Corel Painter IX.5

Corel Painter IX.5--the world's most powerful Natural-Media painting and illustration software--features unique digital brushes, art materials and textures that mirror the look and feel of their traditional counterparts. The newest version of Corel Painter takes digital design to unprecedented levels with the revolutionary Artists' Oils Painting System, Snap-to-Path Painting, Quick Clone for photographers, and brushes that perform up to 10 times faster than in previous versions. Corel Painter enables some of the world's most accomplished creative professionals--including commercial designers, artists and photographers--to extend their natural talents and techniques to create original works of breathtaking digital art.

What’s New in Corel Painter IX.5

· Turn Photos into Paintings with the NEW! Photo Painting Palettes Create stunning paintings from photographs, with ease. Includes the Underpainting, Auto-Painting, and Restoration palettes. With the ability to automatically apply random, handpainted stokes to your photograph, it’s never been easier to get started with Corel Painter.

· 11 hours of movie-based training from lynda.com – now included for free with the purchase Corel Painter IX.5! This movie-based tutorial is designed to give new and existing users of Corel Painter a basic understanding of the new and improved features in Corel Painter IX. Enjoy over 50 movies on 2 CDs, hosted by Painter Master John Derry and Tanya Staples. Includes exercise files.

· NEW! Eraser Tool Provides easy access to a standard eraser to erase any medium in Corel Painter IX.5!

· NEW! Rubber Stamp Tool Now you can do point-to-point cloning in Corel Painter IX.5, from this easy-to-access toolbox tool.

· NEW! Cloner Tool The new Cloner tool - conveniently located in the toolbox - provides immediate access to the last-used Cloner brush and brush variant.

· NEW! Corel Paint Shop Pro support Now Corel Paint Shop Pro users can open Paint Shop Pro X files directly in Corel Painter IX.5 (Windows only).

· NEW! Corel Photo Album support Now it’s easy to send images directly from Painter Essentials 3 to Corel Photo Album 6 (Windows only).

· Apple iPhoto support, and support for Mac OS X Tiger (10.4) Work seamlessly with Apple iPhoto (requires changing ‘Preferences' in iPhoto).

· Wacom pen tablet support Extended support for Wacom's new Intuos3, Cintiq 21UX, and the new 6D Art Pen.

· NEW! Art Pen Brush Category These 10 new brushes are specifically designed to work with the new Wacom 6D Art Pen. Perfect for calligraphy!

· NEW! Dual Monitor support on Windows XP and Window 2000 Now Palettes, toolbars and the toolbox can now be moved outside the application window.