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Painter IX for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step by Step By Martin Addison ( Focal Press )
Release Date: 2005-07-18
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Product Description
Get up to speed fast with Corels 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 youre 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.
* Get up to speed fast with Painter and learn how to create artwork from your own photographs with this complete guide
* Highly illustrated throughout with beautiful color images and a CD packed full of photographs for readers to experiment with
* Written for Painter version IX, but relevant for all versions with a Foreword by Helen Yancy - Past President, Professional Photographers of America
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 Great Start to A Great Program ( zerohdog )
I'm a huge Photoshop user and new to Painter. I was looking for a book to bridge the learning gap to create paintings from my photos. This book really fit that bill. The only reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is that the book doesn't get into enough detail on each tool to paint on your own without using photos, to just "paint". I think it lacked some text based descriptions in that area, in an otherwise perfect book.
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 Not complete
I have the book Painter IX for Photographers. I have not been able to get images from the disc into my IMac G5.
I made some effort to call for help but couldn't get through or some reason I can't recall. I have been disgusted and very busy to get back into the book. I wasn't able to actually use the programs without the disc access. I am not a beginner in digital. Nelson Paden
PS This is a call for assistance and basically not a review.
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 Photos into digital art ( migueldart )
Very clear and comprehensive tutorials for turning photos into digital art. Excellent book. Highly recomended. Digital tablet a must-have.
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I liked the book
I liked the book. I found it to be what I was looking for. That is to say a book that was easy to follow, yet sophisticated enought to allow me to create the digital painting look, on a particular photograph, that I was wanting. I experienced success on my first attempt at a particular technique in the book and am anxiously looking for more spare time to devote to creating other techniques covered in the book. I love the look of digital painting and found this book an excellent resource to get me started with painting and also the software. This is my first time working with this software. If you want a book that is well written with easy to follow instructions...I think that you may be very pleased, as I was, with this one. I highly recommend it.
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Exactly what I was looking for ( kansascityslim )
I was looking for a book that would teach me to paint over photos, giving them not just a painterly look, but a painted look, ala Fay Sirkis, and this book delivers. The examples provided on Amazon and on the book's web site don't to it justice. The tutorials and examples do what good tutorials are supposed to: they provide the foundation, and leave it up to the artist to infuse the work with his or her vision. After having read this book and worked through the examples, if you have a good photo to start with, there's no reason whatsoever that you can't turn out a digital painting in any number of styles.
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