PainShop Pro Graphics - Painted Roses

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Painted Roses

Fuzzie Dice

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

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$Mr.$ Adriaan Barel

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

"Fuzzie Dice" <fuzziedice@[ihaveadomain].com> wrote in message
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> I'm trying the Corel Painter Essentials program. I thought it was a
> plugin for PSP X but apparently, it's stand-alone. Kinda like Art
> Dabbler that came with my graphics tablet. Can one do the same stuff
> in PSP X, by any chance?
> This was done also with a graphics tablet, using Impressionist and
> soft clone brushes. Took awhile to do, but I think it turned out ok.
> The frame I made.

Very nice Fuzzie.

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David Gray

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

Very nice Fuzie ! What type of graphics tablet do you use? Do you find that
you have more control with the tablet and pen than you do with a
mouse?....very nice effect.

David
"Fuzzie Dice" <fuzziedice@[ihaveadomain].com> wrote in message
news:44835730_3@cnews...
>
> I'm trying the Corel Painter Essentials program. I thought it was a plugin
> for PSP X but apparently, it's stand-alone. Kinda like Art Dabbler that
> came with my graphics tablet. Can one do the same stuff in PSP X, by any
> chance?
>
> This was done also with a graphics tablet, using Impressionist and soft
> clone brushes. Took awhile to do, but I think it turned out ok. The frame
> I made.
>
>
>
>

Fuzzie Dice

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

(Mr.) Adriaan Barel wrote:

> Very nice Fuzzie.

Thank you. :-) Although I think I am going to like Virtual Painter better,
though. Essentials does pretty much what Art Dabbler and PSP X's art media
can do. So I probably could save money and just get VP when I can afford.

Fuzzie Dice

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

David Gray wrote:

> Very nice Fuzie !

Thank You. :-)

> What type of graphics tablet do you use?

AceCad's AceCat Flair 4 x 5 USB. Had it quite awhile actually. Just haven't
really done much with it until now.

> Do you find that you have more control with the tablet
> and pen than you do with a mouse?

It depends on the circumstances. When I'm working on a painting or graphics
that requires some free-form curves, or many many brush strokes, then the
tablet is ideal. But for selecting tools, etc. I prefer the mouse as it's
easier to use for that. I think that the tablet will be reserved for
painting/drawing. The pen's "button" can be a bit hard to use and some
things you can double-click with the pen by tapping it on the tablet twice.
Thing is, these operations take a lot of practice.

When tracing/drawing, etc. Especially tracing and drawing, one does have to
go very slowly and be careful. But I think I get more accurage results for
these operations with the tablet than the optical mouse.

Another thing I like about the tablet is the ability to vary opacity and/or
strokes depending on how hard you press down on the pen and your brush
variance settings in PSP.

> ....very nice effect.

I was surprised myself. It took awhile but it's what I came up with. After
that, I didn't have as good of luck, unfortunately. I'll just need more
practice. I think though I'll practice with PSP X's art media tools.

David Gray

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

Thanks for the info Fuzzie. I have been considering a tablet for some time
now, but am still undecided.

David
"Fuzzie Dice" <fuzziedice@[ihaveadomain].com> wrote in message
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>
> David Gray wrote:
>
>
> Thank You. :-)
>
>
> AceCad's AceCat Flair 4 x 5 USB. Had it quite awhile actually. Just
> haven't really done much with it until now.
>
>
> It depends on the circumstances. When I'm working on a painting or
> graphics that requires some free-form curves, or many many brush strokes,
> then the tablet is ideal. But for selecting tools, etc. I prefer the mouse
> as it's easier to use for that. I think that the tablet will be reserved
> for painting/drawing. The pen's "button" can be a bit hard to use and some
> things you can double-click with the pen by tapping it on the tablet
> twice. Thing is, these operations take a lot of practice.
>
> When tracing/drawing, etc. Especially tracing and drawing, one does have
> to go very slowly and be careful. But I think I get more accurage results
> for these operations with the tablet than the optical mouse.
>
> Another thing I like about the tablet is the ability to vary opacity
> and/or strokes depending on how hard you press down on the pen and your
> brush variance settings in PSP.
>
>
> I was surprised myself. It took awhile but it's what I came up with. After
> that, I didn't have as good of luck, unfortunately. I'll just need more
> practice. I think though I'll practice with PSP X's art media tools.
>
>
>
>

Carrie Osmo

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

Painter does a whole lot more
I love Painter and PSP

carrie
"Fuzzie Dice" <fuzziedice@[ihaveadomain].com> wrote in message news:4483860f$1_1@cnews...
>
> (Mr.) Adriaan Barel wrote:
>
>
> Thank you. :-) Although I think I am going to like Virtual Painter better, though. Essentials does pretty much what Art Dabbler
> and PSP X's art media can do. So I probably could save money and just get VP when I can afford.
>
>
>

Fuzzie Dice

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

Carrie Osmo wrote:
> Painter does a whole lot more
> I love Painter and PSP

I'm leaning towards Virtual Painter I think. I want to try a few different
filters and stuff before I finally decide though.

Spandex Rutabaga

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

Fuzzie Dice wrote:
>
> I'm trying the Corel Painter Essentials program. I thought it was a plugin
> for PSP X but apparently, it's stand-alone. Kinda like Art Dabbler that came
> with my graphics tablet. Can one do the same stuff in PSP X, by any chance?

Try some of the Art Media tools with Trace checked. Don't expect
anything to be trivially easy. This site has some tutorials.
http://jpkabala.com/paranormal/tutindex.html

Fuzzie Dice

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

Spandex Rutabaga wrote:

> Try some of the Art Media tools with Trace checked. Don't expect
> anything to be trivially easy. This site has some tutorials.
> http://jpkabala.com/paranormal/tutindex.html

Some cool stuff here. This art thing kept me busy all day and I didn't get
my housework done. Bad me!

Carrie Osmo

2006-06-08, 7:38 pm

well it is a plug-in so no need to do all the work
in Painter Essentials do you have impasto mosaic?
carrie
"Fuzzie Dice" <fuzziedice@[ihaveadomain].com> wrote in message news:44839fcf$1_2@cnews...
>
> Carrie Osmo wrote:
>
> I'm leaning towards Virtual Painter I think. I want to try a few different filters and stuff before I finally decide though.
>
>
>