technical statement
SIC is used to create Webcam Art. The SIC is constituted
of several GIMP plug-in modules and it provides a wide variety of
expressions. GIMP is an open source photo retouch software working
on Linux and windows. Original functions of GIMP were only used
to adjust color balance, so I can say that all creative steps were
processed algorithmically by SIC. Creating a large-sized rendering
image from a small image like a web camera image is one of characteristics
of this software. SIC has the following other important characteristics:
1. can control color and texture separately;
2. provides numerous expressions;
3. can select and/or create color map
created from excellent paintings;
4. has an ability to resist your own rendering
expressions;
5. creates an artwork with the history
of its rendering process.
All of the characteristics mostly come
from vector data handling ability of SIC.
SIC is a key technology of Webcam Art,
however, I can't make this type of art without the Internet and
web cameras. Controllable web cameras have made my expression wide.
SIC's first version was created by the author, but the current version
has been produced by core members of Synergistic Art Project. This
project was formed for revising SIC about one year ago. We are now
planning to announce the SIC as an Open Source Software. If you
are interested in SIC, you can get some information and SIC (Linux
version and Windows version) on our Web Site at :
http://www.dsn.t-kougei.ac.jp/cp/sic/
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