can i improve painting effects

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stuart
Mar 14, 2005
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I’m experimenting with images and applying various Paint effects, and it’s all going quite well – but I’d like to see it less "flat", it needs some depth to the "paint" to give a more ‘real’ look to it – but what’s the best way to achieve the result?
many thanks.

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jjs
Mar 14, 2005
"stuart" wrote in message
I’m experimenting with images and applying various Paint effects, and it’s all going quite well – but I’d like to see it less "flat", it needs some depth to the "paint" to give a more ‘real’ look to it – but what’s the best way to achieve the result?
many thanks.

You want thick brush-strokes with texture & shadows? Use select-color, copy to new layer and try things like emboss under layer styles on the new layer.
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noone
Mar 14, 2005
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"stuart" wrote in message
I’m experimenting with images and applying various Paint effects, and it’s all going quite well – but I’d like to see it less "flat", it needs some depth to the "paint" to give a more ‘real’ look to it – but what’s the best way to achieve the result?
many thanks.

You want thick brush-strokes with texture & shadows? Use select-color, copy to new layer and try things like emboss under layer styles on the new layer.

Good suggestion. To take it a bit further, you might want to get a trial-copy of Corel’s Painter (v IX is current, for the moment). It’s capabilities are astounding in the areas of your request – however, it is a new, and not inexpensive program.

Hunt
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stuart
Mar 15, 2005
I’ll give both a try, particularly the ’emboss’ suggestion… as for Painter ~ Hmmm… a trial run would be good – but ha~ might just make me wnat something I might not be able to afford… I’ll check it out anyway… and maybe save save save.. and no doubt might have enough by the next release! ha.. and it’ll no doubt have gone up in price again. 🙂
many thanks.
oh… what’s the learning curve like in Painter? mountainous, or an easy gradient?
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Tom Nelson
Mar 15, 2005
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stuart wrote:

oh… what’s the learning curve like in Painter? mountainous, or an easy gradient?

Much worse than Photoshop.
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Hecate
Mar 15, 2005
On 15 Mar 2005 05:56:09 -0800, "stuart" wrote:

I’ll give both a try, particularly the ’emboss’ suggestion… as for Painter ~ Hmmm… a trial run would be good – but ha~ might just make me wnat something I might not be able to afford… I’ll check it out anyway… and maybe save save save.. and no doubt might have enough by the next release! ha.. and it’ll no doubt have gone up in price again. 🙂
many thanks.

Actually, it’s been coming down in price – at least in the UK anyway.

oh… what’s the learning curve like in Painter? mountainous, or an easy gradient?

No worse than Photoshop.



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noone
Mar 16, 2005
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says…
On 15 Mar 2005 05:56:09 -0800, "stuart" wrote:
I’ll give both a try, particularly the ’emboss’ suggestion… as for Painter ~ Hmmm… a trial run would be good – but ha~ might just make me wnat something I might not be able to afford… I’ll check it out anyway… and maybe save save save.. and no doubt might have enough by the next release! ha.. and it’ll no doubt have gone up in price again. 🙂
many thanks.

Actually, it’s been coming down in price – at least in the UK anyway.
oh… what’s the learning curve like in Painter? mountainous, or an easy gradient?

No worse than Photoshop.



Hecate – The Real One

veni, vidi, reliqui

I have not priced Painter IX upgrade lately, as I just got VIII a month before IX came out – always with the bad timing, and have not been around to bicker with Corel about getting a "brother-in-law" deal on the new one.

As to learning-curve of Painter v Photoshop, I agree — now, about the same. Corel has brought Painter a bit closer to PS. While I loved the older versions, I do admit that Fractal Design did some things bass-ackwards v PS. Hence, I’d do what I wanted in PS, THEN take the image into Painter for the final tweak. Nowadays (V8), I don’t have to wait so long, before Painter gets the image. I think that if you know PS (7, or 8), Painter can easily become an extension of that knowledge. However, there is SO much that Painter can do, that you may spend ages just experimenting, and experimenting.

Hunt
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Hecate
Mar 16, 2005
On 16 Mar 2005 16:41:34 GMT, (Hunt) wrote:

I have not priced Painter IX upgrade lately, as I just got VIII a month before IX came out – always with the bad timing, and have not been around to bicker with Corel about getting a "brother-in-law" deal on the new one.

The upgrade cost me £86.95 from Amazon UK 🙂

As to learning-curve of Painter v Photoshop, I agree — now, about the same. Corel has brought Painter a bit closer to PS. While I loved the older versions, I do admit that Fractal Design did some things bass-ackwards v PS. Hence, I’d do what I wanted in PS, THEN take the image into Painter for the final tweak. Nowadays (V8), I don’t have to wait so long, before Painter gets the image. I think that if you know PS (7, or 8), Painter can easily become an extension of that knowledge. However, there is SO much that Painter can do, that you may spend ages just experimenting, and experimenting.
You know, I was wondering why I never seemed to get any work done 😉



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