The Easy-to-Use Home Art Studio
Corel Painter Essentials 4 is the simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to sketch, paint and turn your photos into paintings. Two new workspaces put the tools you need at your fingertips, whether you're turning a photo into a painting, or sketching and painting on a blank canvas. Based on the world's most powerful painting and illustration software, Corel Painter, it's the ideal way to get started with digital art!

You can create a painting from a photo in just three steps:
– Open the photo you want to paint in the Source Image palette. Your photo will be saved with the Painter Essentials file format, so it's easy to return to a project later
– Choose one of the preset painting styles from the menus on the Auto-Painting Palette to get the look you want
– Let new Smart Stroke technology create stunning paintings—with brush strokes that follow the form of your photo!

The Drawing and Painting workspace is designed to put the tools you need at your finger tips.
– Identify and choose brushes easily with the New Brush Drawer
– Go back to recently used brushes quickly with Brush History
– Organize your favorite brushes in one spot for easy access
– Select paint colors with a single click on the New Colors palette
– Create new colors easily with the convenient New Mixer palette

Explore Learning Materials
Free video tutorials by Painter master John Derry, combined with the tutorials printed in the user guide, make it easier than ever to get started—and get the results you want.

Features

This release of Corel Painter Essentials 4 offers a completely redesigned workspace that improves color selection and helps you discover different brushes, media and paper. With the new video tutorials and companion user guide, getting started has never been easier.

Photo Painting

– NEW! Redesigned Photo Painting workspace: provides a tailored environment that includes all the tools you need to paint your photos
– NEW! Smart Stroke Technology: preset styles paint with intelligent brushstrokes that follow the forms of the original photo when autopainting
– NEW! Updated File format: Corel Painter Essentials 4 now saves the source image with your painting, making it easier to return to a project for further editing

Drawing and Painting

– NEW! Brush Drawer: selecting a brush easier is than ever before with brush stroke examples for each brush
– NEW! Mixer palette: helps you get the exact color you want
– NEW! Colors palette: lets you pick a color with a single click
– NEW! Tablet Support: the redesigned workspaces feature larger icons, buttons and sliders that are easier to navigate with a tablet
– NEW! Magic Wand tool: makes it easier for you to select specific portions of a photo or painting
– NEW! Paper Selector: gives you quick access to paper textures and displays the current color
– NEW! 32 Undo Levels: go back to earlier versions of your work
– NEW! Online Print Services: order prints of your artwork on canvas, watercolor paper and other fine art materials directly from the File Menu

More Natural Media

– NEW RealBristle brushes: authentically reproduce the natural movement of the artist's brush right down to the individual bristle
– NEW Pens: such as the Scratchboard Tool and Smooth Edge Calligraphy, are perfect for inking comic books or doing calligraphy
– NEW Charcoal brushes: range from pencils to hard or soft charcoal sticks
– NEW Sumi-e brushes: let you create flowing sumi-e-style brushstrokes
– NEW Sargent brush: lets you paint in the style of master artist John Singer Sargent
– Enhanced Brush Ghost: gives you better control through unprecedented visual feedback of brushstroke behavior
– NEW Nozzles: for use with the Image Hose, and patterns for use with Pattern Pens have been added

Learning

– NEW tutorial-based guidebook: learn to use Corel Painter Essentials 4 while completing fun, instructional projects
– NEW Video Tutorials: accompany the guidebook and offer additional instruction from Painter Master and Ambassador John Derry.
– NEW Sample files: for the guidebook and video tutorials are accessible directly from the File Menu

Compatibility

– NEW Universal binary support: the Mac OS version of Corel Painter Essentials 4 is optimized for use with either Intel or PowerPC processors
– NEW Windows Vistasupport: Corel Painter Essentials 4 works with Windows Vista
– Enhanced Support for Wacom products: use Corel Painter Essentials 4 with any product in the entire Wacom line
– Enhanced file compatibility: Corel Painter Essentials 4 works with major photo-editing applications, such as Adobe Photoshop Elements, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint Shop Pro, and Ulead PhotoImpact