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Just seen this and it's quite amazing


I say it's BS.

It looks *exactly* like what you see if you use software such as Corel Painter (say, v12), put it in the auto mode and feed it a picture "to paint".

Compare the video you cited to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP78p6aEnZk starting at 1m 30 sec into Corel's video.

There are many videos that show this sort of algorithmic painting, there are other software applications that do the same thing, and, if I had the inclination, I could produce the video you cited using my own copy of Painter by starting with a photo of Morgan Freeman.

In fact, I think Corel offers a free trial period on their software, so you could actually do it yourself by following the tutorial I cited.

T
 
If it is BS, it's a pretty cool trick all the same, fooled me for a while :confused:
 
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It's hard to say if it's a fraud. I agree with Tom that it looks similiar to an auto paint, but not exactly the same. The way the details are put into the pic are pretty convincing. Also the "painting" is not identical. There are a few discrepancies such as freckle and highlight shapes as well as coat fibers but not many and I don't know how accurate auto paint features are.
I guess the bottom line is, it's pretty pointless to create something so photo real that it's validity is in question.
 
From what I can see in the video, I do not doubt that the artist created the digital work, at least in part, but I do doubt that he created this on the iPad. While the detail is fairly believable and the strokes appear to be moving, one of the posters on the linked site made a good point regarding screen recording on iPad. To the best of my knowledge, iOS does not provide capability to record onscreen actions in video format or still screenshots in rapid succession. This raises the important question of how the artist recorded his actions.

First, the technical considerations. You have to consider the angle of the device in relation to the angle of the wrist and eyes, as well as the camera. Then, you have to consider the elaborate setup to keep the camera tripod away from the artist so as to prevent bumping the tripod at any time during the capture. Also in consideration is the setup for the iPad in order to prevent any touching of the screen from moving the device even a tiny bit, which would be evident in such a playback. Of course, he could have edited any anomalies, but then the entire affair gets pulled into question regarding validity.

Another giveaway would be lighting. You would need an elaborate lighting setup to in order to maintain uniform lighting of the overall screencap area.

The final technical straw that breaks the camel's back is the fact that you never see him access the tool bars, ever.

Now, the artistic considerations. While we see the artist make stroke after stroke (at the playback speed, it is difficult to judge the validity of the stroke actions) there is the question of why some of the final actions resulted in a less than realistic freckles, moles and facial hair when compared to the rest of the piece. Was this to let the viewer know it is a painting, or did the artist pull a fast one, or, did simply use Painter's autopaint function and add to it? And in either case, why?

My conclusion is that he may have taken a single screenshot of Procreate from the web, or his iPad, and built his work in Photoshop or Painter. The only question I would have if this is true, why lie about doing it? Is he receiving some form of compensation from the creators of Procreate to push this video? I could be totally off my rocker here. The artist may have done the work. Regardless of method, the final product is impressive.

Sorry for the long-winded post. I tend to get too technical and veer way off course, meaning that I am probably wrong on all accounts here.
 
Fatboy: "...Also the "painting" is not identical. There are a few discrepancies such as freckle and highlight shapes as well as coat fibers but not many and I don't know how accurate auto paint features are..."

That's an excellent question / observation. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on your POV, the more advanced auto painting algorithms have adjustments to control aspects such as:
  • how closely each brush stroke is placed to the "source" pixel;
  • the average length of each stroke;
  • the degree of random variation in quantities such as the angle, length and intensity of each stroke;
  • how much each stroke picks up old paint and smears it;
  • the range of permissible brush sizes and the randomness in their application;
  • the simplification of colors (aka, the palette);
  • the introduction of intentional geometric distortions to avoid tell-tale features such as perfect perspective;
  • the simulation of impasto and other depth efx;
  • the simulation of the interaction of the simulated paint with any of a set of different papers, canvases, etc.

Below is a screen grab of some of the controls on one of these programs. They use names (or pairs of names) such as "faithful-impressionistic", "real-surreal", "expressive-realistic", "speed-precision" to control some of the above quantities.

T

Screen_shot_controls_for_auto_painting.jpg
 
Excellent points, Crotale!

Tom

PS - I haven't looked at Procreate. By any chance does it have an auto-paint function?
 
copy & pasted from Apple award site, I don't think Apple gives though awards to easily
Procreate is a complete art studio at your fingertips, exclusive to iPad. It’s packed with features that artists love — from true-to-life sets of pencils, inks, and brushes, to advanced layer compositing, to unique digital tools. Procreate is a powerhouse of iOS technologies like ARC, Grand Central Dispatch, and OpenGL ES which deliver state-of-the-art performance and responsiveness, 64-bit precision, and smooth 60 fps rendering of canvas sizes up to 4K x 4K. Procreate shares easily with Photoshop, Twitter, Facebook, Weibo, iTunes, Mail, Photos, and Dropbox, lets people preview brushes and other drawing tools before purchasing them with In-App Purchase, and uses Core Bluetooth to connect to accessories. Procreate earns an Apple Design Award for its technical, aesthetic, and creative excellence.
 
Hi iDad - There is no question whatsoever that Procreate is an amazing piece of software. It is. The question is whether this particular image (and video) was created manually using Procreate or using an auto-painting feature either in some other software, or built in to Procreate.

T
 
The designer on his webpage has a contact email and list of tools he uses, I suggest anybody that is interested contact him
 
My son has Procreate on his iPad, but I have not time to get exposed to it, although I did doodle around with it when he bought it. Pretty cool stuff.
 
Some serious programming was put into this app wow!
 
Alright, iDad, :evil::idea:, you've had it for an hour now, so where's your version of Morgan?

:bustagut: :mrgreen:

LOL,

T

PS - Seriously, tho, keep us informed about how it goes. I've got a big 64Gig iPhone 5s that is welded to me, but have shied away from taking the plunge and getting an iPad. This might be all I need to put me over the edge.
 
How many hours in about 2 years? That should be enough for my absorption of knowledge rate. No seriously maybe six years:cheesygrin:
 
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