Getting Started. Naming Conventions. Key Commands. The CD-ROM and Initial Setup Considerations.
The official website for Corel Software. Get product information, download free trial software, learn about special offers and access tutorial resources. All in all, Painter 6 is much the flakiest program I've ever had to look at and MetaCreations should be ashamed at letting it out on an unsuspecting public. The good news is that the company has recently posted a 6.0.1 bug fix that seems to have cured the worst problems.
The Painter Interface. Grid Overlay. Rulers and Guides. Zooming Around.
Tracing Paper. Image Info (pop-up menu). Full-Screen Mode.
Painter and Pictures. Opening Files. Saving Your Work. Your Preferences. Working with Painter.
Navigating and Utility Tools. The Selection Tools. Adjuster Tools. Shape Edit Tools.
Color-Based Tools. Palettes, Drawers, and Libraries. Brush Control palette. General Controls. Mouse Controls. Art Material Palette. Objects palette.
Color Set palette. Customizing the Interface. Custom palettes. The Menu Bar. Using Brushes.
Art Materials Palette. Colors Palette. Color Variability. Papers Section Panel (Papers Drawer). Gradient Section Panel (Drawer). Additional Art Materials. Creating Instant Artwork.
Finishing Touches. The Image Hose. Surface Control. The Paper Palette. Custom Paper Textures. Surface Control. Layering Surface Texture.
Text Effects. Technique for Creating 3-D Type.
Lighting Effects. Dynamic Layers. Clone Source as Template. Using Brushes and Cloning. Speedy Painting. Blank po forms. Automatic Painting Effect.
Reintroducing Original Detail. Surface Controls and the Clone Source. Regular Brushes and the Cloning Method. Preparing the Canvas. Reference Layers and Layer Groups. Layers and Drop Shadows. Drop Shadows.
FX Brushes and Painting on Layers. Pixel-Based Masking. Some Important Things to Know about Masks: Masking Based on Pixel Values. Freeform Selections and User Masks. Drawing Modes. New Masks and Layers and Their Visibility Masks. Layers and their Visibility Masks.
Mosaics and Tessellations. Using Existing Art as Mosaic Source Files. Fine-Tuning Mosaics.
Mosaics and Vector Capabilities. Tessellations and 3-D Effects. Clone-based Tessellation with Mask and Surface Texture. Complete Project A: Southern Garden Book Jacket. Complete Project B: End Game Movie Poster. Working with Shapes. The Shape Object Tools.
Oval Shape Objects. Pen and Quick Curve Tools. Special Effects. The Effects Menu.
Surface Control. Dye Concentration. Focus Effects: Glass Distortion. Apply Marbling. Dynamic Layers. Liquid Metal.
New F/X and Photo Brushes. Color Controls. Tonal Controls. Correct Colors. Adjust Colors. Adjust Selected Colors.
Photo Brushes. Custom Color Sets. Examine the Interface. Prepare the Background. Begin the Animation Sequence. Create Movement.
Repeat Steps to Create Movement. Editing the Frame Stacks. Delete a Frame. Insert a Frame. Movies and Scripts. Apply a Script to a Movie. Timing Considerations.
Saving and Exporting Movies. Exporting Movies using a Macintosh (QuickTime). Exporting a Movie using Windows (AVI Movie). Animation Notes. Complete Project E: Arrive Alive Public Service Announcement.