Painter IX Creativity

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Foundation II: Creative Empowerment

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

—Aristotle

2.1 Introduction

Now that you have set up Painter's preferences and become familiar with Painter's user interface and basic operations, you are ready to enact the three guiding principles for making the most of Painter: Simplify, Organize, and Optimize.

Applying these three principles will help you be more creative, more productive, and more efficient when using Painter. The most important advice to glean from this chapter is to be thoughtful about the way you save, organize, and name your files and to establish the good habit of regularly documenting and backing up your work. Painter IX assists in this with the introduction ...