MIDLANDS RPS DIGITAL IMAGING GROUP
Techniques & Technical Info
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My Technique
with 'Painter'
by David Eaves ARPS |
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Note: To
utilise this technique you will need both 'Painter' and 'Photoshop' programs'
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| Image - import from Photoshop with file size 5 - 10 Mb (or lower if you have a slow computer) |
| Palettes needed - Tools, Brushes, Brush Controls, Art Materials, Controls |
| Recommenced Settings are:- |
| Brush Controls:- |
| General: Dab ->Circular: Stroke ->Single: Method ->Cloning: Sub Cat ->Grainy |
| Hard Cover: Opacity ->Start around 30 and increase as the picture develops: |
| Grain ->30% |
| Spacing - 10% and Minimum Spacing low, about 0.1 - 0.2 |
| Size - initially 30 which is quite large. Reduce as the picture develops to paint in fine detail. Minimum size 100% |
| Angle - Squeeze 100%. Other settings don't matter |
| Impasto - Draw to colour |
| Expression - Opacity set to 'pressure' and others to 'none' |
| Well - Resaturation ->50%: Bleed ->80%: Dryout ->high setting: Brush loading active |
| Random - Jitter ->0 |
| Cloning - Clone colour active and clone type normal |
| Mouse - shouldn't matter if you are using a tablet (as recommended) |
| Art Materials |
| Colours - Clone colour active |
| Papers - your choice e.g. regular
fine, scale 100%, contrast 100%, brightness 50% Most other settings in this palette don't matter but check that colour variability is 0 and in RGB that clone colour is active |
| Having imported a picture, choose
clone from the File menu, then select all and delete. You will have a blank
sheet on which to begin your cloned drawing. Tracing paper can be switched on or off to give you a guide. Make a broad background with the large brush: then reduce the brush size and increase opacity to put in detail. If nothing seems to be happening, wait - the large brush takes a while to do its calculations. Things happen faster as the brush size is reduced. If all else fails, use an image with a smaller file size. Use the Controls Palette for quick access to brush size and opacity |
| When the clone has been completed satisfactorily, I generally take it back into Photoshop and combine it with the original image to incorporate further detail in the interesting parts of the image. Use a layer mask, adjust the opacity and brush in the required bits. |