Really appreciate that you all continue to invest resources into the virtual paint mixer. It’s very useful tool for exploring how the pigments mix without needing to waste paint. My favorite of the new features is the custom palette creator. Big thank you to the group of developers who put this release together. They deserve some extra vacation days!
I'm totally fascinated by this. My quick history is that I had an eye infection resulting in the temporary loss of my right eye which ended my painting (depth perception issues). I resorted to vector graphics and have been producing images in that medium. Now, with sight returning, I want to combine the digital imaging with paint. My question is, can I copy out the didtfial results of the mixes into my drawing program? I know I can make the paint mixes and record them, I want to create the function iof color mixing between the two platforms. Since I'm in the middle of a large project, I can see how this will be essential. Whaddya think? (Since I'm about an hour away, should I maybe set up an appointment?)
Hello! Your challenge seems pretty complicated (and layered) - but my immediate question would be which drawing (vector) program you're using. If your drawing program is similar to the one I use, you could manually input mixtures taken from the mixer and create swatches for your color mixtures and/or individual colors by manually entering the RGB or CMYK values you get from the "i" (info) panel above the color swatch in the mixer. Unfortunately, there is no way to export all the color data into a color library or any sort of data file that you could import directly into your drawing program. I hope this helps... but feel free to reach out via email (help@goldenpaints.com) and you can explain what you want to do in more detail and we will respond. (comments in YT isn't a great space for this sort of interaction)
We hope to get SoFlat into the mixer in the future once we are able to do scans of all of the colors. This can be a pretty lengthy process, but knowing there is interest helps! At present SoFlat would read much different due to the matte quality, so while you can use the mixer to get ballparks, colors will likely ready lighter than what is suggested. Thanks again for your interest! Let us know if you have additional questions!
Hello Marcey, this might become the new most requested feature now that we implemented the personal palette! Unfortunately, I don't have a very satisfying answer for you... you might notice that we don't have High Flow acrylic colors in the acrylic color mixer. This is because the transparency the formulation makes it more difficult to generate a reliable mixture recommendation. In very simple terms, High Flow colors are heavily influenced by how thickly they are applied. While you can extrapolate the mixing ratios within the formulation to approximate a color target, how thick or thinly you apply that mixture will impact the color. Watercolors are all about transparency, so we would either have to select an average dilution with water (transparency) or assume complete opacity - (few people use watercolors at complete opacity) to have a functional mixer. Either way, the results would be much more difficult for users to replicate in their studio. All that said, there may be a different sort of "mixer" we could create for QoR that will serve as an interactive reference tool for watercolorists. Stay tuned!
Really appreciate that you all continue to invest resources into the virtual paint mixer. It’s very useful tool for exploring how the pigments mix without needing to waste paint. My favorite of the new features is the custom palette creator. Big thank you to the group of developers who put this release together. They deserve some extra vacation days!
THANK YOU GOLDEN! this should be a national holiday.
I love these tools - thank you so much for making them! I really love the fact that I can save my own palette - it's such a time saver!
We're so happy to hear this!
Terrific explanation/tutorial - thank you! Hopefully, this is transferable to Golden hues.
i wish i could afford full golden in Indonesia😢 this feature is so helpful
I'm totally fascinated by this. My quick history is that I had an eye infection resulting in the temporary loss of my right eye which ended my painting (depth perception issues). I resorted to vector graphics and have been producing images in that medium. Now, with sight returning, I want to combine the digital imaging with paint.
My question is, can I copy out the didtfial results of the mixes into my drawing program? I know I can make the paint mixes and record them, I want to create the function iof color mixing between the two platforms. Since I'm in the middle of a large project, I can see how this will be essential. Whaddya think?
(Since I'm about an hour away, should I maybe set up an appointment?)
Hello! Your challenge seems pretty complicated (and layered) - but my immediate question would be which drawing (vector) program you're using. If your drawing program is similar to the one I use, you could manually input mixtures taken from the mixer and create swatches for your color mixtures and/or individual colors by manually entering the RGB or CMYK values you get from the "i" (info) panel above the color swatch in the mixer. Unfortunately, there is no way to export all the color data into a color library or any sort of data file that you could import directly into your drawing program. I hope this helps... but feel free to reach out via email (help@goldenpaints.com) and you can explain what you want to do in more detail and we will respond. (comments in YT isn't a great space for this sort of interaction)
Can you add golden soflat paints to a palette
We hope to get SoFlat into the mixer in the future once we are able to do scans of all of the colors. This can be a pretty lengthy process, but knowing there is interest helps! At present SoFlat would read much different due to the matte quality, so while you can use the mixer to get ballparks, colors will likely ready lighter than what is suggested. Thanks again for your interest! Let us know if you have additional questions!
Does this work for Qor watercolor as well?
Hello Marcey, this might become the new most requested feature now that we implemented the personal palette! Unfortunately, I don't have a very satisfying answer for you... you might notice that we don't have High Flow acrylic colors in the acrylic color mixer. This is because the transparency the formulation makes it more difficult to generate a reliable mixture recommendation. In very simple terms, High Flow colors are heavily influenced by how thickly they are applied. While you can extrapolate the mixing ratios within the formulation to approximate a color target, how thick or thinly you apply that mixture will impact the color. Watercolors are all about transparency, so we would either have to select an average dilution with water (transparency) or assume complete opacity - (few people use watercolors at complete opacity) to have a functional mixer. Either way, the results would be much more difficult for users to replicate in their studio. All that said, there may be a different sort of "mixer" we could create for QoR that will serve as an interactive reference tool for watercolorists. Stay tuned!