The "whys" and "hows" of Painter's tools are explored, featuring advanced techniques from the author, a Painter and Photoshop expert. Users will learn to think like Painter pros, thanks to step-by-step examples--building from design elements to complex techniques. The book is filled with illustrations, along with 96 pages of full color.
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Painter 5 F/X teaches Windows 95 and Macintosh users how to produce outstanding artistic effects in Painter 5, the paint program with tools that closely mimic natural-media brushes, pencils, paints, and more. (Painter is developed by MetaCreations, which was formerly Fractal Design Corp.) The authors assume that you're fairly familiar with the program, though they do start off by explaining how to customize Painter's icons and libraries, use floaters (selected image elements), and create scripts and animations. The authors then teach you how to use the package's brush tools, paper textures, Cloner tools, shapes, masks, and patterns. Digging deeper into artistic methods, the writers explain how to create atmospheric, weaving, and marbling effects, and work with Painter's Mosaics, Custom Tiles, Tessellations, Image Hose, and Fractal Patterns features. They even discuss fine art, including drawing tips and a bit of art history, and commercial art, featuring tips on cartooning and illustrating for a variety of projects. The authors teach you how to create collages, retouch photos, and create Web graphics such as buttons and animated GIFs. The enclosed CD-ROM stores images for use with Painter 5 F/X's project files. In addition to offering step-by-step guidance and helpful screen shots, the CD-ROM also explains each task and discusses artistic intent and the proper tools and effects for any given project. A full-color insert shows you the results of several of the book's projects as well as Painter artwork by several artists. The CD includes plug-ins, stock photos, and demo versions of Painter and other MetaCreations products for Windows and Macintosh.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Total waste of money!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Painter 5 F/X (Paperback)
If I can save you from wasting your hard earned money on this five pound piece of crap then I'll feel a little better. Let this be a lesson to instructors who assign books without having read them first. The publisher should be ashamed and issue refunds. Grossman starts out in her introduction by claiming that her coauthors and she "bring over 150 combined years of life experience to this book..." Too bad some of those years weren't spent in the proof-reading department because this book is riddled with errors, inconsistencies and flat out incomprehensible writing. Trust me when I say "It's not you or the program, it's the book!" Please don't let this turn you off of Painter because it's a wonderful program and the learning curve is not that steep, but there are some challenging aspects to it. I'll heartily recommend The Painter 5 Wow book by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis for any level user. It is worth every penny and you will find it useful far beyond the initial learning stages. Even now with version 5.5 out, it still is my favorite book on Painter. The cd that comes with the P5WOW book is chock full of extra brushes, scripts and stock photos that really help you have fun with the program while you learn how to use it. By contrast, the Painter FX cd is virtually useless and like the book itself, error- ridden. I feel really sorry for the artists who contributed work to the Painter 5 F/X book because it must be embarrassing to be associated with such a turkey...
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Very,Very Poor-Difficult to Manuver Through,
By A Customer
This review is from: Painter 5 F/X (Paperback)
I was assigned this book for a class working with Painter 5.0, so far my classmates and I (not mentioning the instructor for whom this was the first time using the book for the class) have given up on it. It is obviously not a book for beginners, However, I would suggest it is not a book for advanced users as well. The main problem I have with it is it's organization of information within its lessons. The lack of hiearchy in it's structure and style make the lessons difficult to follow along. It also presumes prior knowledge. So if you wish to paint on a transparent layer to complete an assignment you better know how to do it because do won't find out how in the book. (At least no one in my class could find it written in the book anywhere).
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very poor, leaving out the important features+drawbacks,
By A Customer
This review is from: Painter 5 F/X (Paperback)
I'd imagined that I'd receive a book revealing the secrets and magic of Painter 5. The new Painter has a lot of interesting new plug-in brushes but for some reason the author has skipped them all but just one. The title is Painter F/X but no info is given on the F/X brushes and techniques of painter 5. Also, what's more important is that Rhoda Grossman doesn't mention one major drawback of painter plug-in brushes. These brushes are ment for use with very small files, no larger than 5Mb. Seems she really hasn't tried it all out herself!
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