- Painter X3 has three categories…of watercolor media.…Digital Watercolor, which is Painter 2's…original take on this elusive medium,…Watercolor, which is Painter 6's…physical, modeling-based extravaganza…and now, Real Watercolor.…Why so many variations?…Well, each is a child of the times.…Specifically, the era of computing bandwidth…each version was engineered in.…Painter 2 was released in early 1993.…At that time, the processor speed limit…was 33 megahertz and 136 megabytes of ram.…
When Painter 6 came out in 1999…processors were at 333 megahertz…and 768 megabytes of ram.…Today, Painter X3 is at home in…a 64-bit operating system running multiple core…3.9 gigahertz processors…high-performance, multiple GPU graphics acceleration…and 64 gigabytes of ram.…Because digital watercolor emulation…favors a computationally expensive…physical-based model…each iteration of Painter's watercolors…has been necessarily limited…by the processor and memory bandwidth…available at the time.…
More computing bandwidth enables…greater interaction of watercolor variables…
Author
John Derry
Released
2/3/2015Learn the basics of painting on a computer, and see how to set up your system (your Painter preferences, tablet and pen, and palettes) so it works best for you. John shows you how to mix and manage color; wield Painter's expressive brushes with maximum control; work with layers, selections, cloning; and integrate with that other digital-painting powerhouse, Adobe Photoshop. John also covers 2015 features such as the new Particle brushes, Jitter Smoothing, updated brush tracking, and improved custom palette tools. Dive in now and get your creative juices flowing.
- Understanding the Painter 2015 interface
- Working with a pen tablet
- Creating templates and custom palettes
- Working with layers and channels
- Calibrating brushes for maximum stroke quality
- Painting with Jitter brushes
- Painting with Digital Watercolor brushes
- Painting with particles
- Selecting with the Lasso and Magic Wand tools
- Preserving transparency in layers
- Cloning artwork
- Using Photoshop and Painter together
Skill Level Beginner
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Introduction
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Welcome55s
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Using the exercise files1m 2s
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What's new in Painter 2015?1m 19s
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1. Painting on the Computer
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Let's paint!2m 55s
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Working with a pen tablet1m 50s
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2. File Basics
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Working with templates2m 17s
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3. Painter's Interface
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Using media selectors5m 35s
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Navigating painter4m 32s
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4. Customizing Painter's Interface
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Setting preferences11m 23s
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Arranging palettes2m 25s
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Understanding workspaces2m 57s
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5. Color
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Working with color sets9m 11s
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6. Brush Basics
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Touring the brush options15m 47s
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Working with brush controls3m 34s
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Advanced brush controls2m 24s
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Adjusting brush size3m 27s
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Working with Smoothness2m 58s
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7. Watercolor Techniques
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8. Painting with Particles
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A new kind of brush5m 2s
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9. Working with Selections
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Introduction to selections7m 45s
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Using the lasso tool3m 21s
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10. Working with Layers
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Using the transform tool4m 57s
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Working with layer masks7m 29s
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11. Cloning Techniques
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Cloning Basics5m 13s
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Using the clone source panel8m 14s
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12. Using Painter and Photoshop Effectively
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13. Safety Nets and Troubleshooting
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Identifying safety nets4m 55s
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Resetting brush properties2m 29s
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Conclusion
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Next Steps4m 7s
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