Painter 4-5 Underwater Tutorial

Richard Pope

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Painter 4-5 Underwater Tutorial Open a new file and set at 500 X 600 PPI at 72 PPI. In the Objects:Floater List palette (1) click on the words Floater/Floater Portfolio… or press Ctrl + 7, the Objects:Floater (2) palette appears. In the Objects:Floater palette click on the word Hand in the Floater Popup window. The Open dialog box appears. Select Undr_wtr.POR and click on the Open button. In the Objects:Floater palette select the Sky_9 icon and drag it onto the painting background. Place it at the top of your painting. Select either Mtn_2 or Mtn_3 as your floater and place it so you have something that looks like this (3). To create the surface water press the ‘R’ key to access the Rectangular Selection tool or go to the Tools (4) palette and chose the middle (square) icon in the bottom row. The top 1/3 of your painting should look something like this (5). With the Floater Adjuster tool click once to turn this into a floater. Already we can begin to run into confusion with our painting. When we look at our list of floaters in the Objects:Floater List palette (6) and see Floaters 1,2 and 3 listed, In a few minutes we will have 3 or 4 more floater added to this list. Double click on the blue bar named Floater1. The Floater Attributes dialog box (7) will appear. Type in the work Sky and click OK. Name the others Mountan and Surface. List management becomes very important with any painting that contains more ...

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• Publié par: Ubbe
• Nombre de lectures: 37
• Langue: English

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Painter 4-5 Underwater Tutorial Open a new file and set at 500 X 600 PPI at 72 PPI. In theObjects:Floater Listpalette (1) click on the wordsFloater/Floater Portfolio…or pressCtrl + 7, theObjects:Floater(2) palette appears.

In theObjects:Floaterpalette click on the wordHandin theFloater Popup window. TheOpenSelectdialog box appears. Undr_wtr.PORand click on the Openbutton. In theObjects:Floaterpalette select theSky_9icon and drag it onto the painting background. Place it at the top of your painting. Select eitherMtn_2orMtn_3 as your floater and place it so you have something that looks like this (3).

To create the surface water press the ‘R’ key to access theRectangular Selectiontool or go to theTools(4) palette and chose the middle (square) icon in the bottom row. The top 1/3 of your painting should look something like this (5).

With theFloater Adjustertool click once to turn this into a floater. Already we can begin to run into confusion with our painting. When we look at our list of floaters in theObjects:Floater Listpalette (6) and see Floaters 1,2 and 3 listed, In a few minutes we will have 3 or 4 more floater added to this list. Double click on the blue bar namedFloater1. TheFloater Attributesdialog box (7) will appear. Type in the workSkyand clickOKthe others. Name Mountan andSurface.

List management becomes very important with any painting that contains more th than five floaters. Almost everyone can remember 5 things but add a 6 and loss of time begins to mount up when we select the wrong floater to work on. Do this 15 or 20 times and you can see how it would be easy to lose and hour of valuable production time on any large project. I try to make it easy for myself by naming all floaters or layers. When I do this I also developed the habit of pressingCtrl +Sto save my work. At first it wasn’t easy because I was so caught up in my painting. After losing a few major elements due to system crashes this procedure began in earnest. Go to theBrushes(8) palette. Select theImage Hose Brush. Click on Nozzle/Nozzles…or pressCtrl + 9(8a). TheBrush Controls:Nozzlepalette will open.

In theBrush Controls:Nozzle(9) palette click on thePurple barwith the upside down triangle in the middle of it. The palette opens so you can preview up to 15 more nozzle icons. Click on the wordHandsin theNozzle Popupwindow. A menu appears listing the nozzles contained in the library. At the bottom of the list are the wordsLoad Library(10on it and the). Click Open(11) dialog box appears. Go to your CD drive or to the drive you copied theUnd_water.NZLfile to. Select it and clickOpento load the file.

In theBrush Controls:Nozzlepalette (12) click on the icon next to the bigXin the upper right corner to Maximize it. Set theRank 1slider toRandom. Select theDeep.RIFnozzle. In theArt Materialspalette (13) click on theSecondary ColorIn theicon and chose a light Blue color. Controls:Brushpalette (14) set theGrainslider to50%.

Paint in a row of water at a slight diagonal. Change theGrainslider to40%and paint in some more strokes. Change theGrainslider to25%and paint the rest. If you see blatant areas that look funny adjust the grain slider between25%and 40%, and add more water to cover that area. It is difficult to say use this or that setting because it is impossible for each of us to add paint in exactly the same way. You should have something that looks similar to this (15). I have included a Surfacefloater in theObjects:Floaterpalette

Using theRectangularSelectiontool make a selection from the bottom of the Surface floater to the bottom of the painting background. Turn this into a floater and name itDepththe “. Press D’ Key to access theDroppertool or click on the icon in theToolspalette (16).

In theArt Materialspalette (17) click on theSecondary Coloricon and click once on a spot of the lightest blue color of the water. Click on thePrimary Color icon and click once on the darkest blue of the water. Still in theArt Materials palette (18) Click on theGradicon, selectTwo-Pointin theGrad Popup window. Set theGrad Angle Ringto90degrees.

Press the “K” key to access thePaint Bucketor click on the second icon from the left in theToolspalette (19). Click once in the floater to fill it.

You should have something that looks like this (20).

In theObjects:Floaterpalette selectUnd_MtnsDo, drag it into your painting. the same forUnd_Mtns_1andUnd_Mtns_2. Name each floater. Select Und_Mtns_1and click theBackbutton in theControls:Adjusterpalette (21). Do the same thing withUnd_Mtns_2the. Set Opacityslider to70%for Und_Mtns,30%forUnd_Mtns_1and19%forUnd_Mtns_1the floaters. Group and name themWater_Mtns. You should have something that looks like this (22).

In theBrush Controls:Nozzlepalette loadwetsand4.RIFfor your nozzle. Select theDepthfloater in theObjects:Floater Liston the wordspalette. Click Floater/Transparent LayerName thisnew invisible layer has been created. . A layerWet_Sand. In theBrush Controls:Nozzlepalette check the box marked To Selectionthe. Select Image Hosebrush and paint a line. Press the ‘D’ Key and click once on the darkest color. PressCtrl + Zto delete this line. Press the “K” Key and fill the layer. You won’t see the fill but it is there. Select theImage HoseLower thebrush and paint in the sand. Scaleslider to40%and paint in rd the bottom 1/3 of the sand area. You will have something that looks like this (23).

In theObjects:Floater Listpalette click onWet_Sandand move it below Water_Mtnsso the mountains cover the top of the sand. WhileWet_Sandis still selected create anotherTransparent Layerit with the same sand color.. Fill LoadWat_Rks.RIFas your nozzle. Don’t forget to check the box markedTo Selection. Paint in some rocks until you have something that looks like this (24). You can easily change the color of the rocks by choosing a blueSecondary Coloradjust theGrainslider and paint in the rocks again. Leave theTo Selectionbox unchecked because we want to add more rocks to cover the ones we already have. Often when using the Image Hose you find the images being painted look like they are sitting on top of one another, which they are. We want to eliminate the definite division between the sand and the rocks.

To accomplish this, select theRockslayer. Click on theMaskIcon in the Objects:Floater Listpalette . TheMask Listpalette appears. Select theRocks Mask, it will turn Blue with theEyeicon closed (25you click on the). If Eyethe rocks image will become a Black and White image (26). We can edit the mask with theEyeopen or closed. With theEyeopen we can see how much rock to remove.

The color Black will add to the mask and White will remove parts of the mask. Select White as yourPrimary Coloruse the. I Airbrushtool with theFeather Tipthevariant. In Contols:Brushpalette change theSizeto2.0. Paint out the bottom of the rocks revealing the sand underneath. You can fill in between rocks, or make it appear as though they are poking up thru the sand. Experiment with this to achieve almost any look you want (27) (28).

Your painting should look something like this (29).

Select theDepthLayerand create aTransparent Layerit with Black.. Fill Name itSeaweed_Far. Load theS_weed.RIFnozzle. Don’t forget to check the To Selectionthebox. Move Scaleslider to20%. Paint in some seaweed where the sand and mountains meet (29the). In Controls:Adjusterpalette move theOpacityslider to55%. In theObjects:Floater Listpalette click on Wet_Sandand move it below theRocks Layer. With theSeaweed_Farlayer selected create aTransparent Layer. Fill it with Black. Name itJD Plants(John Derry created this nozzle, it can be found in Painter Version 3 & 4). Paint over the rocks until you have something that looks like this (30). Set theOpacityslider to90%. Group this layer with the Rocks layer and name itRocks & Plants.

With theJD PlantsLayerselected create a newTransparent Layer. Fill it with Black. Name itSeaweed_Mid. Load theS_weed.RIFnozzle. Set theScale slider at25%Change theand paint in some seaweed. Scaleto30%and paint in more seaweed until you have something that looks like this (31). Set the Opacityto90%.

Create a newTransparent LayerName itand fill it with Black. 4_seaweed. Turn off theSeaweed_ Midlayer. Set theScaleslider to65%and paint a row of seaweed across the bottom of the painting. Enlarge the window so about 2 inches of gray appears around the painting. Place the brush icon in the gray area to obtain the partial leaves effect. Move theScaleslider to80%and paint in 4 or 5 pieces of seaweed in the right corner. You should have something that looks like this (32on the). Turn Seaweed_Mid.

Select theDepth_1 Layer. PressCtrl +Cand thenCtrl + Vto make a copy of it. Set theOpacityto8%.

Select theDepthandSurfaceLayers,GroupandCollapsethisthem. Name new floaterNew_Surface. In theBrushes: palette, select theClonersbrush. Set theOpacityslider to16%an area of water on the right side of the. Select visible surface aboutIRe-inch up and towards the left as your clone source. select a source area as needed. For practice, make a clone of the painting (Click File/Cloneyou get what you want smoothing out the hard water line go). When back to your original painting and complete the clone work. Drag this floater to the bottom just above theMtn_3or2floater. Select theDepth_1 Layer. Set the Opacityat12%the. In Objects:Floaterthepalette select Reflectionsfloater and drag it into your painting. Align it over the fore rocks. Move this floater in betweenSeaweed_ Mid layerand theRocks & Plantspaintinglayer. Your should look something like this (33).