Painter 8 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook [ペーパーバック]

Painter 8 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook. Thorough. Inspirational. Colorful. Creative. This comprehensive, full-color guide to Corel Painter 8 software helps artists to paint digitally on their computer. This handbook explains everything from the basics of setting up your digital canvas to generating original paintings, painterly animations manipulating and transforming photographic images, and constructing evocative photo-collage. Projects in this book include simple through advanced techniques and creative strategies for all levels.

Painter 8 Creativity gives you, the visual artist, the explanations you need in order to maximize the power of Corel Painter 8, whether you are a digital designer, multimedia artist, photographer, illustrator, animator, or graphic artist. Sutton illustrates how to transfer traditional art skills to the computer. He teaches the animator how to add painterly effects to their work, whether for video, TV, or the Web. He explains how the photographer can transform their images into beautiful artistic paintings and collages using natural-media tools. And, for Adobe Photoshop users, this book will explain the expanded creative potential Painter adds to your work!

Sutton takes a knowledgeable and straightforward approach to this step-by-step project-based book, explaining how each tool is used, every effect achieved, and every topic thoroughly described. The book allows you to build upon your knowledge so that if you're a beginner, you have the chance to become an advanced user; and if you're an advanced user, this is your opportunity to hone and flex your skills while learning additional creative techniques.

This book's companion website offers additional tips and tools! This site, designed by Denise Laurent, the creator of the fabulous Oil Funky Chunky brush, includes links to useful educational Painter and art resources plus: updates, tutorials, tips & tricks, a gallery, and Painter goodies!
www.paintercreativity.com

*CD-ROM includes unique custom brushes and art materials not supplied with Corel Painter 8, plus tutorial images for all projects.
*The perfect way to learn Painter while expanding your creativity. This project-based handbook teaches you powerful creative techniques that you can apply to your photography, design, multimedia, illustration, animation, fine art and more!
*Learn how to use the phenomenal image creation tool, Corel Painter 8, with clear, organized, easy-to-follow step-by-step instructions from an internationally recognized computer artist and Painter master! Jeremy Sutton has traveled around the world teaching and creating art with Painter for more than a decade!

Painter Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook is a comprehensive creative, full color guide to Corel's Painter software, which allows artists to "paint" digitally using a mouse or an electronic stylus and tablet. It explains the basics of setting up, understanding, customizing, and applying Painter to create original works, paintings, generating painterly animations, manipulating and transforming photographic images, and constructing evocative photo-collage. The projects include advanced techniques and creative strategies for all levels.

Painter X Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook gives visual artists--digital designers, multimedia artists, photographers, illustrators, animators, and graphic artists--the explanations they need in order to maximize the sophisticated, creative Painter tool. The book teaches the artist how to transfer traditional art skills and techniques to the computer. It teaches the animator how to add painterly effects to their work, whether for video, TV, or the web. It explains how photographers can transform and collage their images with natural-media tools. For Adobe Photoshop users this book explains the expanded creative potential Painter lends to their work.

Sutton takes a knowledgeable and straightforward approach to this step-by-step project-based book, explaining how each tool is used, every effect achieved, and every topic thoroughly described. The book allows readers to build upon their knowledge so that beginners have the chance to become advanced users, and advanced users have an opportunity to hone their skills and adopt new techniques.

Companion website offers additional tips and tools! The site, co-created with Den Laurent includes links to useful educational Painter and art resources, plus updates, tutorials, tips & tricks, a gallery, and Painter goodies: paintercreativity.com.

KEY FEATURES: *A creative handbook for visual artists working in the digital media industry *The only Painter workbook that addresses both creativity and technical proficiency *Teaches creative techniques to be adapted by all visual artists--especially photographers, designers, and illustrators