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Post Processing in Studio Artist
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1. I first applied a background based on the source image's threshold. To do this, just go up to the background pull-down menu right above your canvas and select "Image B/W Threshold."

The benefit of applying a threshold to the background is that, no matter how abstract your composition gets, there's still a hint of the referential in there; there's still something recognizable as an object that's being animated.

2. Next I wanted to apply a Paint Patch that would pretty much destroy the threshold image, while just leaving enough to hint at it.

For this I chose the present called "Color Flower Scatter" under the Edge Autodraw category. But I made a slight modification by going into the Paint Synthesizer in the Path Application palette. I changed the "Prob" to "WhiteCanvasProbErr." This ensures that the pencil strokes avoid the while areas of my canvas while conforming themselves to my non-white curves. (You could also use an alpha channel, but my technique will help you avoid any hard edges.)

3. Next I applied some crayon to the image—not too much, but just enough to rough up the background a bit and bring in a little more color to my subject.

This preset can be found under "Crayon > Crackle 1" in the Presets menu.

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