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Painter 2019 Essential Training

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Overview

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Get started with the 2019 version of Painter. Learn basic and advanced creative techniques that can help you kick-start your creative process.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Get creative with Painter 2019
  • What’s new in Painter 2019
  • Back to the basics
1. Painting on the Computer
  • Working with a pen tablet
  • Installing custom content
2. Navigating Painter
  • Exploring the redesigned interface
  • Using the Welcome screen
  • The tool palette and property bar
  • Working with brush selection
  • Navigating Painter
  • Getting help with hints
3. Customizing Your Work Environment
  • Setting preferences
  • Organizing with palette drawers
  • Creating custom palettes
  • Customizing keyboard shortcuts
  • Working with workspaces
  • Organizing with layouts
4. Adjusting Brushes for Maximum Performance
  • Tailoring brush response with spacing
  • Adjusting sensitivity with pressure calibration
  • Adjusting sensitivity with velocity calibration
  • Smoothing brush precision with damping
5. Illustrating with the Scratchboard Tool
  • Drawing from a source image
  • Painting on an undercolor layer
  • Fitting art into a composition
  • Adding a background
  • Adding text to the Sonoma poster
  • Converting text to shapes for editing
  • Enhancing with final touches
6. Altering a Photo with the Woodcut filter
  • Pre-simplifying a photo with the Smart Blur filter
  • Applying the Woodcut filter
  • Stylizing with Glass Distortion
  • Adding text to the San Francisco poster
  • Converting text to shapes for embellishment
  • Fading the background for readability
7. Expressing a Gradient in a Photo
  • What it means to express a gradient
  • Replacing the sky
  • Working with the Express Gradient filter
  • Working with text in the Morro Bay poster
8. Painting on Layers to Add Depth
  • Overview of stacked layers
  • Creating a set of stacked layers
  • Creating background layers
  • Isolating paint on individual layers
  • Creating depth by varying saturation
  • Modifying with Glass Distortion
  • Adding text to the Wildflower poster
9. Creating Graphic Stamp Art
  • Extracting source art from a photo
  • Distressing the art
  • Overview of the Stamp brush
  • Creating the Stamp brush
  • Applying the Stamp brush
  • Underpainting the Stamp art
  • Adding a background gradient
  • Embellishing the artwork
  • Adding text to the Monarch poster
10. Safety Nets and Troubleshooting
  • Identifying safety nets
  • Resetting brush properties
  • Restoring a workspace
  • Troubleshooting when a brush won't paint
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

John Derry

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