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Painter 5.0 Demo
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Welcome to the Painter 5.0 Demo!
Painter is the world's most creative design tool.
Painter's astounding Natural-Media features simulate
the tools and textures of traditional artists'
materials. Version 5.0 adds amazing plug-in brushes
to extend your creativity, dynamic plug-in floaters
to create one-of-a-kind looks and powerful Internet
publishing tools to put you on the web.
ABOUT THE DEMO
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. Also, some features that
require advanced system services are also disabled --
for example, Net Painter for collaborative painting
across a network, the Kodak color management system
and frame-by-frame animation.
Two versions of the Painter 5.0 Demo are available:
* The CD-ROM demo contains a full complement of art
materials (paper textures, patterns, Image Hose
Nozzles, etc.) and requires 40Mb of free disk space
for installation.
* The online demo is designed for download from the
Web. It holds a small collection of art materials to
make the installer much more compact and only
requires 20Mb of free disk space for installation.
TO ORDER
...or for more information...
Call 800-846-0111 or visit
http://www.metacreations.com
====================
** IMPORTANT **
LEARNING PAINTER
====================
Painter is a big program. To assist you with its many
features, 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.
The Tutorial folder is automatically installed if you
are installing your Painter 5 demo from CD-ROM. If
you download your demo version from the web, you will
need to download the additional Tutorial file. It is
available at http://www.metacreations.com/downloads/.
Please note that when working through the Tutorial,
you will not be able to Save your artwork.
For additional help, you may also refer to online
help, select Painter Help from the Help menu.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
Power Macintosh (68K not supported)
System 7.5 or higher
12Mb of application RAM (20+Mb recommended)
Color display (24-bit recommended)
486DX or Pentium compatible PC
Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0 (Windows 3.x not
supported)
16Mb of System RAM (32 Mb for NT)
SVGA Video (24-bit true color recommended)
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NEW FEATURES
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PAINTER'S BRUSHES
It is the incredible Natural-Media brush engine that
separates Painter from all other graphics programs.
If you spend a little time investigating how the
brush engine works, Painter will open up as the most
incredible art program you have ever used. This is
even truer with the new expandable plug-in brush
capabilities of version 5.0.
The first step is to explore all the great brush
libraries included with Painter. By default, the
Brushes Palette opens the library "Painter Brushes."
This includes the basic set of Natural Media painting
tools, like chalks, airbrushes, pencils and pens.
This default library is only the beginning. We have
created a bunch of new brushes for version 5.0. These
new brush libraries are installed in the folder New
Brushes which is in your Painter folder. To make it
easy to access the new brushes a Custom Palette
called "Shortcut to New Brushes" allows you to
quickly load the 7 additional brush libraries. If the
Custom Palette is not on-screen, select Window/Custom
Palette/Shortcut to New Brushes to activate it.
Simply click an icon in the Custom Palette to load
the new library.
DYNAMIC PLUG-IN FLOATERS
New in version 5.0 are Dynamic Plug-in Floaters which
perform all kinds of exciting image effects. You will
find the Dynamic Plug-in Floaters by clicking the
P.Float icon on the Objects Palette. Some plug-in
floaters create new layers -- like the Kaleidoscope
and Liquid Metal. Some should be applied to a
selection or existing floating object -- like Bevel
World and Burn. If the Apply button (or menu command)
is grayed out, it means you need to create a
selection or select a floater before applying the
plug-in floater.
Dynamic plug-in floaters can be CPU and memory
intensive. Be careful when applying Dynamic Plug-in
Floaters to large images/floaters.
TRANSPARENT LAYERS
New to Painter 5 is the ability to paint on a
transparent layer. Use the Objects Palette menu
command Floater/Transparent Layer to create a
transparent layer.
Use the new brush library "Layer" to paint into
transparent layers. You can also make any brush paint
into a transparent layer:
1. From the brushes palette, select the brush you
want to paint with.
2. Click the Expand box at the top-right corner of
the Brushes Palette.
3. From the Method Popup select "Plug-in"
4. From the Subcategory Popup select "Transparent
Layer Brush"
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
Brushes, Papers, Gradations, Patterns, Weaves, Plug-
in Floaters, Scripts and Menu items to custom
palettes. To add a menu command to a custom palette,
select Window/Custom Palette/Add Command.
Quick Tip:
Hold the keys Control+Shift to rearrange items on a
custom palette. Hold Control+Option+Shift to delete
an item from a custom palette.
Quick Tip:
Hold down Control+Shift before selecting a menu item
to add a menu item to a Custom Palette.
MAGIC WAND
When using the Magic Wand, holding the Shift key and
clicking does not add to the selection. Instead it
adds to the color set that Painter uses to build the
Magic Wand selection. To add a range of colors, click
and drag across the range of colors.
To select all areas of the image that fall within the
tolerance setting of the Magic Wand, use
Control+Shift+click. You can define a bounding
rectangle by holding Control+Shift+drag and the Magic
Wand will select all colors within the bounding
rectangle.
KODAK COLOR MANAGEMENT
The Output Preview feature has been disabled in the
demo version of Painter 5.
ANIMATION
Animation capabilities have been disabled in the demo
version of Painter 5.
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COMMON PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS
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* The Painter 5 demo does not overwrite an existing
installation of Painter. The Installer will place the
demo in c:\Program Files\Painter 5.0 Demo\ by
default.
* QuickTimeLibError: Cannot find Quicktime Lib. Your
Macintosh will generate this error message if there
is not enough free system memory to initialize
QuickTime. It happens when applications are using
almost all available memory. The solution is to lower
Painter╒s preferred memory, or quit other
applications. Refer to the User Guide for information
on setting the amount of memory allocated to Painter.
* Painter 5 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.
* Many Adobe Photoshop 4.0 plug-ins are designed to
work only with Photoshop. They will appear in the
Painter menus, but will not run.
* When using plug-in filters with Painter, especially
Kai's Power Tools and Convolver, increase the amount
of memory allocated to Painter. When using KPT 3.0
Painter should be set for a minimum memory size of
24Mb. Refer to the User Guide for information on
increasing the amount of memory allocated to Painter.
* In a dual monitor setup, Painter 5.0 and KPT
Texture Explorer are not compatible.
* Plug-in Floaters can not be recorded in a script or
used during a Net Painter session.
* Brush libraries are limited to 15Mb in size. You
should not use the brush mover to merge any of the
default libraries that come with Painter or are on
the Painter CD.
* If your Custom Palettes are moved completely off-
screen (usually by switching resolution), get them
back by using the Custom Palette Organizer
(Window/Custom Palette/Organizer) to Export, Delete
then Import the Palette.
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⌐ 1997 MetaCreations Corporation, all rights
reserved. Painter and Natural Media are registered
trademarks and Image Hose is a trademark of MetaCreations
Corporation. Macintosh is a
registered trademark and QuickTime is a trademark of
Apple Computer. Photoshop is a trademark of Adobe
Systems Incorporated. All other product and brand
names mentioned are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective holders. Fractal
Design Painter is covered by U.S. Patent 5347620.
Patent pending.