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Exploring Digital Natural Media |
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Steven Friedman |
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www.digitalartmasterworks.com |
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You need a digital camera |
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You need to have a Macintosh® computer |
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You need a very expensive system |
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You need to be a computer genius |
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You need need to have a lot of artistic talent |
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It’s just push button artwork |
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You need to use PhotoShop® |
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All Graphics program work pretty much alike |
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Photoshop Filters |
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Re-paint over the photograph |
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Trace and re-paint |
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Bridge Program |
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Enhancement Program |
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Photo Examination and Clean up (Any) |
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Artistic Transformation (Digital Image Pro) |
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Combining Images (Corel Painter) |
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Enhancement and Refinement (Corel Painter) |
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Proofing and Final Printing |
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Computer running a recent version of Windows or
Windows emulation program on a Mac |
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At Least 256MB or Memory although 512MB will
improve performance |
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A Pressure sensitive stylus and tablet |
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Painter – any version 6 or above |
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Microsoft Digital Image Pro ver 9 or 10 |
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A Desktop Scanner |
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A good sized hard drive and/or external storage |
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A 17” or greater sized monitor |
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Completely different Algorithm from Photoshop
Effects including all third party ones. |
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Digital Image Pro effects work by rebuilding the
image using a brush template |
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Brush |
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Transparency |
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Size |
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Coverage |
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Pressure |
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Where are the Brush Files? |
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File Type, Size, and Name |
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Negative of Image |
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Brightness, Contrast, Sharpness |
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Cannot Add New Brushes only Replace old ones |
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Must be in same location and bear same file name
as replaced ones |
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Will show only original brush thumbnail in
selection box not the replaced one. |
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Backup All the Default Brushes |
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Never Delete a Brush without replacing it. |
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Keep a Log of your work |
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Make catalog and archive of your brush creations
and note when they were added and replaced. |
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Notes
