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ArtMaestro Online

Kaustubh — Wed, 25 May 2011 01:14:13 +0000

Your favourite photo application, now on every device*

Finally, the Art Rendering service that brought you your favourite photographs in Expressionist, Impressionist, Pointillist and Colorist Wash, goes Online.

We’ve pulled out the heavy guns and gone all out to let you get closer. So upload -> pick the art-form -> browse through the rendering and pick the ones you like.

Download your photograph, post it on facebook / twitter or use our single-click email.

True to our word of giving you something ‘More’, we have some great ways to make your online experience that much more personal on the way.

So don’t stand around reading about it. Click on ArtMaestroOnline and take your pictures to the next level.

What’s more ? You can even order a hard copy of the painting that we created for you.

*Gotta love old-school internet.

The Art Forms

Kaustubh — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:42:54 +0000

Expressionism is an artistic style in which the artist attempts to depict not objective reality but rather the subjective emotions and responses that objects and events arouse in him. He accomplishes his aim through distortion, exaggeration, primitivism, and fantasy and through the vivid, jarring, violent, or dynamic application of formal elements. In a broader sense Expressionism is one of the main currents of art in the later 19th and the 20th centuries, and its qualities of highly subjective, personal, spontaneous self-expression are typical of a wide range of modern artists and art movements.

Impressionist art is a style in which the artist captures the image of an object as someone would see it if they just caught a glimpse of it. They paint the pictures with a lot of color and most of their pictures are outdoor scenes. Their pictures are very bright and vibrant. The artists like to capture their images without detail but with bold colors. Some of the greatest impressionist artists were Edouard Manet, Camille Pissaro, Edgar Degas, Alfred Sisley, Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot

and Pierre Auguste Renoir.

Pointillism is a technique of painting in which small, distinct dots of pure color are applied in patterns to form an image. Georges Seurat developed the technique in 1886, branching from Impressionism. The technique relies on the ability of the eye and mind of the viewer to blend the color spots into a fuller range of tones.

iPhone. Painting. Free Version.

rohit — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:10:30 +0000

At UnNaturalTalents, we love giving power to the people. Artmaestro Lite lets you create great artwork through your iPhone.

The new version turns an ‘amateur artist’ tag into an oxymoron, as it lets you play around with photographs on your favourite device. So bring out that device, and run through your photo library with your favourite renaissance brush, ArtMaestro Lite free of cost.

The app is available worldwide through apple itunes store and is free. You can download the app here.

For a look at what people have been doing with Lite, check out our flickr paint stream.

Go crazy. Create something beautiful.

Van Gogh. Canvas. You. iPad.

rohit — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 08:50:58 +0000

Artmaestro puts the power of creation in your hands.

Through your favourite tablet.

Take your iPad for a ride through renaissance creativity by making real masterpieces of all your pics.

ArtMaestro will be available in app store worldwide very soon. It now speaks English, Japanese, French and Spanish. And because we know you love truly taking in your app we’ve added that extra finesse to the UI too.

Here’s a sneak peak -

ArtMaestro – Now available in different languages

rohit — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 19:29:29 +0000

こんにちは世界

Bonjour tout le monde

hola mundo

hello world

ArtMaestro heralds the rebirth of the Renaissance. Would be a pity if not speaking the language got in the way.

Users have been writing in to get ArtMaestro in their native tongue . With ArtMaestro 1.1.1, and some good old hard work, we’re living up to everything you expect of us.

ArtMaestro France, Japan and Spain are now available thanks in large part to Sirjjan, Shin, Daiki, Marike & those eager couch surfers (no particular order) .

Version 1.1.1 also kicks in with new algorithms and multiple tweaks, so your helper paint-app now runs faster, smarter and more radiant.

The new version of our app is available on itunes store. New creations will be posted on our flickr paint stream everyday.

Keeping it UnNatural.

Flickr Stream online: View paintings created on iphone using ArtMaestro

rohit — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 07:03:43 +0000

www.flickr.com

Our Flickr painting stream is up. Do check out our flickr page for new exciting paintings. We also encourage our app users to submit their creations.

User Submitted Paintings!

admin — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:53:37 +0000

Some of our users mailed us back the paintings they created using ArtMaestro

Banyan Tree somewhere in North India

Taj Sillhouette

Busy Street in Old Delhi, India

Mughal Architecture

Garfield?

These images were created using ArtMaestro v1.0.0. We hope our users update to v1.1.0 and send us high resolution images.

ArtMaestro – New Version, Better Results

rohit — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:01:08 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the new version (1.1.0) of ArtMaestro is out.

The new version offers very high resolution, better interface and is compatible with iOS 3.0.

We have also released a video that explains how ArtMaestro works

Creating UIImage from raw RGBA data

rohit — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 05:35:09 +0000

Our earlier tutorial, described how one can access RGBA data from a UIImage at any particular pixel coordinate.

The following code illustrates just the opposite – how does one go about constructing a UIImage from raw RGBA data.

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//
//Constructing RGBA data
//
/*height and width are integers denoting the dimensions of the image*/
unsigned char *rawData = malloc(width*height*4);

//populating rawData with pixel colour values and alpha information
for (int i=0; i*height;++i)
{
rawData[4*i] = ;
rawData[4*i+1] = ;
rawData[4*i+2] = ;
rawData[4*i+3] = 255; //alpha
}

/*
Once we have the raw data, we convert it into a UIImage.
The following code does the required work.
*/

CGDataProviderRef provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithData(NULL,rawData,width*height*4,NULL);

int bitsPerComponent = 8;
int bitsPerPixel = 32;
int bytesPerRow = 4*width;
CGColorSpaceRef colorSpaceRef = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGBitmapInfo bitmapInfo = kCGBitmapByteOrderDefault;
CGColorRenderingIntent renderingIntent = kCGRenderingIntentDefault;

CGImageRef imageRef =
CGImageCreate(width,height,8,32,4*width,colorSpaceRef,bitmapInfo,provider,NULL,NO,renderingIntent);

UIImage *newImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef];

/*
newImage is the final image that is constructed from raw RGBA data.
Do remember to release the allocated parts.
*/

Please feel free to use this code in your projects.

Top grossing iphone app

rohit — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 19:52:42 +0000

Artmaestro made it to the list of top 10 grossing apps (under photography) on Indian itunes store.

Screenshot of Indian itunes store

Thank you all for your support and encouragement.
Keep checking this space for exciting updates.