About Painter
A professional digital art and painting software for Windows and Mac. It provides realistic natural-media emulation, a vast library of customizable brushes, and tools for photo-art.
Corel Painter is a professional digital art and painting application for Windows and macOS, aimed at artists who want to replicate the experience of traditional media in a digital format. The software is known for its Natural-Media™ emulation, offering a vast library of brushes that mimic real-world materials like oils, watercolors, and pastels. It supports a high degree of brush customization. Painter is designed to work seamlessly with professional hardware, offering support for stylus tilt, rotation, and pressure from drawing tablets by Wacom, Xencelabs, and Huion. It also ensures compatibility with Adobe Photoshop, allowing for easy file transfers. The product is available via subscription or a one-time purchase, with a 15-day free trial available for new users. Licensing options are also available for business and educational institutions.
Pros & Cons
- Brush variety and blending tools are intuitive and easy to select for smooth painting
- AI‑powered features assist with creation, reducing manual effort for beginners and professionals alike
- Cloud‑based design means less stress on GPU and smoother performance across devices
- Vast library of brushes and traditional mediums like acrylic, pastel, charcoal, and watercolor
- Customer support option is limited
- Program has a steep learning curve with many advanced tools to master over time
- File sizes can be large due to high resolution and detailed rendering, impacting storage and sharing
- Color harmony tool feels unnecessary and takes up space without adding much value
Features
Key features
Utilizes acclaimed brushes that realistically mimic traditional art materials like paints, inks, and pencils for an authentic feel.
Offers a vast collection of brushes with infinite customization options for textures and other media.
Preserves file content when transferring files between Painter and Adobe Photoshop for a seamless workflow.
Responds to stylus tilt, rotation, bearing, and pressure for a natural painting experience on devices from Wacom, Xencelabs, and Huion.
New fluid brushes allow for smooth paint buildup, blending, sculpting, and glazing with enhanced opacity control.
Additional features
Generates smooth strokes with opacity controls that minimize overlapping dab marks on layers.
Simulates the authentic friction, flow, and texture behavior of traditional artist brushes.
Modulates core brush engine resources dynamically to match active CPU and OpenCL GPU configurations.
Fine-tunes target canvas edits with adjustable brightness thresholds and color tolerance sliders.
Accelerates photo-to-canvas rendering via source cloning and automated script brushes.
Overlays custom color hues onto active selection regions to track edge visibility.
Tweaks specific brush configurations including angle, flow, shapes, size, and structural dabs.
Outlines symmetric perspective grids using Divine Proportion rules and customizable perspective guides.
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About Painter
A professional digital art and painting software for Windows and Mac. It provides realistic natural-media emulation, a vast library of customizable brushes, and tools for photo-art.
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Painter's In-App Market Place
Does Painter have an in-app market place?
Yes
How many Mini-Apps in the marketplace?
0
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Pros & Cons
- Brush variety and blending tools are intuitive and easy to select for smooth painting
- AI‑powered features assist with creation, reducing manual effort for beginners and professionals alike
- Cloud‑based design means less stress on GPU and smoother performance across devices
- Vast library of brushes and traditional mediums like acrylic, pastel, charcoal, and watercolor
- Customer support option is limited
- Program has a steep learning curve with many advanced tools to master over time
- File sizes can be large due to high resolution and detailed rendering, impacting storage and sharing
- Color harmony tool feels unnecessary and takes up space without adding much value
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