Corel painter review full version#

The Real Flat variant takes advantage of the Wacom 6D Art Pen’s rectangular nib. A tablet is a must for most Painter work, and I like the Wacom Intuos 3 tablet. I painted with the RealBristle Brushes Real Oils Short and Real Round variants and blended using the Real Oils Soft Wet variant.įor the outlined areas on the face (around the eyes, for example), I used the Real Flat variant.

I painted the face in Figure 2 from scratch without a reference photo using the RealBristle Brushes. (By the way, I found this information in the printed manual, which Corel brought back for Painter X, after having omitted it in Painter IX.) You can set just about any brush to have these dab types, which means the brush can lift colors from the Mixer palette once you choose one of the above dab types. The Mixer palette now lets you mix and paint with multiple colors with Painter brushes using the dab types Camel Hair, Flat, Bristle Spray, Watercolor Camel, Watercolor Flat, and Watercolor Bristle.ĭab types are listed in the Window menu’s Brush Controls palette under the General category. The ability to use multiple colors from the Mixer palette with brushes besides Artists’ Oils is also new in Painter X. You can have materials lying around untouched forever, then suddenly find the perfect use for them in a new project. However, those brushes, still in the program, are useful for certain effects and situations, as well. Click on the image for a larger version.Īs you can see, the RealBristle Brushes really do paint in a more realistic way compared to previous generations of Painter brushes.īesides having multiple colors in the brushstrokes, you can blend colors and control the brush strokes to get the desired result in ways that weren’t possible with previous generations of Painter. A, the oldest of the three, is the Oils’ Medium Bristle Oils B is the Artists’ Oils Oily Bristle brush, introduced in Painter IX and C is the new Painter X RealBristle Brushes Real Flat variant.

Pick up multiple colors from the Mixer palette and paint - the resulting brush strokes are fluid, expressive, curvy, and multi-colored.įigure 1 shows three strokes I created with three generations of Painter brushes that is, brushes introduced in various versions of the software. The big news in Painter X for artists are the new RealBristle Brushes.

Enhancements for Artists More realistic brushes.

Corel painter review full version#

Version X, which costs $429 for a full version and $229 as an upgrade, is faster than previous versions and includes new tools for artists and photographers. Corel has released a new version of Painter, the venerable painting and illustration program.