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Painter X Creativity PPrreelliimmss--KK8800992299..iinndddd ii 77//2233//0077 66::2233::5577 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Painter X Creativity Digital Artist’s Handbook Jeremy Sutton AMSTERDAM (cid:129) BOSTON (cid:129) HEIDELBERG (cid:129) LONDON (cid:129) NEW YORK OXFORD (cid:129) PARIS (cid:129) SAN DIEGO (cid:129) SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE (cid:129) SYDNEY (cid:129) TOKYO Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier PPrreelliimmss--KK8800992299..iinndddd iiiiii 77//2233//0077 66::2233::5588 PPMM This eBook does not include ancillary media that was packaged with the printed version of the book. Acquisitions Editor: Emma Baxter Publishing Services Manager: George Morrison Project Manager: Mónica González de Mendoza Assistant Editor: Valerie Geary Marketing Manager: Christine Degon Veroulis Cover Design: Dennis Schaefer Focal Press is an imprint of Elsevier 30 Corporate Drive, Suite 400, Burlington, MA 01803, USA Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP, UK Copyright © 2007, Jeremy Sutton. Published by Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Permissions may be sought directly from Elsevier’s Science & Technology Rights Department in Oxford, UK: phone: ((cid:2)44) 1865 843830, fax: ((cid:2)44) 1865 853333, e-mail: [email protected]. 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PPrreelliimmss--KK8800992299..iinndddd vv 77//2233//0077 66::2244::0000 PPMM This page intentionally left blank Contents Foreword xi Introduction xiii Acknowledgments xvi 1 Preparing 1 Seven Principles 2 Materials List 9 Minimum Computer System Requirements 9 Set Up Your Wacom Tablet 13 Prepare Your Computer 21 Optimize Painter X 27 The Painter X Interface 33 2 Exploring Brushes 55 Visual Glossary 56 Fearless Exploration! 75 Custom Variants 77 Painting Projects 88 3 Texture and Pattern 93 Painter-centric Defi nitions 95 Paper Textures in Painter 96 Pattern Pizzazz! 113 4 Design and Composition 125 Observation and Decisions 128 Design 128 Composition 133 Draw a Still Life 146 Paint a Self-Portrait 148 5 Painting from a Photograph 151 Why Paint from a Photograph? 153 Ways to Paint from a Photograph 156 vii PPrreelliimmss--KK8800992299..iinndddd vviiii 77//2233//0077 66::2244::0000 PPMM Principles of Painting from Photos in Painter 157 An Expressive Approach to Painting 158 Prepare the Source Image 158 Create a “Muck Up” Underpainting 174 Selectively Reveal the Subject 176 Further Develop the Painting 178 Generating Variations 183 6 Going for it with Color 201 About Color 203 Still Life Exercise 210 Expressing Tone Through Color 214 Wild Color! 216 Ideas for Experimentation 218 7 Collage Portraiture 223 What is a Collage Portrait? 226 Acquire Source Images 227 Choose Foundation, Secondary and Subsidiary Images 227 Prepare for Action 229 Create a Working Image Template 230 Add Subsidiary Image Using Select, Copy and Paste 231 Resize and Rotate Layer Using Free Transform Effect 232 Control Layer Visibility with Layer Masks 234 Group, Collapse and Lock Layers 236 Experiment with Composite Methods and Layer Opacity 236 Periodically Flatten and Paint 237 Create a Paper Texture Template 238 Paint Texture into a Layer 241 Paint with Liquid Metal 242 Add Painted Border 243 Add Physical Media to the Print 244 Gallery 245 8 Replay 255 Scripts: The Modern Day Music Roll 256 Powerful Tools for Working with Process 256 Recording a Script 257 Replaying a Script 261 viii PPrreelliimmss--KK8800992299..iinndddd vviiiiii 77//2233//0077 66::2244::0011 PPMM CONTENTS Generating a Frame Stack from a Script 266 Generating a QuickTime Movie from a Frame Stack 270 Generating Numbered Files from a Frame Stack 272 Using Background Scripts as a Last Resort Rescue 273 Appendices I Project Checklists 277 II Troubleshooting 279 III Keyboard Shortcuts 284 Index 285 Author Biography 291 Contributors 293 Order form 295 Copyright license page 296 ix PPrreelliimmss--KK8800992299..iinndddd iixx 77//2233//0077 66::2244::0011 PPMM
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