NEW GENERATION OF ART LOVERS LEARNS ABOUT OLD MASTERPIECES THROUGH DIGITAL PAINT-BY-NUMBERS

(PRLEAP.COM) They both sound like something from a pre-digital age. Artistic masterpieces by great painters such as Goya, Raphael and El Greco; and painting-by-numbers, a pastime that was surely endangered by the end of black-and-white television and killed off by the Playstation. Both though have been given a new lease of life by digital techniques that let art lovers recolor classic old paintings on their computers by following the numbers.

“It’s a huge amount of fun,” explains Mark Feldman, President of SegTech, a software company whose SegPlay digital paint-by-numbers games now boast over 700 patterns and a large legion of art fans. “You still get the pleasure of re-creating a work of art by yourself by applying colors, but because it’s done with a computer and a mouse, you can learn so much more about the painting as you’re doing it.”

It’s that educational aspect that makes the difference. Traditional paint-by-numbers games would include little more than a palette of watercolors and sheets of patterns and numbers. Digital number painters however, are provided with access to information about the artist while the digital control panel lets them understand how the artist matched tones and even how surface and paint texture can affect the look of a work of art.

It’s all the enjoyment of old-style painting-by-numbers but with the sort of up-to-date electronic learning that modern scholars of all ages demand.

“We think digital painting-by numbers strikes the right balance between education and fun,” says Mark Feldman. “And let’s face it, there’s no better way to teach young people anything these days than to give them their education in the form of a computer game.”

For more information and setting up a fascinating interview, email Mark Feldman at info3@segmation.com and visit the Segmation website, www.segmation.com

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Screen shot: http://www.segmation.com/segplaypc_images/SegPlayPCSample5.jpg

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The new SegPlayPC(TM), from SegTech, gives a new, photorealistic twist to paint-by-numbers, digitizing the 1950s pastime and making learning about old masterpiece paintings both fun and educational.

More Information and Images:
Download page: http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayPCDownload.html
Overview page: http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayPCOverview.html
Samples page: http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayPCSamples.html
Pattern sets page: http://www.segmation.com/SegPlayPCPatterns.asp


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