Microsoft Research's Project Gustav is MS Paint on Steroids
Microsoft Research's Project Gustav is MS Paint on Steroids
Posted 03/01/2010 at 5:36pm
| by Ryan Whitwam
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Microsoft Paint has come standard on Windows PCs for a good long while now. While we have a soft spot for Paint, it hasn’t really changed with the technology. Now Microsoft research is working on an application that could be this generation’s Microsoft Paint. It’s called Project Gustav, and it actually looks pretty impressive.
Gustav is meant to mimic real paint in a way that the (apparently poorly named) MS Paint, never has. The application plays nice with Wacom tablets for a more realistic painting experience. Different colors don’t just flow together in Gustav, they blend to create new colors just like real paint. The angle and speed of brushstrokes also create authentic looking ridges and swirls. It’s not that we are art experts here, but Project Gustav just looks like fun. There’s even multitouch support if you fancy some finger painting. There’s a video preview here, if you want to see the possible future of art on Windows.
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DanialRyan
June 12, 2010 at 10:29pm
No doubt they had been asleep since XP rolled out. Vista must have been a rude
awakening. I liked it and still do, it just needs really good hardware,
and judging by the Service's 30 year old IBM mainframe, not everybody
has access to good hardware.
damazeen
March 01, 2010 at 9:00pm
It would appear that MS has finally started to wake up from it's peaceful slumber. Seems like they had been asleep since XP rolled out. Vista must have been a rude awakening. I liked it and still do, it just needs really good hardware, and judging by the Service's 30 year old IBM mainframe, not everybody has access to good hardware. Of course a pink slip hanging over your head in this economy is also a strong motivator for creative production.
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