{"id":560,"date":"2007-09-01T15:03:22","date_gmt":"2007-09-01T06:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-09-01\/560"},"modified":"2007-09-01T15:03:22","modified_gmt":"2007-09-01T06:03:22","slug":"painting-with-painter-essentials-3-and-photoshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2007-09-01\/560","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Painting&#8221; with Painter Essentials 3, and Photoshop"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' style='margin-bottom:25px'><a\nhref=\"\/i\/Ryouanji-Paint.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Ryouanji-Paint_sm.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"531\"\nalt=\"Copyright Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"iRyouanji_Paint\"\nphotostream=\"japan,fall\"\ntitle=\"Painting of a path at the Ryouan Temple (\u9f8d\u5b89\u5bfa; Ryouanji) in Kyoto, Japan, amid autumn colors\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n\n<p>The image above is a tiny version (click to enlarge somewhat) of a\n&#8220;painting&#8221; <span class='nobr'>I made<\/span> from <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2005-11-30\/106\" class='quiet'><span class='nobr'>a photo<\/span> <span class='nobr'>I\ntook<\/span><\/a> at Ryouanji <span class='nobr'>(\u9f8d\u5b89\u5bfa<\/span> &mdash; the Ryouan Temple in Kyoto Japan) <span class='nobr'>a\ncouple<\/span> of years ago. <span class='nobr'>One of the<\/span> toys <span class='nobr'>I picked<\/span> up on my trip to The States\nis a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacom.com\/intuos\/index.cfm\" class='quiet'>Wacom\n<span class='nobr'>Intuos 3<\/span><\/a> pen tablet, which came with <span class='nobr'>a copy<\/span> of Corel's <a class='quiet'\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.corel.com\/servlet\/Satellite\/us\/en\/Product\/1152105062012\">Painter\n<span class='nobr'>Essentials 3<\/span><\/a> that <span class='nobr'>I used<\/span> to paint-ize the photo.<\/p>\n\n<p>Corel's product is a mixed bag. It's just <b>fantastic<\/b> when it\nworks, but it had <span class='nobr'>a tendency<\/span> to crash on me every five or 10 minutes, just\ndisappearing without <span class='nobr'>a trace<\/span> (losing all my work in the process). <span class='nobr'>I got into<\/span> the habit of saving my work often.<\/p>\n\n<p>I contacted Corel support, who basically told me to <b>get lost<\/b>\nbecause, although <span class='nobr'>I paid<\/span> for their product, <span class='nobr'>I didn't<\/span> buy it directly from\nthem. That kind of &#8220;support&#8221; makes my blood boil. <span class='nobr'>A web search<\/span> for <span class='nobr'>a fix<\/span>\nfound <span class='nobr'>a lot<\/span> of people angry with Corel for <span class='nobr'>a total<\/span> lack of support, but no\nsolution to my problem. <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/icon_sad.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"15\"\nclass=\"raw\"\nid=\"isad\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Anyway, back to the painting, perhaps this should be filed under &#8220;easily\nself-impressed,&#8221; but <span class='nobr'>I really<\/span> like the results <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> able to achieve\nbetween crashes. Here are some full-resolution crops....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Ryouanji-Paint_c3.jpg\" width=\"693\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Roof Near the Upper-Right Corner -- Copyright Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl\"\nid=\"iRyouanji_Paint_c3\"\ntitle=\"Closeup of a 'painting' created from a photo by Corel's Painter Essentials 3\"\/><br\/><span style='font-size:140%'>Roof Near the Upper-Right Corner<\/span><\/div>\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Ryouanji-Paint_c2.jpg\" width=\"693\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"Stump Near the Lower-Right Corner -- Copyright Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl\"\nid=\"iRyouanji_Paint_c2\"\ntitle=\"Closeup of a 'painting' created from a photo by Corel's Painter Essentials 3\"\/><br\/><span style='font-size:140%'>Stump Near the Lower-Right Corner<\/span><\/div>\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Ryouanji-Paint_c1.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"453\"\nalt=\"End of the Path in the Center -- Copyright Jeffrey Eric Francis Friedl\"\nid=\"iRyouanji_Paint_c1\"\ntitle=\"Closeup of a 'painting' created from a photo by Corel's Painter Essentials 3\"\/><br\/><span style='font-size:140%'>End of the Path in the Center<\/span><\/div>\n\n<p>I then loaded it into Photoshop and built up the frame, signed and dated\nit, and added <span class='nobr'>a brass<\/span> nameplate....<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/Ryouanji-Paint_np.gif\" width=\"694\" height=\"101\"\nborder=\"0\"\nid=\"iRyouanji_Paint_np\"\/><br\/><span style='font-size:140%'><\/span><\/div>\n\n<p>Content <i>creation<\/i> like the nameplate is not my strong suit in\nPhotoshop. Well, not much is, but I've been able to do <span class='nobr'>a few<\/span> nice things,\nsuch as this <a href=\"\/blog\/2005-12-09\/110\">photo touch-up\nfor <span class='nobr'>a friend's<\/span> new-year's card<\/a>, and some other things that I've written\nabout before and are linked to in the &#8220;Followups and Related Posts&#8221; box\nbelow.<\/p>\n\n<p>In creating the nameplate, <span class='nobr'>I used five<\/span> separate layers: the plate\nitself, the text, one for each brad holding the plate to the frame, and <span class='nobr'>a\nfinal<\/span> layer with which <span class='nobr'>I tried<\/span> to add <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span> of sheen to the metal. <span class='nobr'>It's all wholly<\/span> pedestrian to <span class='nobr'>a Photoshop<\/span> expert, but was <span class='nobr'>a fun<\/span> challenge for me to\ntry to figure out. <span class='nobr'>It still<\/span> looks sufficiently fake that I'll probably go\nback to futz with it further, but I'm not sure what it really needs.<\/p>\n\n<p>What I really need to do is to find <span class='nobr'>a place<\/span> here in Kyoto where <span class='nobr'>I can<\/span>\nhave the painting part (sans the frame) printed big-sized on high-quality\nrag paper (<span class='nobr'>I think<\/span> &#8220;rag&#8221; is the kind of paper that would make\nthis look good). Then <span class='nobr'>I need<\/span> to find <span class='nobr'>a real<\/span> frame for it, and put it on the\nwall. <span class='nobr'>I actually<\/span> do have <span class='nobr'>a small<\/span> version of the original photo on the wall\nof my room, as can be seen slightly in the background of <span class='nobr'>a picture<\/span> on <a\nhref=\"\/blog\/2006-12-26\/315\">this post<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- href='\/blog\/2005-12-09\/110' -->\n<!-- href='\/blog\/2007-05-30\/476' -->\n<!-- href='\/blog\/2007-04-25\/437' -->\n<!-- href='\/blog\/2006-12-05\/299' -->\n<!-- href='\/blog\/2006-12-02\/296' -->\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The image above is a tiny version (click to enlarge somewhat) of a \"painting\" I made from a photo I took at Ryouanji (\u9f8d\u5b89\u5bfa -- the Ryouan Temple in Kyoto Japan) a couple of years ago. One of the toys I picked up on my trip to The States is a Wacom Intuos 3 pen tablet, which came with a copy of Corel's Painter Essentials 3 that I used to paint-ize the photo.<\/p> <p>Corel's product is a mixed bag. It's just <b>fantastic<\/b> when it works, but it had a tendency to crash on me every five or 10 minutes, just [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,14,2,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/560\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}