[twirlingthings]

How would you go about that ? I think coming close to Photoshop would facilitate my getting into Painter.

Also what kind of brushes would you recommend to the painter newbie ? Which brushes do you usually paint with ?

thanks, twirling

[Jin]

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Originally posted by twirlingthings:
How would you go about that ? I think coming close to Photoshop would facilitate my getting into Painter.

Also what kind of brushes would you recommend to the painter newbie ? Which brushes do you usually paint with ?

thanks, twirling

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Hi,

It seems a roundabout way to learn Painter, to try making Painter Classic behave like Photoshop. The most outstanding single thing about Painter is its brush technology which is unparalleled by any other application.

Though Painter Classic is an appetizer to get people interested in full Painter versions, it has a reasonable number of brushes as it's installed, and six more brush libraries available on the CD (along with other materials like Paper textures, Patterns, etc.

I don't think many of us stick to only using a few of Painter's brushes. They are so exciting to use that it would be hard to resist trying them all.

Here's what I suggest: Open a new Canvas, large enough to test a lot of the brushes. Then begin at the top of the list of brush categories found in the Brushes palette. Beginning with the first one, test all of its variants, then move to the next brush category and test all of its variants... and so on. This will give you an idea of what's available, then you can decide which ones to concentrate on for a specific image.

If you can tell us what kind of images you might be doing, maybe we can give you some more tips.

Happy brush testing!

[NukleoN]

Yes this is indeed quite backwards. Painter is Painter, Photoshop is Photoshop. Painter kicks the crap out of Photoshop for some things, and vice versa. Of course, I draw in Painter. Do purchase Painter if you can. Then you have layers and all that, and the pen is still better than Photoshop (tho I prefer the tools in Painter 5 thru 5.5).

I draw with the scratchboard tool, paint with watercolor for base layers (simple water) then I lock the watercolor layer, add another to build up tone. Then go over with airbrush..using the numeric keys to adjust opacity as I go.

I use Painter and Photoshop for their individual strengths.

[twirlingthings]

Yeah I guess you guys are right. I did some things in Painter over the last few days, and I guess it's better to use Painter for what it is designed for and to use Photoshop for what it is designed for.
Oh yeah and Painter rocks. It just gets really close to messing with physical colours

twirling