The Painter 8 Wow! Book [Paperback]

Cher Threinen-Pendarvis (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0321200071 | ISBN-13: 978-0321200075 | Publication Date: July 24, 2003

Looking to trade in your paintbrush for a mouse? Or a pressure-sensitive tablet and stylus? The Painter 8 Wow Book is the definitive guide for making the transition from traditional to digital art using Corel Painter 8. Author Cher Threinen-Pendarvis, an expert and instructor in both Painter and Photoshop, translates traditional artistic techniques so you can apply them using Painter¿s natural-media brushes and effects. Beyond that, she demonstrates exciting new media mixes and special effects that would be nearly impossible to accomplish without the computer. Clear, step-by-step instructions, hundreds of full-color illustrations, and inspirational galleries of painterly works by top artists, designers, and, photographers make mastering Painter both fun and easy. The book is bound to boost your creativity with Painter 8¿s powerful tools, as you learn from the artist who created more than 400 new brushes included with Corel Painter 8. The Painter 8 Wow! Book includes expanded chapters focusing on:

• The new, streamlined, easier-to-use interface
• New high-performance brushes for more creative painting
• Cool special effects for type and graphics
• Web graphics and printmaking
• Improved portability to and from Adobe Photoshop, with tons of real-world tips to help you build on your Photoshop experience to get the most out of Painter

Some people buy the book just for the accompanying CD-ROM, which comes loaded with over a hundred custom brushes and papers built by the author, recorded scripts for applying effects, stock photographs, and video clips, and a trial version of Corel Painter 8. On the CD-ROM you¿ll also find the Painter 8 Wow! Study Guide, an instructor¿s guide designed to help you use the book for self-study or as a textbook for classes in computer imaging, digital art, and design using Corel Painter. The book also provides a companion Web site at http://peachpit.com/wow/painter, which offers valuable supplemental information, including cool tips and techniques and a Painter art gallery featuring work by some of the medium¿s most talented artists.

Editorial Reviews

From the Publisher

Award-winning Corel Painter has long been a favorite among fine artists and illustrators, who love the way it emulates the experience of working with traditional media such as watercolor, pastel, pencil, and ink-yet with all the advantages of a digital technology. Whether you're an experienced digital artist or an artist who needs a bridge from traditional media to electronic art, there's no better way to learn Painter than from longtime Painter artist and instructor, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis. The Painter 8 Wow! Book has something to spark every reader's creativity. Beginners will love the clear, step-by-step instructions, which assume no prior knowledge of the program. Intermediate and advanced users will gain valuable insight from the author's savvy explanations of a wide variety of cool, creative, and productive techniques, and inspiration from the example artwork that graces the book throughout. Inside this book, Cher gives you:

Inside knowledge on Painter's tools, functions, and preferences, including Painter 8's exciting new brushes, its ability to blend paint interactively, and its faster, easier-to-use interface.
Dazzling images and inspiring techniques by renowned Painter artists worldwide.
Step-by-step descriptions of ways that prominent professionals use painter in commercial illustration, fine art, design, photography, mulitimedia, film, and on the Web.
A guide to tools, images, and other resources that will let you take better advantage of Painter's power and efficiency.
A CD-ROM containing a demo version of Corel Painter 8, stock photos, video clips, recorded scripts, a study guide for instructors, and over 100 new custom brushes, plus new papers, patterns, and lighting effects built by Cher herself.

From the Back Cover

Award-winning Corel Painter has long been a favorite among fine artists and illustrators, who love the way it emulates the experience of working with traditional media such as watercolor, pastel, pencil, and ink-yet with all the advantages of a digital technology. Whether you're an experienced digital artist or an artist who needs a bridge from traditional media to electronic art, there's no better way to learn Painter than from longtime Painter artist and instructor, Cher Threinen-Pendarvis. The Painter 8 Wow! Book has something to spark every reader's creativity. Beginners will love the clear, step-by-step instructions, which assume no prior knowledge of the program. Intermediate and advanced users will gain valuable insight from the author's savvy explanations of a wide variety of cool, creative, and productive techniques, and inspiration from the example artwork that graces the book throughout. Inside this book, Cher gives you:

• Inside knowledge on Painter's tools, functions, and preferences, including Painter 8's exciting new brushes, its ability to blend paint interactively, and its faster, easier-to-use interface.
• Dazzling images and inspiring techniques by renowned Painter artists worldwide.
• Step-by-step descriptions of ways that prominent professionals use painter in commercial illustration, fine art, design, photography, mulitimedia, film, and on the Web.
• A guide to tools, images, and other resources that will let you take better advantage of Painter's power and efficiency.
• A CD-ROM containing a demo version of Corel Painter 8, stock photos, video clips, recorded scripts, a study guide for instructors, and over 100 new custom brushes, plus new papers, patterns, and lighting effects built by Cher herself.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 432 pages
• Publisher: Peachpit Press (July 24, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0321200071
• ISBN-13: 978-0321200075
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #892,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, October 2, 2003

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Erik Stell (Nashville, TN United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Painter 8 Wow! Book (Paperback)

I am new to Painter 8 (or any of the Painter programs for that matter), but not new to painting, particularly in oils. I spent over 2 weeks getting frustrated with the program and the brushes that it comes with by default. No matter how much I tried, I could not get the program to behave in the same manner I was accustomed to with conventional painting.

The book was excellent at explaining and illustrating the various different styles of painting, and how to do them. The presets that come on the CD to me are worth the price of admission. The "Wet Oily Blender" and "New Totaly Oils" work near perfectly in accordance to what I was accustomed to with regular oils.

With the help of this book, I am now able to do what I set out to do in the first place: Enjoy the process of painting without having to have a studio and a ton of expensive supplies. I highly recomment this book.

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 30 DAYS???, February 8, 2004

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This review is from: The Painter 8 Wow! Book (Paperback)

Please don't base your decision to buy this book on the review below. The brushes and CD are NOT on a 30 day trial. The actual Corel program is a 30 day Demo. It's a shame that reviewer gave this book 1 star because of this.

That being said...the brushes are fantastic. The CD-Rom even comes with movies, stock libraries of images and a bunch of other extras.

This book is indispensable as a resource for both inspiration and new techniques. Plus it's nice to see how other artists go about creating art.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW book fills learning experience with EXCITEMENT, May 10, 2004

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Deb&JohnW "JustJohnBoy" (Marion, Texas United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Painter 8 Wow! Book (Paperback)

I have about five years of computer graphics experience and have purchased quite a few reference and 'how to' books along the way to help me better understand the use of the programs I own. Without a doubt this has been the most helpful book I've ever come across.

Put together with consideration for the Painter beginner like myself, this book has been FILLED with beautiful, full-color examples so that each step was easy to follow and understand. While it also explored more of the Painter 8's functions than the user manual Corel packaged with the program, many other accomplished Painter artists contributed their techniques which made this book very rich.

Cher's WOW book filled my learning experience with excitement instead of frustration and will remain a useful guide even after I'm more experienced. Thank you Cher and everyone for all the hard work and talent that went into its creation!

Sincerely,