Book/CD-ROM with a High Wow! Factor

Berkeley, CA-After looking through the hundreds of extraordinary full-color
original illustrations in The Painter Wow! Book, and after exploring the
range of creative styles and effects available in Fractal Design Painter
3.0 and 3.1, readers can have only one response: "Wow!" Graphic artists
have been raving about Painter, the outstanding program that can replicate
traditional media at the same time it can do many things that no
traditional media can. This book is its ideal companion, offering
high-quality images and expert instruction. The accompanying CD ROM is the
icing: It provides custom tools and recorded sessions from experienced
Painter artists, plus dozens of royalty-free images. Both the book and the
CD-ROM are suitable for Mac or Windows versions of Painter. 

The real-world Painter examples in the book serve as the basis of
instruction. Each illustration is accompanied by step-by-step descriptions
showing readers how the piece was created and how they can apply the same
techniques to their own work. The book begins with some basics-color
theory, art history, a quick view of Painter-and goes on to cover painting
with brushes, working with selections, paths and masks, using floaters,
enhancing photos, exploring special effects, doing multimedia, printing,
and much more. It's for artists making the transition from traditional to
digital media, photographers, multimedia designers, graphic designers, and
anyone out for some not-so-cheap creative thrills. 

Author Cher Threinen-Pendarvis is a fine artist and has worked with both
traditional and electronic art tools for more than 20 years. She teaches
at Platt College in San Diego and lectures frequently on image editing as
well as being a regular contributor to several national publications. She
is principal of Cher Threinen Design, a San Diego design firm. Co-author
Jim Benson is a regular contributor to Macworld, MacUser, and Publish. He
co-authored The Gray Book and is principal of Graphica, a San Diego design
firm. 

The Painter Wow! Book (with PC/Macintosh CD-ROM)
by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis and Jim Benson
Price: $39.95
Size: 224 pages; 7.5" x9.25"
ISBN: 1 50009-147-0
Publication date: 1/95

Peachpit Press
2414 Sixth St, Berkeley, CA 94710
800-283-9444,  510-548-4393,  fax 510-548-5991
URL: http://www.peachpit.com
 
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