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Practical Pigment Mixing for Digital Painting

60 pointsby rckover 3 years ago

8 comments

friedturkeyover 3 years ago
I hope this gets brought to Procreate.<p>I’ve always had trouble handling color when painting digitally, despite immediately grasping it when painting with oils. I knew there was something off about blending but this was my first time actually seeing a side by side—it finally clicked why it’s wrong (and it reminds me of another recent HN post about CSS gradients and avoid the gray zone).
fireover 3 years ago
Nice! Artrage[1] has had this functionality since 2013(!), and I&#x27;m honestly surprised it has taken so long for this to show up in ( literally any ) other software;<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.artrage.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.artrage.com&#x2F;</a>
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r_hoods_ghostover 3 years ago
Oh that&#x27;s lovely! I hope this gets integrated into more software soon, though I&#x27;m definitely going to check out Rebelle [1] that has it now. It&#x27;d be nice to be able to do realistic watercolors without having to actually break out the watercolors!<p>[1]<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.escapemotions.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;rebelle&#x2F;about" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.escapemotions.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;rebelle&#x2F;about</a>
senectus1over 3 years ago
thats quite interesting.<p>Also from that same site : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ebsynth.com&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ebsynth.com&#x2F;</a> Making a digital paining a moving object using video frames... damned clever. I feel inspired to draw&#x2F;paint again just to play with it.
cosmoticover 3 years ago
Without downloading and trying it out myself, I&#x27;m skeptical of the claim that Corel Painter doesn&#x27;t mix colors correctly; this is one of their main selling points. I suspect they just left it in RGB mode instead of switching to CYMK mode. Can anyone confirm?
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rikrootsover 3 years ago
I think the talk video (last on the linked page) does a really good job of explaining the problems surrounding natural vs digital (RGB) pigments mixing, and how the Mixbox folks overcame them to create good-looking outcomes.
NylaTheWolfover 3 years ago
You&#x27;re an actual saint! Thank you so much!!!
pabs3over 3 years ago
Note: requires a separate (paid?) license to use commercially
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