In this test
image, I adjusted
Color
Variability to paint with more than one color
(Art Materials/Color
Variability:
Move the Hue slider to 25%). Rectangular and Oval
Selections were given a brush stroke (Select menu/Stroke
Selection with the either "paint inside" or "paint
outside"
icon checked, in the lower left corner of the image window). The
stroked Selection around the Canvas' perimeter was done
on
a New Layer using Select All with the Grain slider
moved to the left to increase Paper texture,
then I used
Effects/Create Drop Shadow and adjusted the Layer's
(Painter 5/5.5 Floater's) and Shadow's Opacity.
This tutorial is
written to clarify
a simple application of Painter's Pen tool and Shape
editing
tool (the Shape Selection tool) to quickly draw a Shape,
then convert it to a Selection, Fill the selection with
color,
draw a Selection around it and use Capture Brush, then
save
it
as a New Brush Variant.
1. In
the Canvas menu, choose Grid, Show Grid. Then,
in
the Canvas menu, choose Grid, Snap to Grid. If
you
like, you can also set the Grid Width and Height. To
do this,
in the Canvas menu, choose Grid, Grid Options.
2. Using
the Pen tool, click three times to create a wide "V"
(the
bottom of the fan), click to close the Shape (click
the
beginning point) and with your pen still on the beginning/ending
point, drag at an angle downward to the left. You'll see a handle
appear above the fan.
3. To
adjust the handle's position, switch to the Shape Selection tool,
click the end of the handle and drag to form a symmetrical arc
with
the end of the handle centered directly above the lower point of
the
fan, or above the second click, as shown in the image below
(create the top curve of the fan).
5. In
the Shapes menu, choose Convert to Selection.
6. In
the Art Materials palette's Colors section, choose black
as the Primary Color and white the Secondary Color.
7. In
the Art Materials palette's Gradients section, choose Two
Point
and, in the lower portion of the Gradients section, click the upper
left icon, then move the red dot on the ring around the Gradient
preview to 0 degrees.
8. In
the Effects menu, choose Fill, Fill With: Gradient.
9. Click
the Rectangular Selection tool, then hold down the Shift
key and drag a square selection around the fan.
10. In
the Brushes palette, pick the source brush type (Brush
Category) and Variant (the brush on which your captured
brush
will be built). For instance, I chose the Pens Category's Smooth
Ink
Pen Variant.
11. In
the Brushes palette's Brush menu, choose Capture
Brush.
12. In
the Brushes palette's Variant menu, choose Save Variant.
Give your new Captured Brush a unique name not already used
by
Painter. For instance, "Jin's Fan Brush (Pens)".
NOTE:
The source brush variant (Pens Category's Smooth Ink Pen
Variant)
was not altered permanently because the new Captured Brush Variant
was saved with a unique name not already used by Painter). To
easily
restore the source brush to its default state first click the
appropriate
brush variant (Pens Category's Smooth Ink Pen Variant),
then in the Brushes palette's Variant menu, choose Restore
Default
Variant.
The new brush
variant is now listed
in the Pens Brush Variant Popup list. To move the new custom
Variant to a New Brush Category:
1. In
the Brushes palette's Brush Menu, choose New Brush.
Give
the New Brush Category a unique name, not already used by
Painter
(for instance, "Jin's Brushes")
2. In
the Brushes palette, choose the Pens Category and in
the
Variant
list, click the New Captured Brush Variant ("Jin's Fan
Brush
(Pens)").
3. In
the Brushes palette's Variant menu, choose Copy Variant.
Scroll down the list of Brush Categories and pick the New
Brush
Category, "Jin's Brushes", then click the OK button.
4. In
the Brushes palette, choose the Pens Category. Click
the
New
Brush Variant ("Jin's Fan Brush (Pens)") that's still
listed
in the Pens Category's Variant list. Remember, you now have a copy
of it in the New Brush Category ("Jin's Brushes") so
it's
OK to delete this one.
5. In
the Brushes palette's Variant menu, choose Delete Variant.
Now the New
Captured Brush
("Jin's Fan Brush (Pens)") is listed as a Variant in the
New Brush Category ("Jin's Brushes") and it's
been deleted
from the Pens Category's Variant list.
Creating and
capturing the brush
took less than 5 minutes.
6. Experiment
with the Brush Controls palette's sections. For instance, make
the
following adjustments (and don't be afraid to try your own setting
adjustments):
Size
-
Size: 50.0
-
Min Size:
33%
-
Size Step:
20%
Spacing
-
Spacing:
200%
-
Min Spacing:
11.8
Angle
-
Squeeze: 95%
-
Angle: 35
degrees
-
Ang Rng:
186 degrees
-
Ang Step:
54 degrees
Expression
-
Size: Random
-
Opacity:
Random
-
Angle:
Random
Random
In the Art
Materials palette's Gradients
section, choose Spectrum.
In the Art
Materials palette's
Color Variability section, choose from Gradient from the
drop
down menu.
7. Now
paint over a blank white Canvas. Choose another Gradient
and paint again.
These are only a
few of the many
ways you can adjust a brush variant, so dig in and play, then share
your
discoveries with other Painter users.
Have fun!
To capture a GINGERBREAD
MAN, click here.
Happy Brush
Capturing!
:o)
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