First and foremost, I'm sorry for a little bit late on posting this article. On 26 April 2011, Painter Application had launched officially on Facebook. It looks similar to Facebook Graffiti Application where functioned as online drawing widget. Basically, Painter are created as drawing widget that integrated with Smallworlds.Com(Virtual World) which citizens/player can paint any artwork in Smallworld and post it on Painter Gallery @Facebook. Every single art on Smallworlds automatically save on Facebook Painter Gallery where FB user can browse artist collection gallery. Painter can be used to send any artist art to other FB user although they not have Smallworlds account. On the other side, all gifted art to FB user which have Smallworlds account can be transfer into virtual board in their gallery (in Smallworlds)
One of the best features of Painter is that now you can create your paintings either in SmallWorlds or in Facebook.
If you don't have a Facebook account you can still paint in SmallWorlds as you've always done, but to take advantage of all the amazing features now available in Painter I recommend you link your SmallWorlds account to Facebook. Any paintings you gift (to yourself or someone else) will be available in both places and displayed in a public gallery in Facebook. You can even gift a painting to a Facebook friend who can then display it on a Graffiti Canvas in SmallWorlds.
Painter also lets you show your favorite artists how much you admire their paintings. Click the love heart icon in the Facebook Painter Gallery or by going into the painting on SmallWorlds to rate up a painting. You can see the most-loved paintings in the Popular Public Gallery in Facebook.
Using Painter
The way you paint pictures in Painter is exactly the same both in Facebook and on a Graffiti Canvas in SmallWorlds. Getting started is as easy as 1-2-3:
1. Choose your Brush Size and Shape
Click the paintbrush icon to bring up the Brush Panel. This is where you choose the size and shape of brush you want to use. As you can see, there are now a wide range of brushes to choose from, and you are also now able to adjust the Softness of your brush.
2. Choose Your Brush Color
Click the paint pot icon to bring up the Color Panel. This is where you choose the color and opacity you want to use. Hovering over the paint pot icon will also show you how many brush strokes you have left to use up for this painting. We have increased the total number of brush strokes allowed - now you can use 2000 strokes to create your painting! I know many artists will be very pleased with that increased limit
3. Create Your Masterpiece!
I wish I could give you instructions on just how to create an amazing painting, but that's really up to you! One thing I can tell you is that it's a lot easier now to see how the experts create their works of art, because Painter lets you 'play back' a painting to see just how it was made. It's a wonderful new feature that I'm sure will be very helpful to new artists.
The Painter window provides tool-tips so it's easy to find out what everything does. Here is a quick overview of the other painting controls.
Seeing Which Brushes and Colors You've Used
Click the paint palette icon to bring up the History Panel. When you use a new color or a new brush shape, the color and shape are saved in this panel. This enables you to easily re-select any of the colors or brushes you've previously used in order to use them again.
Undo/Redo
Use the Undo and Redo buttons to undo or redo your last brushstrokes.
The small round button next to the arrows will clear all your brushstrokes from the painting. You will be prompted to confirm that you want to continue before the painting is cleared.
Full Screen Mode
The small arrows at the bottom right corner of the canvas take you into Full-Screen mode so you can get a larger view of your painting. Full screen mode is only available when painting in Facebook.
Using Painter In Facebook
There are some Painter options that are only available using Painter in Facebook. For example, in Facebook you need to select who the painting is for. You can choose to paint for yourself or for someone else.
Here is the Painter menu bar in Facebook:
Sending Your Painting
Once you have completed your painting in Facebook, press the Send button to send it to the person you have nominated to send to (either yourself or a Facebook friend). Once sent, the painting can not be edited further. It will be available in the Galleries in Facebook to view, love and share, and the owner can also put the painting onto a Graffiti Canvas in SmallWorlds.
Galleries
One of the biggest innovations with the new Painter application is that now you can easily view a gallery of art on Facebook, and even gift your art to your Facebook friends!
When you install the Facebook Painter Application, you get to see all the art that has been painted. You can also:
• See how many times a painting has been viewed.
• Click on the Love Heart next to a painting to tell the artist that you love their work.
• Share the painting with your friends by posting it on your wall or Tweeting the link.
• Play back the painting to see how it was created.
• See which artist painted the picture and view their other work.
• See which collector owns the picture and view other paintings they own.
• Paint your own picture to gift to either the artist or collector of the painting you've viewed.
The Playback Feature
The Painter application records every brush stroke you make, and you can replay this to see exactly how a painting was created!
Hover over a finished painting in Painter to get a Play button, and click the button to watch the painting being made.
This feature is one I am particularly excited about. Not only it is invaluable for new artists to learn from but
already I have seen some of the artists who were testing Painter using it to create fun animations.
* reference : Smallworlds.Com
Happy Painting!!
