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Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Re: Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Post by greyman »

MathieuGosselin wrote: post #8
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 ;-)

9.0.597.67 beta. I can't pinpoint exactly, but the animations were just too quick, and sometimes just something moved on the screen, but it was not immediately obvious what has happened.

Re: Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Post by bane »

Really really cool. It's a bit like a hyper interactive Photoshop filter. It reminds me of an old tablet paint program that allowed you to load a photo up, then paint over it by hand, the result was something not entirely different from using a palette knife filter. This has an entirely different feel to it that's insanely cool.

Great work!

Re: Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Post by MathieuGosselin »

po wrote: post #10

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.

That's rather odd you say this because i totally agree with you that users don't want to be aware of the UI and that is exactly why there is no tools everywhere one the screen like other softwares, so you can focus entirely on your artwork.

We made the choice of innovating in almost every aspect of this software (tools, UI, Design) and took some bold decisions that indeed the most conservative users might be not understand. We are not named Psykopaint to do things the old-fashion way.

Re: Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Post by po »

MathieuGosselin wrote: post #14
po wrote: post #10

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.

That's rather odd you say this because i totally agree with you that users don't want to be aware of the UI and that is exactly why there is no tools everywhere one the screen like other softwares, so you can focus entirely on your artwork. We made the choice of innovating in almost every aspect of this software (tools, UI, Design) and took some bold decisions that indeed the most conservative users might be not unde…

It's not the UI layout that is distracting to me... it was the visual gimmicks. For example, the UI draws so much attention to the pointer which is the representation UI representation of me. It was like the UI is telling the painter to look at the tip of his paintbrush or his arm instead of the canvas.

We made the choice of innovating in almost every aspect of this software (tools, UI, Design) and took some bold decisions that indeed the most conservative users might be not understand.

I understand you see it as innovation but not all existing conventions are bad and some of your bold choices may turn out to be not the best. I'm just offering you my critique. Take it or leave it; I won't be offended if you decide to leave it.

Re: Psykopaint - Create and paint amazing art from photos

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Post by MathieuGosselin »

po wrote: post #15
MathieuGosselin wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's rather odd you say this because i totally agree with you that users don't want to be aware of the UI and that is exactly why there is no tools everywhere one the screen like other softwares, so you can focus entirely on your artwork. We made the choice of innovating in almost every aspect of this software (tools, UI, Design) and took some bold decisions that indeed the most conservative users might be not unde…

It's not the UI layout that is distracting to me... it was the visual gimmicks. For example, the UI draws so much attention to the pointer which is the representation UI representation of me. It was like the UI is telling the painter to look at the tip of his paintbrush or his arm instead of the canvas. We made the choice of innovating in almost every aspect of this software (tools, UI, Design) and took some bold dec…

i see. Thanks for this feedback then.
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