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questo
Library for brushes, pencils etc. ?
Sep 8th, 2007, 9:54pm  
Unfortunately I couldn't find out whether anything similar has already been suggested: to my opinion it would be very interesting and convenient to have a 'Processing' library that provides a number of 'pencils' (or even let you define new ones) that mimic the behaviour of natural drawing and painting tools like brushes, chalks, markers etc.
I worked with 'Corel Painter' for a couple of years - this is where I know such 'natural' digital painting tools from. But unfortunately I'm lacking the knowledge to analyze and program such effects in 'Processing' myself from scratch. Is anybody up to this task - or could at least provide me with some basic information or data how to simulate a natural brush or a chalk in 'Processing'?

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questo
Re: Library for brushes, pencils etc. ?
Reply #1 - Sep 17th, 2007, 12:12pm  
Lately I found this paper about 'Brush Painting Algorithms' which could possibly provide a basis for the library I proposed:

http://www.ce.chalmers.se/~uffe/xjobb/BrushPaintingAlgorithms.pdf

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geneJun
Re: Library for brushes, pencils etc. ?
Reply #2 - Dec 24th, 2007, 4:42pm  
I'm looking for the same thing, a library for brushes, pencils, etc.

I would be willing to code some brushes for a library, but I don't have any ideas of where to start. I don't want to reinvent the wheel. The PDF that questo posted is a start, but does anyone know of any computer graphic books that would have more information about brush creation?

Like questo, I'm also a Corel Painter user.
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questo
Re: Library for brushes, pencils etc. ?
Reply #3 - Jan 11th, 2008, 1:52pm  
I would like to point to another thesis paper that partly explains why there doesn't seem to be a broader response to my request:

http://numbers.wordnerd.org/phb/thesis.pdf

Obviously the whole subject heavily depends on advanced mathematics that at least I am unable to cope with at the moment! Nonetheless I will not cease to search for any source that may be valuable for everyone who feels like starting with the task of creating a brush/pencil library for 'Processing'.
I would be glad if other user could at least post their own findings or thoughts on the subject.
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