----------------------------- MetaCreations Painter Classic (tm) ----------------------------- Thank you for trying the Painter Classic demo CD! This demo version contains all the great Natural-Media features of the full product. However, when using the demo version you will not be able to save or print your artwork. In addition, the full retail version includes hundreds of pieces of additional content in the form of photos, brushes, paper textures, nozzles, color blendings, lighting and patterns. We have created an electronic version (Acrobat PDF) of the step-by-step Tutorial Guide. We strongly suggest you print this guide and work through the step by step lessons. They will provide a good overview of the program. Please note that when working through the Tutorial, you will not be able to save your artwork. TO ORDER ...or for more information... Call 800-846-0111 or visit http://www.metacreations.com This Read Me file contains important information about your new software. You don't have to read this information now, but after you've installed and looked around the program, review the following information. It will help you get the most out of Painter Classic. -------- CONTENTS -------- - UNDERSTANDING PAINTER CLASSIC - COMMON PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS - TECHNICAL SUPPORT ------------------------------- UNDERSTANDING PAINTER CLASSIC ------------------------------- PAINTER CLASSIC'S INTERFACE Painter Classic's interface is organized across a series of main menus and a set of floating palettes. There are four main floating palettes: the Tools palette, Brushes palette, Art Materials palette and Controls palette. Utilize the User Guide and take the time to explore what each of these palettes can do. PAINTER CLASSIC'S BRUSHES It is the incredible Natural-Media(r) brush engine that separates the Painter family of products from all other graphics programs. If you spend a little time investigating how the brush engine works, Painter Classic will open up as the most incredible art program you have ever used. SEAMLESS TILING Seamless tiling makes Web projects a snap with an easy star switch right on the document window. You can utilize an existing image or develop your own within a small area, then repeat it perfectly over the entire Web page. IMAGE HOSES AND CLONING The image hose paints with a variety of changing images. Experiment with the images and thevariations you can use. NOZZLES The Image Hose Nozzles work differently with different variants. Experiment to see the effects. TEAR-OFF TOOLS Don't overlook the new Tear-off Tools. Grab any brush (like the Pencil) and drag it off the palette. Presto. You've created a custom palette. You can drag any of the tools onto a custom palette. SCRIPTING Scripts allow you to record every action you make in Painter Classic. Scripts are similar to video tape. You can record and play them back at any time from the Script palette. The recording process is simply a matter of clicking record, then Stop and then naming the script. When you're done, the script appears in the palette. To erase a script, select delete from the pop-up menu at the bottom of the palette. Select the script you want deleted and click delete. ---------------------------- COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS ---------------------------- - Painter Classic only supports the Photoshop 3.0 plug-in API (not 4.0). Plug-ins, like Alien Skin Eye Candy, which require the Photoshop 4.0 filter API will not work with Painter. - Several Adobe Photoshop 4.0 plug-ins are designed to work only with Photoshop. They will appear in the Painter menus, but will not run. ------------------ TECHNICAL SUPPORT ------------------ When you purchase Painter Classic, Technical Support is free* to registered users of Painter Classic. There are many easy options to obtain technical support for questions about installation, configuration or functionality. You will find the answers to most of your questions within the pages of this User Guide. ============================================================= Creative Support If you have questions regarding creative technique, please refer to our message boards and mail lists on our website: www.metacreations.com This area is available to you to meet and talk with other users of Painter Classic to share knowledge, technique, and inspiration. * MetaCreations does not currently charge for technical support for Painter Classic. The only expense to the user is the telephone toll charges. Note: MetaCreations reserves the right to change its support policies at any time. ------------------------------------ (C)1998 MetaCreations Corporation. All rights reserved. MetaCreations Classic Painter is a trademark and Natural-Media is a registered trademark of MetaCreations Corporation. MetaCreations Painter is covered by U.S. Patent No. 5,347,620. Licensed under U.S. Patent No. 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts. This product is covered by one or more patents owned by Scitex Corporation LTD. This product contains PhotoDisc Images (C) 1996 PhotoDisc, Inc. QuickTime and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Photoshop and Illustrator are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corp. All other product brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.