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In some ways the Video Art title from T1 Games could be referred to as a "Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" or maybe it should be more accurate as "A Sheep in Wolf's Clothing".  I will let you decide which description might suit better.  Before explaining why either definition might be appropriate, lets take a look at the features offered by this title.

Profiles can be set up to allow different players to tackle the product's artistic capabilities.  Volume levels for background music and sound effects, which do inform you when various actions are complete, can be adjusted to suit.  Rather than the still images offered by other titles of this genre, Video Art presents you with 64 video clips.  These are presented in an album-like format with eight videos to a page.  Following a fairly standard format, you need to work initially with the clips on the first page before being allowed access to those on later pages.

Having selected your video clip of choice, its initial frame will be shown in outline format on your work area with each individual part of the sketch numbered as to which colour should be used to fill it in.  Along side this initial sketch will be a panel containing the colour palette for the current scene plus a zoom feature with a slider to adjust magnification and an option to select a colour that will be used as the background for the work area and it will highlight the currently selected numbered section.

You have the choice of selecting the number in sequence or let the software select randomly as to which colour and number section could be tackled next.  Whichever method used you need to be aware that the image created is not that of the video but the initial still image so this is what you need to concentrate on.  As you build up the still image you will begin to see the video clip being run behind it through an gaps you start to create.  Initially this is not too distracting but latter does become so.  Fortunately there is a switch to stop the video from running.

As some of the individual sections of the image outline are rather small, by hovering your mouse cursor over a section, its number will appear enlarged to provide guidance.  You also have the zoom tool for magnification and the right mouse button will allow you to scroll to another portion of the image.  Once completed the still image it will disappear into the ether and you can view the provided video clip that you may have assist in the rebirth but was not involved in the conception.

You can download Video Art from Gamehouse.com where it is priced at $9.99.  The game requires a 1.0 GHz processor with 512MB of RAM running Windows 7 and later.

Video Art | GameHouse