Painter's new features may be evolutionary rather than revolutionary, but in combination with the application's solid foundation, Painter X is a powerful upgrade. Artistic talent, unfortunately, is not supplied. The limited edition ships with a bonus training DVD too. With video examples to download and access to online tutorials through the application's welcome screen, you won't have any trouble getting started. The package comes with a thick printed manual, something that's increasingly rare these days. There's plenty of help for new users too. You can also create your own custom palettes, adding any commands that are available through the interface. You can create your own cut-down version of the palette then save it with a custom name for later. Painter X goes a step further each individual feature on the Brush, Libraries and Portfolios palettes is removable.įor example, let's say you use all the paint tools but never touch the pencils or chalks. Some applications do that by enabling tear-off tabs and workspace saving. In this version though, the workspace is now customisable. Painter X's interface is classic and remains largely unchanged, with the much-copied colour picker still taking pride of place. Our limited-edition version also came with a handy gadget a handheld composition guide with the layout grids printed on it, helping you compose a real-life subject. Other grids divide the canvas into equal, adjustable sections. This feature overlays a scalable grid showing the Divine Proportion, enabling you to crop existing images to it or paint new creations and follow it as a guide. Also known as the golden section, it's a mathematical aid to layout that helps you place the focal part of an image in a position that the eye is naturally drawn to. While we're on that subject, there have been some enhancements to the PhotoPainting features, with 'SmartStrokes' using the same directional technology and automatically adjusting to your image.Īutopainted images don't particularly turn out like the painterly masterpieces the blurb on the box may lead you to believe you can make, but they do make a great foundation for your own art creations.Ī new set of layout grids will appeal to true artists, especially the new Divine Proportion feature, famously used by Leonardo Da Vinci when composing the Mona Lisa. The new brushes can be used whether you're painting manually or autopainting over an existing image.
0 kommentar(er)
