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PAINTER IX FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS
Painter IX for Photographers
Creating Painterly Images Step by Step
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By
Martin Addison, A photographer with over 35 years' experience working with everything from slides and audio-visual to monochrome and color prints. He received his Fellowship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1995. He now works mainly in digital media and runs courses and demonstrations on Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter and lectures on creative photography across the UK.

Description
– Get up to speed fast with Corel?s Painter and learn how to create imaginative artwork from your own photographs – Highly illustrated throughout with beautiful color images and a CD packed full of photographs to help you practise your new skills – Written for Painter version IX, but relevant for previous versions of this powerful creative software package Discover how to get the most out of Painter and turn your photographs into exquisite works of art with this user-friendly, accessible book and CD package. With clear, concise explanations of all the tools and techniques you need to take your skills further and covering all the brushes, papers and textures - Painter IX for Photographers will help expand your photographic and artistic horizons. Discover and master each tool with inspirational color illustrations showing you just what you can achieve at every stage. The accompanying CD-ROM includes all the image files needed to complete the step-by-step examples in the book. Also included are 30 day trial versions of Corel Painter IX for both Windows and Macintosh and a gallery of pictures by photographic artists using Painter. Whether you?re a complete digital imaging novice or already use Photoshop, Elements or Paint Shop Pro and want to extend your artistic capabilities with Painter - this is the book for you! The website that accompanies the book www.painterforphotographers.co.uk provides even more images and information to ensure you get the most from this exciting, creative package.

Audience
The estimated 500,000 users of Painter worldwide who want to turn their photos into original works of art. Particularly those who already use Photoshop who are at beginner – intermediate level with Painter but already have a knowledge of digital imaging. Enthusiastic amateur photographers and camera club members.

Contents
Preface; Foreword; Getting started in Painter; First steps in cloning; Exploring paper textures; Dark and colored clones; Choosing brushes; Customizing Brushes; Cloning from multiple images; Layers and Montage; Watercolor, oil and pastel; Applying surface texture; Mosaics and other clones; Hand coloring and toning; Special effects; Paper libraries; Appendices

Bibliographic details
Paperback, 288 pages, publication date: JUN-2005
ISBN-13: 978-0-240-51982-1
ISBN-10: 0-240-51982-5
Imprint: FOCAL PRESS

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