Painter X for photographers : creating painterly images step by step / Martin Addison.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Addison, Martin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corel Painter.

Computer graphics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Focal Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Whether you are just starting out with Painter, or are a seasoned pro who wants to take your photographs to the next level, you can't go wrong with this essential guide by your side! Covering Painter X, but also applicable to earlier versions and to both PC and Macintosh users, this reader friendly book and DVD package will show you how to get the most out of this powerful program. Uniquely written specifically for photographers, Martin Addison gives a complete overview of the program, showing how to master each exciting tool, including the brand-new RealBristle and Smart Stroke brush librarie

Contents:

Cover; Painter X for Photographers: Creating painterly images step by step; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Acknowledgements; 1 Getting started in Painter; The Painter X workspace; The default view; Toolbox; Opening a picture in Painter; Brush Selector; Picking a color from the Colors palette; Properties bar; Correcting mistakes; Moving around the picture; Rotating the canvas; Normal view; Full screen view; Keyboard shortcuts for the screen; Using and organizing palettes; Creating custom palettes; Palette menu; Brush Creator; Using a graphic tablet; Saving images

Default settingsSetting up preferences; Preferences - General; Preferences - Operating System; Preferences - Undo; Preferences - Customize Keys; Customize workspace; Painter X - Photoshop; Terminology and usage; File compatibility; Tools; Keyboard shortcuts; 2 First steps in cloning; Basic cloning techniques; Tracing paper; Soft clone; Camel impasto clone; Bristle Brush Clone; An introduction to paper grain; Textured Clone; 3 Choosing brushes; Quick guide to selecting brushes; First select the category; Understanding the shapes; Now for the texture; Blenders for smoothing and mixing

Acrylic brushesAirbrushes; Art Pen Brushes; Artists' Oils; Artists; Blenders; Calligraphy; Chalk; Charcoal; Cloners; Colored Pencils; Conte; Crayons; Digital Watercolor; Distortion; Erasers; F - X; Felt Pens; Gouache; Image Hoze; Impasto; Liquid Ink; Oil Pastels; Oils; Palette Knives; Pastels; Pattern Pens; Pencils; Pens; Photo; RealBristle Brushes; Smart Stroke Brushes; Sponges; Sumi-e; Tinting; Watercolor; 4 Customizing Brushes; The Brush Creator; The Stroke Designer Palettes; Stroke Designer Palette - General; Stroke Designer Palettes - Size; Stroke Designer Palettes - Well

Stroke Designer Palettes - SpacingStroke Designer Palettes - Random; Stroke Designer Palettes - Impasto; The Randomizer; The Transposer; Creating a captured dab; Saving brush variants; Making a new brush category; 5 Exploring paper textures; Making a paper texture test print; Changing the paper scale; Changing the paper contrast; Changing the paper brightness; Using extra paper libraries; Creating your own paper texture; 6 Applying surface texture; Apply Surface Texture - dialog box; Using; Softness and Inverted; Appearance of Depth; Light Controls; Using - Paper; Using - Image Luminance

Using - Original LuminanceUsing - 3D Brush Strokes; Applying texture to a soft clone; Applying texture to a layer; 7 Layers and Montage; The Layers palette; Active layer; Layer visibility; Canvas; Making new layers; Deleting layers; Merging and flattening layers; Grouping layers; Layer masks; Locking a layer; Duplicating layers; Layer opacity; Layer Composite Depth; Preserve transparency; Renaming a layer; Layer compatibility; Photoshop CS to Painter X; Painter X to Photoshop CS; Layer Composite Method; Altering tone and color with layers; Using layers with cloning

Making a multi-layered clone

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-136-10494-1

1-281-01895-3

9786611018955

0-08-055003-7

9780080550039

OCLC:

499055594

Publisher Number:

YE22857

9780240520339