Hello everyone! Yes, it has been awhile since I've kicked around on the web. Real life got in the way of my virtual one and I'm just now getting back into the swing of things. I've got alot of catching up to do.
I really like the new forums here! The Painter forum at i/us never seemed to take off, but hopefully this one will be different under Athena's superb leadership.
I know it's been a bummer with all of the problems Painter has had over the past few years, but it's still an outstanding creative tool. I've had a love/hate relationship with the program (it's trashed my machine more than once) but I keep coming back to it. I do hope Corel puts some time, money, & effort into Painter 7. And with that said, on with the goodies!
My first offering is, of course, near and dear to my heart - emaps. Those of you who have the Painter 5 & 6 Wow! books at home already know this. You can find a couple of my tutorials in the special effects section and also some of my custom emaps on the CD.
Here is a set of new emaps that were used in a different way. I like creating marbled textures and backgrounds with my emaps. The results are much better than using solid colors. I'll send Thomas the emaps to put in the Painter Swap Shop. You can use the emaps that are in the default pattern library for now. To marble in Painter, you first apply Effects:Esoterica:Blobs to a blank canvas. In the Blobs dialog, select Pattern in the Fill Blobs With drop down box. Make sure you have an emap selected in the Patterns Palette. Hit OK. I apply blobs several times until the canvas is filled. I usually start with the default sizes and decrease the sizes on the last few applications. Next, I use Effects:Esoterica:Apply Marbling. The image below was created with a modified Bouquet pattern. (I have several custom marbling presets if anyone is interested.) Just remember to be patient with Apply Marbling. It does take a bit of time to process and you may need to play around awhile before you hit on something you like, but it's worth it. It's much cleaner than marbling in real life! Anyway, I made a quickie button out of the marbled image using the Bevel World plug-in. Well, that's it for now. I've got to run!
-Michelle
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