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Corel Painter 12 for Photographers - part 4 of 1 2 3 4 5

by Mike McNamee Published

1. Open an image in Painter (JPEG, TIFF and PSD are compatible).
2. Hit File>Clone
3. With the new, clone file (Untitled-1) active hit Ctrl-A to 'select all' then Edit>Clear. This leaves a white canvas.
4. Select a Clone brush such as Bristle Oils Cloner.

5. Start painting on the Untitled-1 canvas. The trick is to roughly outline the main subject. The clone brush brings colours from the source photograph and puts them down on the new canvas, you have to feel your way but it can be quite rough.
6. With the subject outline set out, block in the background using rough, large strokes (we used something like 70 pixels on a DSLR original image).
7. With the background blocked in, change to progressively smaller brushes and detail in the main subject. For eyes we used something between 1.5 and 3 pixels diameter. If you brush slowly and follow the colour contours of the image (eg around eye-liner) then quite a lot of detail emerges.
8. To bring back Photographic detail choose a Soft Cloner. This can be a good tactic for the beginner. When you have really messed up you can start over in the small area you have spoiled, bring the full detail back then go back to a media brush and put paint back in. 9. When the file is complete, take it back to Photoshop, usually via a TIFF file, check it over for general colour balance then print. We printed Carol's Fighting Godwits to Breathing Color Economy 800M Canvas and then varnished it.

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