
Painter 7 Techniques
Painter 7 is an incredible digital paint program that simulates hand drawing and painting, making it a perfect tool for artists, designers, and animators. VTC author, Rhoda Grossman, will show users how to turn a photo into a watercolor painting, a woodcut portrait, a tile mosaic, and more. This tutorial will teach users several complex features of Painter. It is recommended that users have a working knowledge of Painter 7, or that users have viewed VTCâs Painter 7 tutorial (ISBN #1930519591). More advanced topics include: the new watercolor engine, various cloning tools, and dynamic tools that include glass distortion, kaleidoscope, and liquid metal effect. Users will learn how to create a custom image portfolio, how to animate with Painter, and many other expert-level techniques. To start now, just click on one of the topics below.
Course content
Introduction7 lessons
Cloned Portrait4 lessons
Face Collage4 lessons
Architecture Collage6 lessons
Notepaper and Cards4 lessons
Dynamic Painting7 lessons
Layered Still Life6 lessons
Watercolor Painting9 lessons
- Preliminary Sketch3:031 credit or ad
- Delete Unwanted Variants4:291 credit or ad
- Delete Unwanted Variants1:101 credit or ad
- Make Custom Color Set2:081 credit or ad
- Underpainting Pt.11:051 credit or ad
- Underpainting Pt.22:111 credit or ad
- Develop Texture2:341 credit or ad
- Add Detail3:111 credit or ad
- Cleanup Wet and Dry Layers3:341 credit or ad
Cartoon from Illustrator File5 lessons
Childrens Book Cover4 lessons
Music CD Cover5 lessons
Graphic Portrait3 lessons
Mosaic Still Life Part 15 lessons
Mosaic Still Life Part 24 lessons
Effects Scripts5 lessons
Video Effects9 lessons
- Apply Woodcut Script Pt.11:451 credit or ad
- Apply Woodcut Script Pt.26:511 credit or ad
- Add Color and Texture Pt.12:421 credit or ad
- Add Color and Texture Pt.21:241 credit or ad
- Apply Zoom and Neon Script Pt.10:461 credit or ad
- Apply Zoom and Neon Script Pt.21:441 credit or ad
- Add Recorded Strokes4:021 credit or ad
- Combine Movie Segments Pt.11:461 credit or ad
- Combine Movie Segments Pt.22:421 credit or ad
Animating Nozzles7 lessons
- Make Frame Stack and Add Color3:591 credit or ad
- Make Selections in Frames Pt.13:551 credit or ad
- Make Selections in Frames Pt.24:511 credit or ad
- Make Selections in Frames Pt.32:101 credit or ad
- Vary Colors and Make Nozzle Pt.12:571 credit or ad
- Vary Colors and Make Nozzle Pt.22:291 credit or ad
- Record and Playback Strokes4:281 credit or ad
Rotoscope Animation8 lessons
- Prepare Frame Stacks Pt.11:381 credit or ad
- Prepare Frame Stacks Pt.23:321 credit or ad
- Use Movie as Clone Source Pt.11:501 credit or ad
- Use Movie as Clone Source Pt.22:061 credit or ad
- Use Movie as Clone Source Pt.31:101 credit or ad
- Add Color to Source Movie2:471 credit or ad
- Paint with Cloner Variant Pt.13:161 credit or ad
- Paint with Cloner Variant Pt.20:451 credit or ad
Animating Filter Effects9 lessons
- Apply Photoshop4:471 credit or ad
- Make Frame Stack Pt.11:191 credit or ad
- Make Frame Stack Pt.22:381 credit or ad
- Create Variations with Scripts2:501 credit or ad
- Animate Brush Strokes4:261 credit or ad
- Animate Brush Strokes2:121 credit or ad
- Playback Recorded Stroke Pt.14:011 credit or ad
- Playback Recorded Stroke Pt.22:301 credit or ad
- Combine Movie Segments2:581 credit or ad