painter effects?

pigeon

I'm starting to hear more and more in my area about the process of using "painterly effects" on photos - clients asking about it.

Questions that I have for those who are already involved:
Is Corel Painter the gold standard software for this? Are there others? Does Painter Essentials have most of what you need, or is Painter X needed?

For Painter, do you need a tablet? If so, recommendations on size, brand, features of tablet? Or, can you just use the mouse?

What about using plain old Photoshop for getting similar results? Can you do the same using filters, etc.?

Who do you use for printing these? And do you typicall print on canvas?

thanks!
teresa

Bodwick

Try the 30 trial PainterX

Corel Painter magazine should keep you busy.

WACOM tablets lead the way, I think. Start saving...Just use your mouse see if you like what your getting.

I print on, amongst others, an Epson3800 on fine art matt. Take your pick.

Have a look here.


Have fun

Bod.

cardon

Teresa, I have an Epson 9800 printer and do a lot of canvas printing for people using Corel Painter. Most are using Painter 9.5 or Painter 10. You could do a lot with using Corel Painter Essentials but would be somewhat limited. A Wacom tablet will make using Painter much easier and you don't need a large tablet. A Wacom 4 x 5 or 6 x 8 will be fine.

You can get a painterly effect using just Photoshop but most prefer Painter. Using the filters in Photoshop to get the painterly effect doesn't work very well. Its better to learn to use the brushes in Painter or Photoshop.
Good Luck, Craig

www.easyonlineprints.com

pigeon

How do you get a print that has textured brush strokes? I mean... without applying paint, a print with paint daubs on it? Does the printer interpret the info from Painter and actually gob the paint on somehow??

-teresa