"With Ventana's Painter 5 f/x, readers learn to use the advanced tools in this powerful natural-media painting program to imitate some of the oldest art techniques. The book illustrates how Painter interfaces with the Internet, enabling users to collaborate with other artists in real time, create Web-page images that have built-in links to other Web pages, save special GIF formats, and design image maps. Visually vibrant, Painter 5 f/x is filled with illustrations on nearly every other page, along with 96 pages of full color. The easy-to-follow examples show readers how to make the most of this worthy successor to Photoshop." Emphasizes the whys as well as the hows of Painter's tools. Includes a 96-page Ventana Color Studio section with full-color illustrations. Shows how to brush up on hot features, draw on traditional art techniques, harness the effect of advanced tools, and more. Features detailed, step-by-step examples building from design elements to complex techniques. All the images and brushes required for the book's step-by-step examples Stock images for reworking tutorials Royalty-free images and clip art Popular Photoshop plug-ins Demos from MetaCreations Sherry London (Cherry Hill, NJ) owns London Computing: Photofx. She is an active beta tester for Fractal Design Corp. Sherry is a contributing editor for Desktop Publisher, Pre, and Computer Artist magazine, and author of Photoshop 3 Special Effects How-To (Waite). Rhoda Grossman (Sausalito, CA) demonstrates digital painting at trade shows, teaches Painter and Photo-shop, and creates editorial illustrations.Rhoda is author of Photoshop Effects Magic. Sharron Evans (San Francisco, CA), as owner of Graphic Directions, produces graphics and illustrations for multimedia, the Web and print. She has written tutorials for the computer graphics industry.