

Using the Photo Painting workspace, I loaded an ordinary shot of the Golden Gate Bridge as my source image and used the Auto-Painting palette to transform it into millions of dots, Seurat style. ] New in this version are two workspace tabs, shown at the top right.
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, and coauthor of the forthcoming Photoshop CS3: The Missing Manual (Pogue Press, O’Reilly, Oct. [ Lesa Snider King, founder of, is a freelance writer, chief evangelist of Just open a photo with the Source Image palette, grab a brush, and have at it. By default, brushes in the Photo Painting workspace are cloners, meaning they “paint” a photo onto the canvas in the style of a particular brush.

The Photo Painting System didn’t just get its own workspace it got a complete overhaul. They can also be loaded with multiple colors by using the Mixer palette. Designed to perfectly mimic the behavior of real brushes, their bristles bend and splay when pressed upon the canvas. Of the many brushes gracing this version, a number are derived from the RealBristle Painting System introduced in Painter X. Brushes appear in a History list after use and frequently used brushes can be saved as favorites. Brushes are categorized by type (thick or thin paint, water, pencils and pens) that’s a nice touch for newcomers to traditional painting. Brush DrawerĪ friendly Brush Drawer now graces the toolbox in both workspaces, displaying both the name of each brush and a preview of its stroke. Tool buttons and sliders are also bigger than in previous versions, making them easier to select with a pen and tablet. Upon launch, a Welcome screen offers to open a canvas or launch 135 minutes of video training (you can access tutorial images from the File menu and follow along with the printed Guidebook).
