#Psykopaint app software#
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Back in the day I was working for important digital marketing agencies doing interactive flash stuff. IвЂ™ve started Psykopaint as a side project 5 years ago. My name is Mathieu Gosselin and hereвЂ™s my story: ItвЂ™s both for you to understand and also because I want to get some stuff out there. I think you deserve some proper explanations and context so let me tell you the whole thing.

Sorry for not being too entertaining in that email and to tell you that I wonвЂ™t be able to develop Psykopaint any further.

#Psykopaint app download#

You can download the app here.Thank you so much for all your support in those last 4/5 years. Gosselin was generous enough to made us a GIF of The Creators Project logo, which demonstrates how the light changes with the movements of the tablet. ItвЂ™s sort of the missing link between a flat computer image, and a painting with depth.вЂќ Also the fact that we can 3D print the result and have something that feels real. But in the future we could dig even further, so being able to sculpt a painting using the pen pressure, like a gravure, or having a more digital type of rendering that doesnвЂ™t exist in real life, but has great aesthetic qualities. For now we have traditional media emulation brushes (watercolor, paint brush, pencil etcвЂ¦). вЂњItвЂ™s a whole new dimension opened to us,вЂќ Gosselin says about digital painting, вЂњand personally what excites me the most would be to experiment with a new form of creative expression.

#Psykopaint app software#

An extension of the web-based Psykopaint software thatвЂ™s been around for four years and amassed around a million users, the app is a much-welcomed new medium for those of us who prefer to paint with our forefingers. A more matte surface spreads the particles of light around, like paint does on wood.Дepending on the position of the tablet, Psykopaint then uses this information, via the iPadвЂ™s gyroscope, to calculate the ways in which particles of light influence the image. The more glossy a selected painting surface is, the more it will directly and precisely represent the particles of light (think of a sharp mirror or glass). The two maps manage the information about the depth and the degree of light reflection. Speaking on how they replicated real-world lighting conditions, original creator and CEO of Psykopaint Mathieu Gosselin explains, вЂњInstead of simply having a color bitmap which is what other painting software has, we have in addition a normal map and a specular map.вЂќ

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This added depth allows for the appвЂ™s makers- code artist Mario Klingemann, developer David Lenaerts, and programmer Frank Reitberger- to integrate different canvases (wood, paper) and brushes that enhance your ability to play with the вЂњreflectedвЂќ light. Plus, these MastersвЂ™ built-in brush styles are available for purchase inside the app. The first painting app that digitally recreates ambient lighting conditions, by moving your tablet around in realtime, youвЂ™ll see how light would reflect off your creation if it existed in the real world.Д«y appearing to reflect natural light, as a painting hanging on your wall would over the course of the day, the app is able to replicate the Impasto technique- wherein brush strokes are very visible and thickly laid- used by painters like Gauguin, Monet, and Van Gogh. There are many, many digital painting apps you can download for your tablet- but Psykopaint stands out from the pack. Make Your Own Monet With This Light-Simulating Paint App