By ted on Tuesday, May 01, 2001 - 02:06 pm:

an illustrator is looking for some software to start with. he's specialised in illustrations for biologybooks for schools.

i know illustrator and photoshop. but i thought may be painter could be something for him. i think that no-one uses it, not in holland though. but i'm not sure about the rest of the world. and how it will connect with the graphic enviroment i work in.

any ideas?


By Mike Easter on Saturday, June 02, 2001 - 07:35 pm:

Painter is currently at version 6; it is now a Corel product. They have simplified & improved the user interface and changed it to use Photoshop-compatible layers rather than the original "floaters" concept.

Also please know that you get Painter "classic" (i.e. a "light" version) free in the box (as well as Photoshop LE) when you buy the Wacom Graphire tablet & stylus -- which costs less than $100 USD.

Somebody must still be using Painter. A new version just came out. Here's a review (http://www.creativepro.com/prose/painter7)

painter is the best illustration and art creation software around. in my opinion. the support for wacom drivers is superior to photoshop. the airbrush is very good, something i use almost exclusively in painter. the new painter 7 is out now but it has it's problems. currently P6 is more stable. but i'm sure a patch for 7 will be coming soon.

well doug i'm replying to your post you placed on the painter newsgroup;)
great forum you have here. you might want to post a similar message at-

http://www.talkgraphics.com

there is a painter forum there too.


ghi

So you did, so you did :)

But where's those examples of photo restoration using Painter you mentioned?

Are you going to try any of our Challenges using Painter?

hey i just got here! gimme some time:D

g-

How about now? Done yet? :D

Hi G,

Thanks for the link. I bookmarked it for future reference. I have Painter 6 and I got it because I got the Intous pen and it works so well with it. Wish Photoshop offered more support to the slant features of the Wacom pens. I doubt I will upgrade too soon because if I upgrade to anything it will be Photoshop 6 from 5.5. Glad there's another Painter user I can talk with.
DJ

here are some jpegs that i manipulated in painter 6. they are also on my website.

ghi


http://www.hotwatervenus.com/jangel.htm

http://www.hotwatervenus.com/123.htm

WOW!!! Beautiful work in both pictures. My favorite is the second one with the frame and skulls. I think your use of color and contrast is very good. It seems to draw your eyes right to it.

Do you use Painter alot? I started to use it alot but got side tracked and haven't done much with it recently. If you find anymore good painter sites you can recommend let me know.

DJ

dj

painter is my primary digital image creation tool. i really like it.

you might be interested in this site-

http://pub54.ezboard.com/bcartoonandillustrationparadise66133



ghi

Thanks for the site. I will check it out more tomorrow when I have time.

So most of your photo work is more artistic than restoration? Or do you use it to supplement your restoration?

DJ

i don't do restoration. these are just some things i've done to see what would happen. i've got a photo of a friend of mine that i'm trying to fix up in painter. it's more of a retouch thing with some semi-manipulation. i think i'm going to have to do some work on it in photoshop. it is a digital file from a kodak picture cd. a low data file also. i've done as much as i could with genuine fractals. i'd like to do some more photo manipulations from images i've captured myself.

here are some other jpegs i've played around with in painter...

http://www.hotwatervenus.com/jgirl2.htm

http://www.hotwatervenus.com/screamer.htm

g-

You are definately talented. Love your work.
DJ