Painter 12 Essential Training

Demonstrates Painter 12 creative techniques that will get beginners up and running, and shows old hands the new features that can get a creative vision out of the head and on to the canvas.Join John Derry, one of the original Corel Painter authors, as he shares the creative techniques that will get beginners up and running, and shows old hands the new features that can get a creative vision out of your head and on to your canvas. The course demonstrates how to create projects, use Painter brushes and painting styles, build templates, and work with layers and channels. John also shares pointers on setting up a Wacom tablet to interface with Painter. Topics include: Exploring the changes in the Painter 12 interface Customizing brushes and selecting painting styles Laying out the optimal workspace Controlling color with the color palettes Adjusting brush size and stroke attributes Working with texture-aware media Quick cloning with the Clone Source panel Auto-Painting with the Underpainting, Smart Stroke, and Restoration palettes Preserving transparency in layers Creating layer masks Painting with symmetry Working with the Image Hose Integrating Painter projects with Photoshop Troubleshooting brushes and other issues