Q&A's

[Linda and "Toby"]

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[Linda and "Toby"]

Yes! That's it! Once you've tweaked the photo (optimized the color, contrast, etc,) SAVE AS a copy so you can go back to your untouched original later if you need to. I usually saved this copies as a .PNG rather than .JPEG because the image quality goes down on jpegs each time you re-save them. If you want to make it smaller for web, do another SAVE AS (a .jpg) before you reduce the file size.

[GBK]

Got it!  If you save the cleaned up copy as a .PNG, I am assuming you can save a copy as a JPEG if you cropped or fiddled with it.

[Linda and "Toby"]

Yep! You got it, babe! :)

[Kyoko]

Linda, Would you please talk about t the layers?

What would be the benefit of using layers, how to combine them in the finished product, etc... ( When I used the layers and attempted to crop the final at the end, both layes did not fit perfectly resulting in creating blurr double pictures.)

Sorry, I know it s such an elementary question...

[Linda and "Toby"]

Hi Kyoko,

I do most of my layer work in Photoshop. I'll often paint several versions of a painting in Corel Painter - sometimes focusing on just the eyes or the fur or the background - and then I'll stack those layers in Photoshop and use Layer Masks to bring out one area of this one, and one area of another one.  (Does that make sense?)  

[Diane Margetts]

It does!!!

[Kyoko]

Yes, it does!!  I have to try it to fully get a good grasp of it, though. Yesterday, I began working on something I edited on photoshop. I guess you have to do a whole lot of experimental work to really get comfortable with it and see what you like and is comfortable with....

[Linda and "Toby"]

I typically take an image back and forth between Photoshop and Corel Painter. 

[Lynda Kamrath]

Not really, but it makes more sense now that I have seen you do it.  Thank you sooooo much.

[Cindy Bowles]

I had never heard of this form of Art until I joined this group...how long has this Corel, Technical Art been around?  It really fascinates me.

[Linda and "Toby"]

I've been playing around with Corel Painter (not to be confused with PaintShop) with a Wacom Intuos Tablet for several years. The tablet's stylus pen is touch sensitive and simulates holding a paint brush, pencil, ink pen, etc., in your hand.

If you're available this evening, we're thinking about doing a Google Hangout to discuss Corel Painter. You should "hangout"with us!

[Diane Margetts]

Me too!! What time? My google account is [e-mail] . . . Don't think I ever gave that to you . . .  What is the process to join the "hangout"?