Software:
PhotoImpact 10, 11, 12 and X3
Author: Maureen
Eves-Lavis
Level: Beginner/Intermediate
Title:
A Fun-Time Experimenting with the Particle Brush creating Sand
and Water
Tools: Particle
Brush 
Paint Drop Water 
Retouch Warping 
MODES and
WORKSPACES
Versions
12 and X3 has
the ability for customised
workspace modes, choose your own personal settings or
Full Edit, providing you have all tools available to you for
this tutorial.
Version 11 has
five modes. You will see them listed in the My
Workshop Menu. For the purpose of this tutorial,
ensure you are working in "Advanced Mode" in order
for all tools to be available to you.
Version 10
has two work modes, Basic and Standard. Basic Mode features
a simplified workspace with larger buttons and the most
common functions, whereas,the Standard Mode displays all of
the functions. We will be using thStandard Mode
in this tutorial.If you see Standard Mode faded out as
shown, then this is the mode you are using. If you
change from standard to basic you will lose any presets you
may have saved.
Use this arrow to help keep your place in the tutoral. Left
click, drag, hold and position where needed.
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Painting
water in easy steps:
Open a
blank, white canvas remember no more than 500
pixels on the largest side
select particle
brush with the following settings:
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Version
X3, 12 and similar for 11 |
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In PhotoImpact 10 - X3
painting in 'Mode' means to activate the Paint as
Object icon which is located on the Attribute Bar
and looks like this:
The Painting Mode enables you to paint
freehand, straight lines or connected lines. Edit
Active Objects Only button when activated enables you to
edit a painted section as long as it's highlighted.
You can effectively paint over the object after
converting to an image (right click convert to image).
When painting with the paintbrushes, it is already
deemed as an image and you can apply other colours to
the painted object. Toggle Pen Eraser enables you
to erase without moving out of mode. Wacom Tablet
Mode is the settings to use for a pen and tablet.
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Version 10 |
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(1)
Shape, 1-48, Angle 88, Soft edge 60 |
(2)
Straight line, Transparency 22, Wet Control 98 |
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(3)
Multi-Colour #082B96, 0, 0, 9 |
(4)
Spacing 129 |
(5) For this part
of the exercise
do
not paint in mode -
place brush to the centre left of the canvas and draw the brush
straight across centre of canvas. Don't worry about the
uneven horizon, this can be fixed up later with the paintbrush.
You can add more of these lines later also.
(6) Change to bucket fill and
choose a light blue colour #DEE4F6 and flood fill top part
of canvas
(7) Change colour to #E9DBC7 and flood fill bottom part of
canvas.
Paint in
MODE: see diagram above - paint as an object
(8) Select the paint drop water brush - in
circle and half circle movements, make shapes of waves at waters
edge. You can be as imaginative as you like here.
(9) Change to warping retouch tool, and lightly make
tops of waves. Play with settings to get your desired result.
You can add an overlay of
texture to the sand to make it a little more effective. I
used texture #25 which is located on the Attribute Bar, 
 Together with
the brush tool and texture you can paint a sand effect.
Other tools/brushes than can be used are retouch dodge/burn
and very light smudge.
Now paint your scene by using the above brushes for a simple
water effect.
Remember, this is learning
PhotoImpact tools and having fun. Happy Painting!
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