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Mystica
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Version
5.2b
Mystica is a versatile art generator capable of
creating custom images and movies for a variety of
projects. Rather than designing standard still images,
the program allows you to produce actual artwork. In
addition to basic 2D designs, Mystica features a built-
in 3D engine. You can render images and movies at any
size, export them in all major graphics formats, and
let Mystica generate a HTML gallery for you. 3D images
are uniquely interactive, and may be explored in real
time by means of helicopter, car, virtual camera, or
just by walking. The 3D Viewer allows to take
screenshots from all perpectives. The underlying 3D
engine has the power and complexity of modern game
engines and can be used for your own products.
Mystica's 2D editor includes six different freely
combinable algorithms, each generating its own image
style. You can configure the sequence setting for
managing the complexity of your scene. An interesting
feature is the Chaos function, which allows you to
add "chaotic" structures while preserving the image
design. Next, the program provides a complete tool for
customizing the color scheme, perhaps to match your
web site. There are also sliding scales for mixing
linear and exponential colors. Finally, there's a
Viewpoint section for navigating through a scene.
Multilevel Undo and Snapshot functions as well as
editable presets for both image design and coloring
guarantee fast explorative results. The movie
generator interpolates between given images. Movies
can be exported in all major video formats (divx, mpeg
etc). Rendering is done fully automated in background.
Rendered assets can then be explored in 3D or
furtheron edited, e.g. by applying various effects
(filters, 3D lighting, layering, coloring etc). Both
the effect and 3D section are also available for
images of other sources. This shareware version is
fully functional, but places a watermark on all
output. The integrated 3D part is pure fun - a
worthwile break for your mind.
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