FLOW
Give the photograph a current.
Keep a readable focal detail inside a broader movement. Preview the composition, place its protected area and choose a direction before adding local gestures.
From curiosity to a finished work
See it.
Understand it.
Make it yours.
Begin with a current starting-point example: compare source and result, adjust the focal region or crops, and decide what to keep. The individual technique reference isolates one control; a workshop carries the decisions through to a finished piece.
Watch the studio at work.
Silent recordings of the real playground, made with the sample photos. Every step is labeled with the control's name. More clips sit beside each guide and in the Chinese walkthrough.
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Steps in this clip
- Open Start for a ready-made composition
- Apply the starting point
- Open Export
- Download a PNG
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- Start → Photo motion
- Raise Movement
- Apply — one undoable edit
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- Open Plates
- Tonal bands follow the light
- Pick an ink family
- Solid inks show the SVG geometry
- Photo texture for the PNG
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- Add photo B
- Change the rule: what wins?
- Edges, brightness or chaos
- Balance favors one photo
- Spread lets the fight travel
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Steps in this clip
- Play freely
- Open History
- Branch: keep this as a named version
- Drag Replay back in time
- Release to keep that moment
- Return to any version
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Steps in this clip
- One Export sheet for every format
- PNG for layouts
- GIF or video for motion
- MP4 for slides and editors
- Project backup keeps every decision
- Send the result to TRACE
Three ways to work.
TRACE
Keep the subject. Quiet the background.
Guide the focal detail and simplify competing texture into broader ink shapes. Compare the result as a print before choosing extra layers or a finish.
DUEL
Give two images a relationship.
Choose a pair with a visual connection. Crosscut supplies a shared diagonal and focal height; you decide the crops, the balance and what each image contributes.
Make a complete piece.
FLOW · 12–20 minutes
A subject with a still center
Make a recognizable subject feel surrounded by movement. Learn to protect what matters, sculpt the space around it and keep an editable version.
Follow this workshop →Take away: A composed PNG and an editable project backup with the source, focal treatment and local edits.
FLOW · 15–25 minutes
A cover that moves
Develop a strong still into a short motion study, with a deliberate start, a readable focal point and a recoverable source project.
Follow this workshop →Take away: A cover PNG, a short GIF or replay video, and the editable project.
TRACE · 12–20 minutes
An editable two-ink poster
Develop a readable focal area, then reduce the image to two purposeful inks. Deliver editable paths alongside the finished raster.
Follow this workshop →Take away: A composite PNG, a two-plate SVG and an editable project backup.
TRACE · 15–25 minutes
A focal print with offset impressions
Build a richer separation, move selected impressions and keep a clean version beside the expressive one.
Follow this workshop →Take away: A clean PNG, an offset PNG, a layered SVG and a project containing the versions.
DUEL · 15–25 minutes
A directed two-image collage
Give each image a clear role, connect their focal forms and refine where they meet. Compare a composed cut with a tonal overlay.
Follow this workshop →Take away: A composed collage PNG, an optional short motion file and a project preserving both sources and their framing.
DUEL · 20–30 minutes
From collision to printed poster
Use DUEL to invent a photographic relationship, then send the visible result to TRACE and develop it into an editable ink separation.
Follow this workshop →Take away: A collage PNG, TRACE print PNG and editable SVG, plus one project retaining both stages and original source images.
Inspect a complete delivery.
FLOW / Finished series
Tidal Forms ↗
An image family for an imaginary listening series: a sculpted lead image, a second gesture, and a graphic print from the same current.
TRACE / Finished series
Botanical Signal ↗
A compact print system for an imaginary botanical exhibition: one source, three ways of laying down ink, and a consistent palette.
DUEL / Finished series
Stone Garden ↗
An image family for an imaginary art programme: a sculpture photograph and Van Gogh’s Irises meet in a collage cover, a softer companion and an ink poster.
Keep the decisions. Deliver the work.
Shape first, finish second.
Use the core playground to establish a subject, structure or relationship. Then compare finishing passes on the same image and choose their order.
The Compose reference →Compare without starting over.
Keep a version in History before taking a different direction. Replay selects an earlier moment as Now; preserve the later version first if you want to return to it. A downloaded project keeps your editable work outside this browser.
Versions, replay and recovery (Chinese) →Move between playgrounds.
Export → Send to passes the visible result into another mode. History retains the earlier editable stage and its sources. Choose Edit, revise it, then Rebuild finish to carry the saved later settings onto the new result. Download a project backup to preserve the whole process.
Make a collage, then an ink poster →Give each file a job.
PNG keeps the composite. GIF and video keep motion. SVG keeps TRACE paths and plate inks. A project keeps sources and editable decisions. Check the downloaded file before delivery.
Formats, limits and practical checks →Need the interface explained?
The Chinese step-by-step guide retains the exact English button names. The English guides explain each creative workflow. If a source, export or saved project fails, the support page gives the recovery route.