Painter X creativity : digital artist's handbook / Jeremy Sutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sutton, Jeremy.

Contributor:

Safari, an O'Reilly Media Company.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Computer art--Technique.

Computer art.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (315 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Focal Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Empower your artistry in the digital environment This unique Painter book addresses both creative and technical proficiency, helping you step ahead in today's world of photography, art, multimedia, and design. This lavishly illustrated guide speaks directly to all visual artists and shows you how to combine traditional and stateof-the-art media to capture the essence of your vision. Fully updated for Corel Painter X and the newest range of Wacom graphics tablets, progressive, well-structured tutorials from beginner to advanced level, case studies, and examples of art will inspire your imagination at every stage. Let world-renowned Painter master Jeremy Sutton guide you step-by-step in how to experiment with creative ideas and techniques that you can adapt to your own style. New time-saving tips, workflow strategies, and keyboard short cuts allow you to quickly transform your work with Corel Painter X's outstanding natural-media tools. From expressive paintings to evocative collage portraits, oil impressionism, live portrait paintings, and painterly effects for video, television, and the Web, you get the best techniques through... *Clear explanations with colorful screen grabs and inspiring artworks that lead you through the sophisticated and creative Painter tools *Practical, hands-on tutorials, and project illustrations that show you every step in image development, including multimedia artist techniques *A CD-ROM packed with unique custom brushes, tutorial images, and additional art materials not supplied with Painter X Included on the resource CD: *48 extra brushes including many unique custom brushes not supplied with Painter *38 custom color sets *Jeremy's SupaDoopa custom palettes to help speed up your workflow *Collection of Jeremy's favorite Image Hose nozzles, paper textures, and patterns to greatly enhance the variety and richness of art materials available at your fingertips *Gain instant access to Jeremy's interface customization and optimize your creativity with unique custom workspaces, new to Painter X *4 QuickTime movies including a studio tour, artwork commentary, and details on Wacom tablets *Have fun practicing with 28 tutorial images!

Contents:

Cover; Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgments; 1 Preparing; Seven Principles; Materials List; Minimum Computer System Requirements; Set Up Your Wacom Tablet; Prepare Your Computer; Optimize Painter X; The Painter X Interface; 2 Exploring Brushes; Visual Glossary; Fearless Exploration!; Custom Variants; Painting Projects; 3 Texture and Pattern; Painter-centric Definitions; Paper Textures in Painter; Pattern Pizzazz!; 4 Design and Composition; Observation and Decisions; Design; Composition; Draw a Still Life

Paint a Self-Portrait5 Painting from a Photograph; Why Paint from a Photograph?; Ways to Paint from a Photograph; Principles of Painting from Photos in Painter; An Expressive Approach to Painting; I Prepare the Source Image; II Create a ""Muck Up"" Underpainting; III Selectively Reveal the Subject; IV Further Develop the Painting; Generating Variations; 6 Going for it with Color; About Color; Still Life Exercise; Expressing Tone Through Color; Wild Color!; Ideas for Experimentation; 7 Collage Portraiture; What is a Collage Portrait?; Acquire Source Images

Choose Foundation, Secondary and Subsidiary ImagesPrepare for Action; Create a Working Image Template; Add Subsidiary Image Using Select, Copy and Paste; Resize and Rotate Layer Using Free Transform Effect; Control Layer Visibility with Layer Masks; Group, Collapse and Lock Layers; Experiment with Composite Methods and Layer Opacity; Periodically Flatten and Paint; Create a Paper Texture Template; Paint Texture into a Layer; Paint with Liquid Metal; Add Painted Border; Add Physical Media to the Print; Gallery; 8 Replay; Scripts: The Modern Day Music Roll

Powerful Tools for Working with ProcessI Recording a Script; II Replaying a Script; III Generating a Frame Stack from a Script; IV Generating a QuickTime Movie from a Frame Stack; V Generating Numbered Files from a Frame Stack; VI Using Background Scripts as a Last Resort Rescue; Appendices; Appendix I: Project Checklists; Appendix II: Troubleshooting; Appendix III: Keyboard Shortcuts; Index; Author Biography; Contributors; Order Form; Copyright License Page

Notes:

Includes index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612540325

9781136103018

1136103015

9781136103025

1136103023

9781282540323

1282540327

9780080550756

0080550754

OCLC:

638859928