Description

This class is a continuation of Painter 12 Part 1. In the first week we will pick up right where we left off last time with a lesson which covers Layers and how to use them effectively when creating an image. In the weeks which follow you will learn  about the different methods Painter offers  for creating selections, how to use the Transformation tools, how to create and use a Layer mask and more.

I think you will find this class even more fun that the previous one, especially since this time around you will be more comfortable with what you are doing. By the time you finish this series of lessons you will be well on your way to an understanding of the way many of the basic tools in Painter work, and how to create beautiful images using Corel Painter

Please click on the Syllabus tab above for further details about this course.

Skill Level

Beginner to Intermediate

Please note: Students must have a working knowledge of their operating system, especially:

1. How to create and name new folders.
2. How to locate files in their computers
3. How to open and save files
4. How to unzip files

Software Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® (XP SP3), Microsoft® Windows® Vista or 7, or Apple® Mac OS® X operating system
• Corel® Painter™ 12
• Service Pack 1 (The most current Service Pack as of this posting)
• Adobe® Reader or equivalent software for reading lessons.

Hardware Requirements

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.

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Before Class

Please review your Part 1 lessons to familiarize yourself with what you learned in that class. This will enable you to jump right in during the first week.

Week One

Colors in abundance!

• The Color Sets panel: an overview
• Custom Colors
• Adding Names To Colors
• What’s a Layer?
• Anatomy of the Layers Panel
• Naming/renaming Layer the Painter 12 Way
  
• Homework exercise: Paint a butterfly using layers
  

Week Two

It’s all about Layers!

• What’s a Layer Group?
• Layer Groups in depth
• Drop Shadows in Painter
• Changing the Canvas to a layer
• Layer Opacity and Composite Methods
• Homework exercise: Create a Collage

Week Three

Be Selective!

• Selection tools: Overview
• Toolbox Selection tools
• Rectangle Selection tool
• Oval Selection tool
• The Bucket tool
• Feathering selections
• Lasso Selection tool
• Polygonal Selection tool
• The Select Menu: Part 1
• Layer Masks 
• Homework: Create an image using a Layer mask 

Week Four

Transform it!

• The Select Menu: Part 2
• The Transformation Tools
• The Transform Property Bar in depth
• The Transform menu
• Rotate
• Scale
• Distort
• Free Transform
• Flip: Horizontal and Vertical
• Homework: Out of Bounds exercise

Coming Soon! Introduction to Painter 12-Part 3

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Description

The first time I ever opened Corel® Painter™, I took one look and immediately closed the program. I didn’t open it again until I had enrolled in an online class. It didn’t look like anything I had ever seen before and I didn’t know where to begin. If this has been your experience, then this is the class for you. These lessons have been written from the viewpoint of the person who has never used Corel® Painter™ before.

As you work your way through the lesson and complete your assignment each week, you will find the interface becoming less intimidating and you will learn how to use this wonderful program to enhance your own artistic abilities. The lessons are available in PDF format and include two supplemental videos.

This class is the first in a continuing series specifically written for Corel® Painter™ 12. If you are using an earlier version of the program, please see Skip Allen’s classes for Painter 11.

Skill Level

Beginner

Please note: Students must have a working knowledge of their operating system, especially:

1. How to create and name new folders.
2. How to locate files in their computers
3. How to open and save files

Software Requirements

• Microsoft® Windows® (XP SP3), Microsoft® Windows® Vista or 7, or Apple® Mac OS® X operating system
• Corel® Painter™ 12
• Service Pack 1 (The most current Service Pack as of this posting)

Hardware Requirements

• A computer capable of running Corel® Painter™ 12
• A pressure sensitive graphics tablet, such as those made by Wacom

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Before Class

It’s very likely that the driver which came with your Wacom tablet has been updated. If you are experiencing any problems with your tablet, please check this page for the latest driver and install it before class begins.

http://www.wacom.com/CustomerCare/Drivers.aspx

Need some tips on setting up and/or using your tablet? Check out the videos on this page (scroll down the page to locate your tablet).

http://www.wacom.com/en/CustomerCare/Videos.aspx

Week One

The Painter Interface, Part 1
Customizing your Workspace – Intro
Saving and exporting a Workspace
Painter Preferences – Brush Tracking
New Document Dialog
Painter Preferences – Color Management
Painting exercise
Brush Selector: Brush Categories and Variants
How to save a .jpg file with Painter
Painter Image Formats
Doodling with Painter

Week Two

Setting preferences-continued
Panels and Palettes
The Color panel
Zoom Property bar: Zooming for detail
Learn to paint an apple

Week Three

Toolbox – Overview
The Crop Tool
Resizing images
Grabber Tool
Changing Paper color/dropper tool
Re-size the canvas to create a frame
The Clone Panel
Quick Cloning an image
Temporal Colors palette
Clone a Hibiscus

Week Four

The Navigator panel
The Mixer Panel – in Depth
Gif of Jpeg: What’s the difference?
The Dodge and Burn tools
Changing the color of the Tracing paper
Trace and paint an orchid from a photo

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Description

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.

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.

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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

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

Using a photographic reference with cloning

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

Week Three

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

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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Description

This course will demonstrate how to work with the Watercolor brush category as well as learn how to paint  in ArtRage Studio Pro 3.5. You will enjoy several videos showing you how to create a very realistic watercolor painting in ArtRage. Students are free to use their own reference images or those supplied for the class. The Watercolor tool lets you paint with a variety of watercolor strokes using a soft bristled brush on wet or dry paper. Because it is a wet medium the Watercolor tool is ideal for creating subtle, blended color washes and detail. The control you have over the amount of wetness of your brush and the Canvas beneath it lets you produce a wide variety of results. Each week we will have a live session covering the new additions to ArtRage 3.5. These sessions are recorded and you will be able to download them and few them for future reference.

Watercolor is a complex medium and there are a large number of settings that can be used to control the results you see when you paint. ArtRage understands both the color of the pigment you are applying and how much water is on your brush, and simulates these two things as you work with the tool. A basic understanding of what is happening when you paint with this medium can help explain how its settings work.

Your instructor will hold a live Webinar session for you each week where painting demonstrations and your questions will be addressed.

Skill Level

Beginner to Intermediate

Software Requirements

• ArtRage 3 Studio Pro Version  3.5

Hardware Requirements

• A computer capable of running ArtRage
• Wacom or compatible tablet is recommended.
• Headset with Microphone for live sessions. Those that do not have a headset can listen through your computer speakers.

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Before Class

If you do not currently own ArtRage, you may want to download the trial version for this class. However, do not download it until class begins our sessions are four (4) weeks long and you will need to take into account the time period of the evaluation software.

Week One

Getting Acquainted with the Watercolor brushes in ArtRage

• Why are ArtRage watercolor brushes different
• The Watercolor Palette
• The Watercolor Controls
• The Watercolor Settings Palette
• The Tracing Panel
• Watercolor Exercise
• New Feature Focus-Package Files

Week Two

Blending with Watercolors

• Learn how to blend  watercolor paint
• How Paper Texture affects watercolors
• Blending Exercise
• New Feature Focus-ArtRage Script Files

Week Three

Working with a Reference Image

• Learning to trace your image using the Tracing Panel
• Learning to use Tracing Paper
• Building color with layers
• New Feature Focus-Palette Knife Loading and Soft Media Enhancements

Week Four

Watercolor Painting

• Exercise using layers
• What are Blend Modes
• Exercise, experimenting with Blending Modes
• Applying overlays
• New Feature Focus-All the rest!

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