Corel Painter - 11 Reviewer's Guide

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Corel

Painter™ 11 Reviewer’s Guide

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Contents

1 | Introducing Corel Painter 11...........................................1

2 | Customer Profiles.............................................................3

3 | What’s Included? ..............................................................5

4 | Top New and Enhanced Features ....................................7

Creativity ....................................................................................................... 7

Performance and Productivity ................................................................... 11

Compatibility .............................................................................................. 13

5 | The Essence of Corel Painter .........................................15

Brushes ........................................................................................................ 15

Brush Controls............................................................................................. 17

The Brush Creator....................................................................................... 18

Textures ....................................................................................................... 18

Divine Proportion ....................................................................................... 19

Photo Painting System ............................................................................... 20

6 | Summary of New or Enhanced Features ......................23

Introducing Corel® Painter™ 11

Corel® Painter™ 11 is the ultimate art studio. By providing the most inventive drawing and painting tools available, Painter helps artists pursue their creative impulses in new and inspiring ways.

Changing What’s Possible in Art

Corel Painter 11 gives artists more creative freedom than a traditional art studio. The ability to build unique brushes and media variants, and to customize how any brush interacts with the canvas, lets artists create in ways not traditionally possible.

With Corel Painter 11, users can experiment with color theory and composition faster than ever before. They can wipe the slate clean at any time — without the costs associated with traditional art materials. What’s more, there are no toxins and there is no mess to clean up. This freedom makes it easier for artists to create to their heart’s content and to discover new approaches and techniques along the way.

Corel Painter 11 is the fastest and most dependable Painter yet. We’ve listened to the community of passionate users and optimized the application so that it streamlines an artist’s workflow and provides a reliable creative environment.

This reviewer’s guide walks you through the new and enhanced features provided by Corel Painter 11 and touches on historical user favorites. Find out why every day world-renowned artists, designers, professional photographers, as well as students and teachers use Corel Painter to explore their creativity and discover new artistic possibilities.

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Customer Profiles

Concept Artists

Concept artists who work in the animation, comic and manga, automobile, movie, and video game industries combine Corel Painter, their natural talents, and traditional techniques to create astounding scenes, vehicles, characters, and textures.

Designers and Illustrators

Many of the world’s foremost industrial designers, architects, commercial illustrators, and graphic designers rely on Corel Painter for the depth and power of its digital art tools and its ability to help them vividly capture their creative vision.

Artists

Many fine artists use Corel Painter as their primary medium. Their works appear in galleries around the world — proof that digitally created art is a recognized medium on the world’s art scene.

Professional Photographers

Corel Painter helps professional photographers differentiate their businesses and generate new revenue streams by turning photographs into hand-painted works of art.

Students and Teachers of Art or Design

Corel Painter lets students and teachers explore the visual arts without the costs and mess associated with traditional art supplies. This ideal learning environment combines the techniques of classical art training with all the benefits offered by digital tools and media.

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What’s Included?

Main Application

•Corel® Painter™ 11, Mac OS® and Windows® versions

Content

• Libraries of unique gradients, nozzles, patterns, stock photos, paper textures, and brushes

Documentation

• Printed Getting Started Guide

• HTML Help files

• Online User Guide and Getting Started Guide (PDF)

Training

• Online videos

• Online tutorials

Minimum System Requirements

Mac OS® version:

•Mac OS

• Power Macintosh

• 1 GB of RAM

• Mouse or tablet

• 24-bit color display

• 1024

•CD drive

X (version 10.4 or 10.5, with latest revision)

G5, 700 MHz or greater

× 768 screen resolution

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