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Painter X for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images Step by Step Publisher: Focal Press

Number Of Pages: 360

Publication Date: 2007-07-02

Sales Rank: 17568

ISBN / ASIN: 0240520335

EAN: 9780240520339

Binding: Paperback

Manufacturer: Focal Press

Studio: Focal Press

Average Rating: 3.5

Whether you are just starting out with Painter, or are a seasoned pro who wants to take your photographs to the next level, you cant go wrong with this essential guide by your side! Covering Painter X, but also applicable to earlier versions and to both PC and Macintosh users, this reader friendly book and DVD package will show you how to get the most out of this powerful program. Uniquely written specifically for photographers, Martin Addison gives a complete overview of the program, showing how to master each exciting tool, including the brand-new RealBristle and Smart Stroke brush libraries. Two all-new portraiture chapters show you how to turn photographs of your family members or professional clients into works of art ideal for framing. Youll be able to give all of your precious photographs the painterly touch in no time! Be sure to visit the accompanying website www.painterforphotographers.co.uk to view even more images and information to get you started! Pictures by Martin and Doreen Addison can be seen on their website: www.martinanddoreen.co.uk. *Transform your photographs into stunning works of art using Corel's Painter X

*Packed with beautiful color images and precise, step-by-step instructions

*Accompanying DVD contains over TWO HOURS of video tutorials plus all the images from the book for you to work on

Review:

Very Helpful I'm a semi-professional art photographer who recently purchased Corel Painter X. The tutorials provided with the software are helpful but I've found that it is hard to beat a good book on a subject for quickly getting up to speed. For what I do as an art photographer, Martin Addison's book really filled that need. Review:

Painter X for Photographers: Creating Painterly Images step by step Most computer programs have a learning curve. Painter X has a learning mountain, not a curve, Mr. Addisons explanations are very easy to understand. If you are NEW to photo manipulation programs Painter X is the best, and this book is a must have! This book will save you time and frustration while learning the Painter X program.

Review:

Don't Buy this book! Over the years I have digested some very complicated books on digital photography. At first I just thought this book was above my ability to comprehend, but then I just realized it was just a terribly organized book that is answering questions no one is interested in. The title is very deceiving. It does not provide steps that you can follow that would allow a photographer to create a digital painting. The kindest words I can say is that it might provide some usefulness as a reference book to see what different paint brushes look like. But one could get that for free off the Corel web site. Review:

A structured approach to an intuitive process Like many of the other reviewers here, I had trouble with the CD, but only with the very end of the first tutorial, which addresses the most fundamental aspects of Painter's tools, i.e., their location and function. I didn't consider this much of a loss because the same subject matter is well covered in the first chapter of the book. (I should probably add that familiarity with Photoshop is a leg-up when learning about Painter X tools.) As for the other tutorials on the CD - they functioned perfectly and are excellent. Martin Addison's demonstrations are straightforward and informative, and his vocal commentary is personable and pleasant. I love photography, and the digital age has made computerized manipulation of photos almost as much fun as taking the pictures. Adobe Photoshop is indispensable - a powerful, fabulous, wonderful program - but there are painterly effects that I've never been able to achieve with it, which is the reason I became interested Corel Painter. Although fooling around and experimenting with Painter made it obvious that it was an exquisite program, I just couldn't figure out how to make it work for me. Most of the books about using Painter are not structured enough to learn the program "from scratch," probably because most people who buy Painter are artists, intuitive by nature and already familiar with the elements of painting and drawing. I am not an artist. I can do primitive sketches, and I have a decent eye for color and compostion, but that's where my skill level ends. This book is perfect for me. Mr. Addison explains and demonstrates Painter X's functions in a structured enough way to help people like me learn the basics of the program, and after no more than a few short hours of practice, I've already begun to see some of Painter X's possibilities that artists probably sense immediately. Thanks to the organized approach of this book,I know without doubt that I'm going to have more fun than ever enhancing and manipulating my photographs. (An aside: I've enjoyed every Focal Press book I've ever bought. They're beautifully executed and have proved so useful that I've dog-eared most of them.) I'm not giving "Painter X for Photographers" 5 stars because of the glitch in the CD, but for anyone who wants to de-mystify Painter X and use it to transform photographs into artistic renderings, this book is a great place to start. PW: giftfromfatherxmas Buy Book at Lowest Price on Amazon

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