Corel Painter, Photoshop,and Illustrator Tutorials

How to easily add your signature to your Digital Paintings

craig — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 23:38:38 +0000

A video tutorial showing how to easily add your signature to a digital painting

You can easily add your signature to your Corel Painter paintings by making a custom brush. This video tutorial shows you how easy that is.

Here are the written instructions but before trying to follow these I suggest that you watch the video once or twice.

1. Make a new file at about 8″ x 8″ at 300ppi

2. You can probably chose any brush category but for your first signature brush I recommend the “Oils” category and then choose the “Flat Oils 40″ as your variant.

3.To the right of the variants click the little arrow and choose “Save Variant” and then give a name to your new brush. Why not name it My Signature.

4. Now click on the brush variant and scroll down to the bottom and you should see your new brush. Click on your new brush to select it.

5.Set your color to black and opacity to 100%. Now write your signature on the canvas. Keep writing your signature til you get it looking good.

6. Now choose the “Rectangle Selection” tool and then click and drag a square around your signature.

7. Go back to the little arrow to the left of the brush variant and click on it and then choose “Capture Dab” and you have now made your signature into a brush shape.

Letting Photoshop determine colors when printing

craig — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:53:12 +0000

Many people want to know which is better, Letting Photoshop determine color or Letting the Printer choose the color. It’s better to let photoshop determine color. I’ve made a little video that shows how to do this. It is specific to my Epson 9800 printer but I think you can get pointers from it even if you are using a different model printer or even a different brand like Canon or HP. The main thing is to chose Let Photoshop determing colors and then in the printer dialog box you need to turn off color correction. Watch the video to understand better.

An odd but fun project using Corel Painter

craig — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 09:17:26 +0000

Here is an odd but fun tutorial using Corel Painter. This is especially good if you happen to know someone who has a big mouth like maybe a teenager. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Just watch the video.

Turning a photo into a painting using Corel Painter-Part One

craig — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:27:33 +0000

In this video tutorial we will get our brushes all set up and ready for us to start painting. Click on the photo to watch the video.

Turning a photo into a painting using Corel Painter-Part Two

craig — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:18:06 +0000

In the previous tutorial we set up our brushes. Now we are ready to start painting. Click on the photo to watch the video tutorial.

Turning a photo into a painting using Corel Painter-Part Three

craig — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:11:38 +0000

This video will show you how to do the painting using Layers. The last tutorial showed how to do the painting just using one layer but I kinda like using layers and I think you will too. Click on the photo to watch the video.

Using the Automatic Crop and Straighten in Photoshop

craig — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:39:59 +0000

Photoshop has a wonderful Crop and Straighten tool that is Automatic and very easy to use. This is a short video that will show you how to do it. Click on the photo to see the video.

Using the Crop Tool in Photoshop

craig — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 21:31:47 +0000

This is just a basic video tutorial on how to use the crop tool in Photoshop. It will introduce you to a few features that the crop tool has that will make cropping easy and useful. Most photos can benefit from tight crops so learn how to use this important tool. Click on the photo to go to the video.

How to embed profiles in Photoshop

craig — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 07:50:33 +0000

When you open up a photo in Photoshop and make whatever changes that are necessary you should embed a color profile with it as you save the file. This video will show you how to do that- its really easy. Click on the photo to watch the video.

Large Format Printing

craig — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:23:23 +0000

If you need to have large prints made please consider ordering from my online web page www.easyonlineprints.com Check out the prices which are some of the best on the internet. Using an Epson 9800 printer I can print canvas or paper from 8″ x 10″ up to 42″ x 90″. Need to have panoramic prints done? This is the place to have it printed.