The Painter 7 Wow! Book

by Threinen-Pendarvis, Cher

• ISBN13: 9780201773620
• ISBN10: 0201773627
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-05-06
• Publisher: Peachpit Press

Summary

Get artistic inspiration and practical techniques in one full-color, example-packed volume:The Painter 7 Wow! Book. The definitive guide to this popular paint program is back--thoroughly revised to include a plethora of new tips, step-by-step techniques, and illustrations that make deciphering this new version a breeze. Author Cher Threinen-Pendarvis shows you how to get the most out of Painter 7's improved interface and tools, including its awesome natural-media brushes and effects. Plus, she's added new projects and galleries as well as special Primer sections to cover Painter 7's new Water Color and Liquid Ink media layers and brushes.The Painter 7 Wow! Bookstrikes the perfect balance between hands-on, step-by-step instruction and visual inspiration. You'll find thorough coverage of the basics--Painter's tools, functions, and preferences--as well as plenty of real-world examples from print, multimedia, and the Web. Best of all, the book's galleries feature work from a top-notch cast of fine artists, designers, photographers, and illustrators who use Painter to illuminate books and magazines, CD-ROMs, gallery walls, and the Web. On the accompanying CD-ROM you'll discover loads of custom brushes, papers, patterns, and scripts created by the author; goodies shared by contributing artists; high-resolution stock photographs and video clips; and a demo of Painter 7. Novices and pros alike will be creating digital master works in no time with Painter 7 on their computers and this dazzling guide at their side.

Author Biography

Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, award-winning designer, fine artist, and educator, has influenced thousands of digital artists in her many years of teaching and writing about electronic design tools. Her digital paintings and photography have been exhibited worldwide, and her work is featured in numerous books and periodicals. Cher teaches the use of digital tools in various workshops around the United States and in Europe, and is often a featured speaker at graphics conferences.

Table of Contents

Welcome	2	(4)
Getting to Know Painter	6	(14)
The Power of Color	20	(24)
Adding Color and Gradations to Line Art	30	(2)
Coloring a Scanned Illustration	32	(4)
Coloring a Woodcut	36	(2)
Capturing a Color Set	38	(2)
Gallery	40	(4)
Painting with Brushes	44	(86)
Building Brushes	58	(6)
Sketching with Pencils	64	(1)
Drawing with Colored Pencils	65	(1)
Blending and Feathering with Pastels	66	(2)
Painting with Pastels	68	(2)
A Painter Watercolor Primer	70	(4)
Wet-into-Wet Watercolor	74	(4)
Combining Wet-Into-Wet and Glazing on Layers	78	(4)
Painting an Expressive Color Study	82	(2)
Gouache and Opaque Watermedia	84	(2)
Painting with Oils	86	(2)
Sculpting a Portrait	88	(2)
Cloning and Tracing	90	(2)
Coloring Pencil Illustrations	92	(2)
Spontaneous Mixed Media	94	(2)
Applying Scanned Paper Textures	96	(2)
Creative Custom Brushes	98	(3)
Applying Rich Textures With Custom Brushes	101	(4)
Brushing Washes Over ``Live'' Canvas	105	(2)
Working With Thick Paint	107	(3)
A Liquid Ink Primer	110	(5)
Encaustic Painting with Liquid Ink	115	(3)
Gallery	118	(12)
Selections, Shapes and Masks	130	(34)
Making Masks for Embossing	143	(3)
Working with Bezier Paths and Selections	146	(2)
Using Selections to Limit Paint	148	(3)
Selections and Airbrush	151	(2)
Working with Hand-drawn Selections	153	(2)
Using Color Mask	155	(2)
Isolating Color with Auto Mask	157	(2)
Gallery	159	(5)
Using Layers	164	(36)
Illustrating With Layers	177	(3)
Oil Painting on Layers	180	(2)
Working with Shapes and Layers	182	(3)
Masks and Selections for Water Color Layers	185	(2)
Melting Text into Water	187	(2)
Gallery	189	(11)
Enhancing Photos, Montage and Collage	200	(36)
Creating a Sepia-Tone Photo	206	(1)
Selective Coloring	207	(1)
Simulating Motion	208	(1)
Zooming and Solarizing	209	(1)
Making a Selective Correction	210	(2)
Hand-Tinting a Photo	212	(2)
Blending a Photo	214	(1)
Cloning a Portrait	215	(1)
Making a Custom Solarization	216	(1)
Solarizing Color	217	(1)
Toning with Textures	218	(2)
Creating a Woodcut from a Photo	220	(3)
Distressing a Photo	223	(1)
Creating a Montage Using Masks and Layers	224	(3)
Gallery	227	(9)
Exploring Special Effects	236	(34)
Diving into Distortion	244	(1)
Creating an Impressionist Look	245	(1)
Creating a Seamless Pattern	246	(2)
Applying Patterns	248	(2)
Making an Environment Map	250	(1)
Applying an Environment Map	251	(2)
Building a Terrain Map	253	(1)
Building a Clone-Based Mosaic	254	(2)
Creating a Tidepool	256	(2)
Draping a Weave	258	(2)
Gallery	260	(10)
Working With Type in Painter	270	(24)
Putting Type Over a Photo	276	(1)
Putting an Image Inside of Type	277	(1)
Setting Text on a Curve	278	(1)
A Spattery Graffiti Glow	279	(1)
Stroked and Glowing	280	(2)
Creating Beveled Chrome	282	(2)
Painting With Ice	284	(2)
Setting a Logo in Stone	286	(3)
Gallery	289	(5)
Using Painter with Photoshop	294	(18)
Compositing Painting and Effects	296	(2)
Expressive Painting and Layering	298	(2)
Collage Using Cloning and Layers	300	(3)
Gallery	303	(9)
Multimedia and Film with Painter	312	(28)
Animating an Illustration	321	(3)
Automating Movie Effects	324	(1)
Making an Animated Comp	325	(2)
Animating a Logo	327	(2)
Gallery	329	(11)
Using Painter for Web Graphics	340	(20)
Reducing Color Using Apply Screen	343	(2)
Posterizing with Web-Safe Colors	345	(2)
Making a Seamless Tile	347	(2)
Building an Image Map for a Web Page	349	(3)
Making a Slide Show Animation	352	(1)
Gallery	353	(7)
Printing and Archival Concerns	360	(30)
Combining Digital and Intaglio Printmaking	368	(2)
Constructing a Lenticular Work	370	(2)
Making a Fine Art Master Print	372	(2)
Making an Archival Desktop Print	374	(4)
Gallery	378	(12)
Appendixes	390	(6)
Index	396