell out of some experiments with automatic segmentation.

The real trick with sketches made by people as opposed to machines is that people can directly sketch the objects in a scene as opposed to sketching the pixels (which might be subjectively very different). While machine artists tend to fixate on representing the pixels. It's amazing how bad most segmentation algorithms are when you really stress test them.

Interest Point Focus

Trying out some new ideas that incorporate interest point visual focus for the Studio Artist 4 paint synthesizer path start generator. It works well in this test to bring in the fine facial details.

Automatic Visual Focus

Another paint synthesizer image where the visual focus was generated automatically. Some new features to look forward to in Studio Artist 4 at some point.

Randomness and Form

This is an interesting image because the visual system is able to recognize the form of the head in all of the other visual clutter. Generated using the new gallery show features in Studio Artist 4.

Visual Focus

The interesting twist in this Studio Artist rendition is that the detail drawing for the facial features was all done automatically with no manual intervention or manual selection. From a series of tests associated with new feature development.