Introduction to Painter 12: Part 3
Instructor: Elaina Moore-Kelly
Description
This class is a continuation of your Painter 12 education, and builds on the skills you learned in Introduction to Painter 12 Part 1 and Introduction to Painter 12 Part 2. Now that you’ve learned the basics, you will explore some of the wonderful resources which Corel Painter 12 makes available to you as a digital artist. You will learn how to turn Painter into your own personal art supply store, how to create custom art supplies and custom palettes on which to store those supplies, and how to back up your custom items in case of a program crash. Along the way, there will be some surprises, you’ll create an image using your new skills, and hopefully, have fun while you learn.
Please click on the Syllabus tab above for further details.
Skill Level
Intermediate
Prerequisites: Before taking this class please be sure you have completed all of the lessons in the Introduction to Corel Painter 12: Part 1 and Introduction to Corel Painter 12: Part 2 classes.
Software Requirements
- Corel Painter 12 updated to version 12.2 with all patches, hot fixes and updates installed. Please go to this page and download any missing updates and/or patches.
- Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP3), Vista or 7, or Apple® Mac OS® X operating system
- Adobe® Reader or equivalent software for reading lessons.
Hardware Requirements
- A computer capable of running Corel® Painter™ 12
- A pressure sensitive graphics tablet, such as those made by Wacom
Note: Corel® Painter™ has been optimized to integrate seamlessly with a pressure sensitive graphics tablet such as the inexpensive Wacom Bamboo, or the multi-featured Wacom Intuos. Although you can use the program with a mouse, you will find many of its features to be most effective with a tablet. You may want to consider buying one at some point in time.
There is initially a bit of a learning curve, but once you begin to use the tablet and pen in conjunction with Painter (and many other programs) you will be both amazed and excited by how real the painting and drawing effects seem as you work.
Course Gallery
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Please take some time before class begins to review the material covered in the Part 1 and Part 2 classes. This will enable you to jump right into the first lesson.
Week One
Your personal art supply store, or, How do I keep all this stuff organized?
- Painter 12 Libraries: Using, managing, customizing
- Panels and Palettes: A review
- Paper Textures: An Overview
- Create your own Papers Library
- Paper texture from scratch
- Paper Texture from an image
- Create custom icons for your library
- How to use “Legacy” library items
- Exporting & Importing Libraries
- Organizing Libraries
- Homework Assignment: Paper textures sample
Week Two
But wait, there’s more!
- Image Portfolio: An Overview
- Image Portfolio panel interface
- Using the Image Portfolio
- Create a Custom Image Portfolio
- Adding images to the Portfolio
- The Selection Portfolio in brief
- Gradients: An Overview
- Create a Custom Gradient
- Create a Gradient Library
- Create a Gradient from an image
- Using Gradients
- Edit>Fill
- Bucket Tool
- Legacy Gradients
- Express in Image
Week Three
…and still more!
- Painting with a Gradient
- Patterns: An Overview
- What are patterns?
- Patterns Library panel
- Patterns Control panel
- Creating Patterns
- Create a Pattern from scratch
- Define Pattern command
- Capture Pattern command
- Create a Pattern from scratch
- Using Patterns
- As Fills
- Edit>Fill
- Bucket Tool Fill
- As Textures
- Painting with Patterns
- Pattern Pens
- Cloner Brushes
- Other Brush Categories
- As Fills
- Painter Extras
Week Four
Custom Palettes: The icing on the cake!
- Custom Palettes: Overview
- Creating a Custom Palette
- Custom Palettes and icon choices
- Drawing Straight Lines in Painter
- Exporting and importing Custom Palettes
- Modifying a Custom Palette
- Brush Basics: Creating a Custom Brush Library in Painter 12.2
- Create an image and Review