Description:
This pretty, full-color book shows beginners and intermediate users exactly what Fractal Design (now MetaCreations) Painter, the natural-media paint program, can do. The first half of the book teaches you about Painter's interface and how you can customize the program. You learn how to use Painter's color and brush tools; create and manipulate selections, masks, Floaters, and shapes; use the Image Hose; apply, create, and edit paper textures; use special effects such as lighting, Image Warp, Orientation, and Focus; clone images, brushes, and transformations; use Mosaics and Tessellations; record and play scripts and create script libraries; work with QuickTime and AVI videos and create new movies; and use Painter to collaborate with coworkers over a network using Net Painter. The chapter on output explains how to use monitor-calibration techniques, export files, and print to a variety of printers. All of the chapters in this part of the book include screen shots and thorough explanations of each feature at hand. At the end of each chapter, a Practice Exercise allows you to apply what you've learned. The second half of the book features highlights of six artists and presents step-by-step explanations of how each one created a particular piece of art. An appendix shows samples of the texture, pattern, and nozzle libraries that are available from MetaCreations. A CD-ROM includes stock photos, a demo version of Painter 5 for Macintosh, and sample animation frames.
| 
