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Corel Painter 2016 - part 1 of 1 2
by Mike McNamee Published 01/10/2015
Painter 2016 arrived in a timely manner just as we were planning a
couple of pages on the topic as part of our creative themed magazine,
having discussed the matter with Corel expert Carol Tipping. Painter is
a somewhat specialised program but within the Societies we have Jane
Conner-ziser, Marilyn Sholin and Winfred Whitfield who are all Corel
Masters. We reproduce one of Jane's images here.
For anybody new to Painter it is best defined as a 'real media' digital
painting program. It relies quite heavily on skilled brush use via a
graphics tablet, but has the unique feature of allowing colour to be
cloned onto the digital page from a 'hidden, underneath-the-page
layer' to create an image that is structured with the brush type used for
the cloning. There are an uncountable number of variations of brushes
and settings (there are 131 new ones in this issue of Painter alone) and
the options range from delicate pastels and watercolours through to
full-on oils and acrylics with heavy impasto, as if applied with a palette
knife. You can paint directly (ie freehand) or use the cloning method to
select the colours to be blended in any part of the image. This, though,
is but a small fraction of what the program is capable of, the limit is the
imagination of the artist.
Painter is used extensively by background (matte) painters, digital artists,
illustrators and digital content generators who are looking for freestyle
approach. It has a strong following among fantasy artists and medical
illustrators.
What's new?
The headline features are:
- Audio Expression: Brushes that react to sound. Users can play music in the background or directly from a computer to modify the size, angle and colour variability of any brush. and
- Dynamic Speckles: Particle system physics combine with brush thickness control, allowing users to create luscious Natural-Media brushstrokes or splatters. Speckles in the brushstrokes are truly dynamic and are generated as the user paints.
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