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Title: The Painter 7 Wow! Book by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis ISBN: 0-201-77362-7 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 06 May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.75 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Painter is powerful--this book helps you get more out of it.
Comment: I love Painter--been using it since it was a simple black and white sketch program sold in an imitation cigar box years ago. But this program, which imitates art media digitally, can be a bit complicated to use.
Once you do get acquainted with the basics from the tutorial included with Painter, you can improve your layer techniques, web techniques and practice the projects in this book.
I frankly got this for the CD with extra brushes, papers, textures and stock material. But the ability to go through the examples in the book has improved my technique with Painter. If you use Painter 7 AND Photoshop, there is a chapter on combining the two. That's VERY valuable.
Highly recommended for Painter 7 users.
Rating: 5
Summary: Just had to chime in . . .
Comment: When I saw a recent review that said the book has only one portrait technique, I just had to point out that it has lots more than that! A quick search turned up "Sketching with Pencils" (OK, the subject is feline rather than human, but still it's a portrait, p. 64), "Drawing with Colored Pencils" (starting from a sketch, p.65), "Gouache and Opaque Watermedia" (also starting from a sketch, p. 84), "Sculpting a Portrait" (using Chalk variants, p. 88), "Oil Painting on Layers" (as the reviewer noted, p. 180), and "Cloning a Portrait" (turning a photo into a painting, p. 215). Wouldn't it be great indeed to have more detailed explanations of the pieces in the "Gallery" sections? But I'm afraid that would make the book too heavy to lift! The step-by-step detail in the techniques is great, and the "Galleries" are there to inspire us.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great Book, but doesn't include everything
Comment: This book is a great asset in helping one understand and navigate the complex palettes that come with Painter 7. It really helps the artist fine tune and accomplish the desired effects for specific examples. It also discusses the various ways in which to start a painting, either from a photo, a sketch or from scratch. My only disappointment would come from the lack of details on how to achieve the truly great effects seen in the gallery images. I think this book is a wonderful tool for graphic designers like myself. But it really skims the surface on creating great works of art. I think a lot of people who buy painter would love to be able to produce portraits and paintings of their favorite photographs. This book only has one tutorial on portraits and it is oil based. It also spent a lot of time on effects for type, animation and web based graphics. Doesn't Adobe and Macromedia already have these areas well covered. I bought Painter because I want to paint.
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Title: Secrets of Award-Winning Digital Artists: Creative Techniques and Insights for Photoshop, Painter and More by Jeremy Sutton, Daryl Wise, Peter Max ISBN: 0764536915 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 15 July, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The Painter 8 Wow! Book by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis ISBN: 0321200071 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 17 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Procreate Painter 7: A Digital Approach to Natural Art Media by Against the Clock ISBN: 0130973408 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 17 January, 2002 List Price(USD): $51.00 |
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Title: Painter 8 Creativity: Digital Artist's Handbook by Jeremy Sutton ISBN: 0240805119 Publisher: Focal Press Pub. Date: 22 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: The Photoshop 7 Wow! Book by Jack Davis ISBN: 0321123972 Publisher: Peachpit Press Pub. Date: 10 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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