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Art Meets Technology: TangiPaint Digital Painting System Unveiled
In an exciting fusion of art and technology, a new digital painting application named TangiPaint has made its debut at an exhibit held at the Gordon Field House and Activities Center. Developed by a talented team, including graduate student Anthony Blatner, assistant professor Reynold Bailey, Jim Ferwerda, and graduate student Ben Darling, TangiPaint promises to revolutionize the digital art creation process.
TangiPaint is based on tablet technology, leveraging the capabilities of the iPad. Visitors to the exhibit can interact with the digital canvas using fingerstrokes on a multitouch display screen, providing a unique and immersive experience.
The application allows users to manipulate various aspects of their digital compositions. Users can change the type of paint, the orientation of their artwork, and even simulate light reflecting off the digital canvas by tilting the iPad. TangiPaint approximates the experience of applying oil paints to a canvas, with features that mimic the matt or gloss properties and the relief that provide depth in oil paints.
Users can create brush strokes that have thickness, gloss, or texture, mimicking the layering and flow of oil paints on a canvas. The application also enables users to modify scene lighting with a simple two-fingered stroke on the multitouch screen.
According to Jim Ferwerda, an associate professor in the Munsell Color Science Laboratory, TangiPaint is a significant step towards bridging the gap between the real and digital worlds. He explained that the application aims to develop digital art media that look and behave like real materials.
The TangiPaint application is part of the tangible digital art system, which utilizes the iPad's accelerometer and graphics hardware to change the orientation of a painting and its appearance under different light sources. This technology was introduced last year by Blatner and Darling.
The development of TangiPaint is not limited to the team behind it. The application is the work of notanlab, a studio specialized in integrated system design, development, and technical production for digital content, including applications and video.
The "tangiPaint: A Tangible Digital Art System" exhibit offers visitors a rare opportunity to engage with digital art in a tangible way. By interacting with TangiPaint, visitors can witness firsthand the potential of tangible digital art systems in the field of art and technology.
- The talented team behind TangiPaint, including student Anthony Blatner and assistant professor Reynold Bailey, have developed a digital painting application that aims to revolutionize the art creation process.
- TangiPaint, based on tablet technology, uses capabilities of the iPad, allowing visitors to interact with a digital canvas using fingerstrokes on a multitouch display screen.
- Users can manipulate various aspects of their digital compositions using TangiPaint, such as changing the type of paint, the orientation of their artwork, and simulating light reflecting off the digital canvas by tilting the iPad.
- TangiPaint is part of the "tangible digital art system" developed by the studio notanlab, which specializes in integrated system design, development, and technical production for digital content.
