On-Line Study Group, Painter 5

Study Guide 04

Chapter 1, Painter 5 F/X
Pages 10 -18
Floaters

Floaters

Floaters are above the image background.
Floaters can be moved, transformed, masked, copied and otherwise manipulated.
When placed on an image, or used to create a collage, floaters can be manipulated until each is correct, then merged into the background.
Floaters are image elements. They can be stored in Portfolio Libraries and dragged to a canvas as needed.

In this lesson, we will create a floater and store it in a portfolio.

Open a new canvas.
Choose Chalk > Artist Pastel Chalk > Cover > Grainy Soft Cover
Choose a yellow-green pear color
Sketch a pear. Choose other colors and brushes as needed.
Choose the Pencil, 2B Pencil > Buildup > Grainy Soft Buildup, and draw the pear’s stem.
When the pear suits you, Choose the Rectangular marquee (R).
Drag a marquee around the pear.
Open the Floater Portfolio (Press Ctrl-4 to open the Floater Palette, Click Floater > Floater Portfolio.)
Drag the pear to the portfolio.

In this exercise, you created a pear on a white background.
You placed the pear, inside its white rectangle, in the floater portfolio.

To create an object without the white rectangle, try this:

Draw a pear on a white background.
Choose the Wand tool (W)
Click in the white, to select it.
Invert the selection (Select > Inverse) You might want to refine your selection.
Choose Select > Float.
The pear is now a floating object.
If you have white pixels around your pear, paint them.
Then drag the floater to the Floater Portfolio to Save it.

Do the exercises on pages 10-18 in your textbook.