Course Description

This online class is the second part of a three part set of lessons, with each set of building upon the previous one. This course has been written for users of Painter IX.5, Painter X, and Corel's newest version, Painter 11. In the sections where instructions may vary according to the version of Painter being used, appropriate notations have been made. This section will show you how to use layers in Painter, including the use of composite methods and transparency. You'll also learn how to create custom palettes and other custom items and how to back them up for safekeeping. You'll have fun exploring many of Painter's unique and/or useful effects, and Painter's vast libraries of Materials. You'll also learn how to use Layer Masks, and I'll even teach you how to draw or paint a straight line without using a ruler! By the time you finish this online class, you'll be ready to either continue exploring Painter on your own, or to take more advanced classes using Corel Painter. View more images Student Gallery Class Blog This is a 5 week, self-paced, online course. If you need additional help understanding the material presented, you can communicate with the instructor and fellow classmates. The instructor will monitor and track your progress throughout the class. LVS Online offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course registrations, certificate of completion option, a class discussion board to interact with your instructor and fellow classmates, free hosting account, and a student upload area. LVS is a Corel Training Partner. LVS students may purchase Corel products at a significant savings. Follow this link for details. LVS students are also eligible take advantage of special offers made available by famous software developers such as Andromeda, AV Bros, Extensis, Harry Heim, namesuppressed, Nik Multimedia, and Ulead. Details are provided in the classinfo link found in the confirmation of registration. If you would like to receive more information regarding this course, click on the "Contact Us" link in the Information section and we'll try to answer any of your questions within the day.

Course Requirements

Corel Painter IX.5, X, or 11 installed on your system. LVS is a Corel Training Partner. Enrolled LVS students are eligible to purchase Corel products directly from Corel Education Store at a substantial savings! Enter coupon code CRL10LVS when checking out to get an additional 10% discount on all Corel products! There will be Zip files provided to complete many of the weekly exercises. WinZip, PKZip, Windows Compression or a similar program is required to unzip these files. Here are a couple free tutorials available at LVS which may be helpful to you: Winzip Tutorial Here Windows Compression Students must have a working knowledge of their operating system, especially: How to create and name new folders How to locate files How to open and save files Here are a few free tutorials available at LVS which may be helpful to you: PC Users: Free Vista Class Free Windows Class Directory Structure Tutorial Mac Users: Basic Computer File Systems Tutorial (Mac) Certificate Students: Homework must be reviewed by the instructor in order to earn a certificate. Students have the option of using either the Student Upload Area or free web hosting made available for LVS students. Details are provided in the classroom. If you prefer to use your own web space, you must know how to upload your files to a server. Free tutorials are available: Basic HTML Page WS_FTP SmartFTP All lessons are available in PDF format. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view/print the lessons. Plan to devote 3 - 4 hours per week on the lesson and assignment. Course Recommendation Painter has been optimized to integrate seamlessly with a Graphics (pressure sensitive) tablet such as the inexpensive Wacom Bamboo, or the multi-featured Wacom Intuos. Although you can use the program with a mouse, you will find many of the features to be most effective with a tablet. You may want to consider buying one at some point in time. There is initially a bit of a learning curve, but once you begin to use the tablet and pen in conjunction with Painter (and many other programs) you will be both amazed and excited by how real the painting and drawing effects seem as you work. Check out our academic resellers for discounts on hardware.

Course Prerequisites

Class Level- Intermediate Satisfactory completion of Painter Level I, The Journey Begins, or equivalent knowledge. Please read the syllabus of the Level I class to determine if you understand all the material which has been previously covered.

Course Syllabus

Lesson 1 Loading and using a Color Set Using Guides (Mini-review) Basic brush customizing using the Property Bar Adjusting Brush Properties Saving and naming a new variant Custom Palettes A) Adding a custom brush to a new palette Naming and saving the palette Other things you can add Using your new custom palette Painting Straight Lines More about Layers - Part 1 Begin a multi-layered painting Lesson 2 Layer Groups Creating a layer group Working with layer groups Ungrouping Opening and closing a group Collapsing layer groups Dropping layers Aligning Layers Transforming Backing up your Custom items More about Layers-Part 2 Painting with selections Finishing the multi-layered painting Lesson 3 An overview of Painter Effects The Fill Effect Tonal Control Effects Color Correction Adjust Color Adjust Selected Colors Brightness and Contrast Equalize Match Palette (Painter X) Posterize Video Legal Colors Painter Extras Surface Control Effects I Apply Lighting Apply Screen Layer Opacity Composite Methods Color Overlay Dye Concentration Lesson 4 Layer Masks Painter Effects: Part II More Surface Control Effects Express Texture Fade Command Image Warp Quick Warp Woodcut Serigraphy Sketch Lesson 5 Painter Effects: Part III - Focus Effects Camera Motion Blur Motion Blur Depth of Field Glass Distortion Sharpen Soften and Super Soften Zoom Blur Text Basics Lesson 6 Libraries and Movers Papers Gradients Resources Troubleshooting

Course Excerpt

Welcome Back! As the title of the class states, the next six weeks will be a continuation of the journey we began together in Level I. In the final lesson of Level I, we started to explore the Painter Layers palette, and in this first lesson of Level II, that exploration will continue. Putting together a set of tools for special paintings will be one of the topics for this week, and we're also going to review some of the skills you learned previously. In addition, you'll learn to paint a straight line with Painter, something many of you think you can't do...but that's not true, as you will see. Continued... Please note: Lessons provide step-by-step instructions with detailed screen captures.

Course Goals

By the time you've completed the six lessons which make up this class, you will have a good working knowledge of the basics of using Painter including the ability to create custom items and the knowledge of how to back them up. You will be comfortable working on multi-layered documents and using the drawing and painting tools and many of the effects which Painter provides. After this class is finished, you will be prepared to continue exploring on your own, or to take more advanced classes which will teach you how to paint with Painter, how to create unique customized brushes, or how to create Painterly cloned photographs. To quote John Derry, "Viva la Painter"!

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