Corel Painter 8 Fast and Easy (Fast and Easy (Premier Press)) at Dominant Systems Book Store

"Corel Painter 8 Fast & Easy" puts you on the fast track to master the latest version of this popular application. Through step-by-step instructions and screen shots, you’ll learn a variety of techniques and creative tricks to create artwork quickly and make your work stand out. Use your imagination and create masterpieces that go beyond the capabilities of a traditional canvas and brush!

Customer Reviews & Comments
This book is apparently written for people that have no previous experience with Graphics aps. I'm assuming that anyone with Painter installed has at least a rudimentary familiarity with Photoshop. If that's the case, and you are looking to enhance your work with a more specialized ap this book is a waste of time. For instance, each and every "how to" instruction starts off with a square one approach by telling the reader to open the respective palette from the appropriate pulldown menu. It's mind numbingly tedious. I'm a big fan of Peachpit's Quickstart Visual Guides, and this book doesn't approach the quality of that series. For graphics pros this book seems to neglect important considerations such as how to navigate Painter's weird (or at least different) color space management. I think more could be gleaned by just spending a couple of hours playing around in the ap or downloading an instructional PDF then working your way through this book. However, if you happen to be new to the world of computer graphics and don't consider yourself computer savvy, this book might be to your advantage.

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