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Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Post by Uncle_Sam » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 8:13 AM UTC

Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos
psykopaint.com

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Post by MindTwister » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 10:30 AM UTC

Warning, sound (music) on the intro video when getting started, it would be nice if I could turn that off.

(I control the radio at work...)

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Post by greyman » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 10:43 AM UTC

I am sorry but the GUI is confusing, I am doing something and suddenly a too fast animation overlaps it. Plus, the tutorial window cannot be closed by [x] in Chrome. The idea is good but the application is too busy, at least for me.

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 10:44 AM UTC

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Post by swah » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 10:56 AM UTC

WJW. I don't think we can do that without Flash yet.

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Post by lostbit » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 11:04 AM UTC

Very cool and artistic design. From a user perspective, it does not matter the language it what made.

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Post by lazylland » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 1:14 PM UTC

greyman wrote: post #3

I am sorry but the GUI is confusing, I am doing something and suddenly a too fast animation overlaps it. Plus, the tutorial window cannot be closed by [x] in Chrome. The idea is good but the application is too busy, at least for me.

I found it really great ! Captures the whacky, artistic vibe that I think they wanted to create really well. (I had no problems in Chrome 8)

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Post by MathieuGosselin » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 1:19 PM UTC

greyman wrote: post #3

I am sorry but the GUI is confusing, I am doing something and suddenly a too fast animation overlaps it. Plus, the tutorial window cannot be closed by [x] in Chrome. The idea is good but the application is too busy, at least for me.

hi there! i am the creator of this software. Can you tell me which version of Chrome are you running so i can look into that. If you have any suggestions regarding the UI in order to improve it, please do so! So i can make sure one day you'll dig this software ;-)

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Post by MathieuGosselin » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 1:22 PM UTC

MindTwister wrote: post #2

Warning, sound (music) on the intro video when getting started, it would be nice if I could turn that off. (I control the radio at work...)

Thanks for the feedback MindTwister. I take note of it and will add a mute button dedicated to you. With your name on it. ;-)

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Post by po » Fri, Jan 21, 2011, 1:58 PM UTC

The UI gimmicks are a bit much… It was just barely tolerable until I saw the woman's hand holding the card below every photo I hover over. Especially since if your screen is large enough you can see the arm cut off.

Just my opinion: people who want to create art don't want to notice their tools. You don't want to be aware of your UI. If it's a novelty, people will say it's awesome but they will only use it once.