The Painter 8 Wow! Book

The Painter 8 Wow! Book

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Book Description
Looking to trade in your paintbrush for a mouse? Or a pressure-sensitive tablet and stylus? The Painter 8 Wow Book is the definitive guide for making the transition from traditional to digital art using Corel Painter 8. Author Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, an expert and instructor in both Painter and Photoshop, translates traditional artistic techniques so you can apply them using Painter's natural-media brushes and effects. Beyond that, she demonstrates exciting new media mixes and special effects that would be nearly impossible to accomplish without the computer. Clear, step-by-step instructions, hundreds of full-color illustrations, and inspirational galleries of painterly works by top artists, designers, and, photographers make mastering Painter both fun and easy. The book is bound to boost your creativity with Painter 8's powerful tools, as you learn from the artist who created more than 400 new brushes included with Corel Painter 8.The Painter 8 Wow! Book includes expanded chapters focusing on:

The new, streamlined, easier-to-use interface
New high-performance brushes for more creative painting
Cool special effects for type and graphics
Web graphics and printmaking
Improved portability to and from Adobe Photoshop, with tons of real-world tips to help you build on your Photoshop experience to get the most out of Painter

Some people buy the book just for the accompanying CD-ROM, which comes loaded with over a hundred custom brushes and papers built by the author, recorded scripts for applying effects, stock photographs, and video clips, and a trial version of Corel Painter 8. On the CD-ROM you'll also find the Painter 8 Wow! Study Guide, an instructor's guide designed to help you use the book for self-study or as a textbook for classes in computer imaging, digital art, and design using Corel Painter. The book also provides a companion Web site at http://peachpit.com/wow/painter, which offers valuable supplemental information, including cool tips and techniques and a Painter art gallery featuring work by some of the medium's most talented artists.

From the Publisher
Award-winning Corel Painter has long been a favorite among fine artists and illustrators, who love the way it emulates the experience of working with traditional media such as watercolor, pastel, pencil, and ink-yet with all the advantages of a digital technology. Whether you're an experienced digital artist or an artist who needs a bridge from traditional media to electronic art, there's no better way to learn Painter than from longtime Painter artist and instructor, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis. The Painter 8 Wow! Book has something to spark every reader's creativity. Beginners will love the clear, step-by-step instructions, which assume no prior knowledge of the program. Intermediate and advanced users will gain valuable insight from the author's savvy explanations of a wide variety of cool, creative, and productive techniques, and inspiration from the example artwork that graces the book throughout. Inside this book, Cher gives you:

Inside knowledge on Painter's tools, functions, and preferences, including Painter 8's exciting new brushes, its ability to blend paint interactively, and its faster, easier-to-use interface.
Dazzling images and inspiring techniques by renowned Painter artists worldwide.
Step-by-step descriptions of ways that prominent professionals use painter in commercial illustration, fine art, design, photography, mulitimedia, film, and on the Web.
A guide to tools, images, and other resources that will let you take better advantage of Painter's power and efficiency.
A CD-ROM containing a demo version of Corel Painter 8, stock photos, video clips, recorded scripts, a study guide for instructors, and over 100 new custom brushes, plus new papers, patterns, and lighting effects built by Cher herself.

The Painter 8 Wow! Book

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