Courses « Digital Art Academy » Instructor Moderated http://www.digitalartacademy.com/courses Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:28:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Corel Painter: Beyond the Basics http://www.digitalartacademy.com/courses/corel-painter-beyond-the-basics/ http://www.digitalartacademy.com/courses/corel-painter-beyond-the-basics/#comments Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:06:50 +0000 Skip Allen http://localhost/daa08/courses/?p=16
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    • Description

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    This course is designed as a follow-up to Introduction to Painter 11, Part One, The Basic. The participants will continue to experience Corel Painter’s ingenious drawing tools, realistic brushes and customizable features at a much deeper level. At least one work will be created each week designed to utilize new information presented. The complete course will be presented in three parts and you must complete Part One before you can move to Part Two. Conceptually, the next two parts will address all menu functions available in Painter. This class also contains live sessions each week designed to assist the student and to further their skill level on a one on one basis.

    You will need Painter 11 and a Wacom Intuos, or Cintiq tablet or comparable hardware to take advantage of the new features of Painter 11.

    Skill Level

    This class is intended for the beginner or more advanced Painter user who has completed Introduction to Painter 11, The Basics.  Advanced Painter users may with the permission of the instructor enroll in Beyond the Basics.

    Students should have basic knowledge and understanding of their operating system.

    Software Requirements

    • Microsoft® Windows® XP, Microsoft® Windows® Vista or Apple® Mac OS® X operating system
    • Corel Painter 11

    Hardware Requirements

    • A computer capable of running Corel Painter.
    • Wacom Intuos, Cintiq or comparable tablet is highly recommended. With a mouse you may suffer frustration and not be able to take full advantage of the new features that Painter 11 offers.

    Before Class

    Before you use Corel Painter with your Wacom Intuos tablet on the Mac OS, you need to ensure that the Wacom Intuos driver you’ve installed is optimized for use with Corel Painter. To do this, access the Mac OS System Preferences, and choose the Wacom Tablet command. Choose Functions from the Tool area, and then click the Touch Strip button that appears. In the Touch Strip area, make sure that the left and right Touch Strip functions are both set to Scroll.

    The mouse mode option in the Wacom controls panel, which causes a stylus to behave like a mouse, is not compatible with Corel Painter. Always use pen mode when painting with an Intuos tablet and pen.

    Week One

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    Color, Watercolor Variants, and Capturing Brush Dabs

    • Work with Watercolor Variants
    • Create Watercolor Captured Dab Variants
    • Explore Color Variability Palette
    • Use Color Expression Palette
    • Create Watercolor Image showing Color Variability and Captured Dabs

    Week Two

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    Effects, Patterns vs. Clone Source and Brush Customization

    • Explore Apply Lighting
    • Utilize Apply Screen
    • Use Clone Source to make Gold
    • Customize Artist Oils Category.
    • Create multiple images illustrating this week’s lessons

    Week Three

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    Email from Painter, Special Techniques, and more on Brushes

    • Discover Image Portfolio
    • Use Painter’s Make Mosaics
    • Work with Painter’s Make Tesselation
    • Learn Brush Tips to enhance Color
    • Create a Mosaic image

    Week Four

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    Creating Images with Transform Tool

    • Use Transform and Selection Tools
    • Lean Steps for Out of Bounds Image
    • Put it all Together in Final Image
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    This course is a beginner level course designed to acquaint the student with the most common used features of Corel® Painter™ 11. The participants will experience first-hand Corel Painter’s ingenious drawing tools, realistic brushes and customizable features. At least one work will be created each week designed to take you through the basics of Painter 11.

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    The complete course will be presented in three parts and you must complete this course before moving on to Corel Painter: Beyond the Basics, unless prior appoval is given from the instructor.

    Skill Level

    This class is intended for the beginner Painter user and is intended to foster a solid skill set, or for those who want to familiarize themselves with the new features in Corel Painter 11.

    Students should have basic knowledge and understanding of their operating system. The class is appropriate for Painter X users as well, however you will suffer some frustration as many of the brushes that are used in exercises are using Painter 11 brush variants. Consider downloading the 30 day free trial of Corel Painter 11. Do not download the software until classes begin.

    Software Requirements

    • Microsoft® Windows® XP, Microsoft® Windows® Vista or Apple® Mac OS® X operating system
    • Corel Painter 11

    Hardware Requirements

    • A computer capable of running Corel Painter.
    • Wacom Intuos, Cintiq or comparable tablet is highly recommended. With a mouse you may suffer frustration and not be able to take full advantage of the new features that Painter 11 offers.

    Before Class

    Before you use Corel Painter with your Wacom Intuos tablet on the Mac OS, you need to ensure that the Wacom Intuos driver you’ve installed is optimized for use with Corel Painter. To do this, access the Mac OS System Preferences, and choose the Wacom Tablet command. Choose Functions from the Tool area, and then click the Touch Strip button that appears. In the Touch Strip area, make sure that the left and right Touch Strip functions are both set to Scroll.

    The mouse mode option in the Wacom controls panel, which causes a stylus to behave like a mouse, is not compatible with Corel Painter. Always use pen mode when painting with an Intuos tablet and pen.

    If you are a Painter X user be sure to let your instructor know before class begins.

    Week One

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    Getting to know Painter

    • The Welcome Screen
    • Brush Tracking
    • Opening and closing files
    • Saving your documents
    • Getting to know the Workspace
    • The Menu Bar
    • The Brush Selector
    • Color Palettes
    • Learning Painter by creating an abstract
    • Creating a Brush Sampler for reference

    Week Two

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    Using a photographic reference with cloning

    • Introduction to Layers
    • Using Photographic reference
    • Learning about Clone Color
    • Introduction to “scratch drawing”

    Week Three

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    Auto Painting, a powerful feature of Corel Painter

    • Discover the Underpainting palettes
    • Discover the Auto-painting palettes
    • Learning to enhance your reference photos
    • Discover the layers Composite Methods

    Week Four

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    Putting it all together and then some

    • Color Set Palette
    • Mixer Pad
    • Creating your first painting based on the skills you have learned
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    Painter 3, Advanced Techniques will be a series of classes focusing on Painter functions at an advanced level. This course will focus on Selections, Channels, and Masks with an emphasis on channels. At least one work will be created each week designed to utilize the new information presented. You must complete Part One and Part Two prior to enrolling in this class, however the instructor can allow advanced users access without the prerequisite.You will need Painter 11 and a Wacom Intuos, or Cintiq tablet or comparable hardware to take advantage of the new features of Painter 11.

    Skill Level

    Advanced

    Software Requirements

    • Corel Painter X with some limitations,  Painter 11

    Hardware Requirements

    • A computer capable of running Corel Painter
    • Wacom Intuos, Cintiq or comparable tablet is highly recommended. With a mouse you may suffer frustration and not be able to take full advantage of the new features Painter 11 offers.

    Before Class

    This class is intended for the advanced Painter user.  Topics covered will be in depth and at an advanced level.
    Students should have a basic knowledge and understanding of their operating system.  Painter X users are welcome in the class, but it is possible some material covered will not be available with X.  Please consider upgrading your software or downloading the 30 day free trial version, but do not download until the start of class.

    Week One

    Selections

    • Everything about Selections in one place
    • Layer mask’s relationships with selections
    • Channels, the super selector

    Week Two

    Advanced Use of Selections

    • Auto Select with Channels
    • Color Range with Channels
    • Channels from Selections

    Week Three

    Paint, Clone,  and Auto Paint With Channels

    • Direct Painting on Channels
    • Cloning on Channels
    • Auto Painting on Channels

    Week Four

    Effects and Dynamic Plugins with channels and Putting it All Together

    • Effects with Channels
    • Dynamic Plugins with Channels
    • Multiple Channels; Multiple Uses

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