Product Description

Get inspired with Corel Painter X3. The latest in digital art software includes hundreds of brushes, paper textures and media that emulate real-world art materials. Experiment and create with watercolors, acrylics, oils, pastels, chalks, pencils, markers and more using powerful RealBristle technology that replicates traditional art techniques on your tablet. Use the new Brush Search engine to find the perfect brush and learn more about its properties. Introduce an element of creative randomness to your work with the Universal Jitter feature. Improve precision and control with new cloning and photo-painting tools. Plus, new features and Photoshop compatibility makes it easy for artists of all skill levels to learn and use Painter. It's a complete art studio at your fingertips.

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The Brush Search Engine
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Get inspired with Corel Painter X3. The latest in digital art software includes hundreds of brushes, paper textures, and media that emulate real-world art materials. Experiment and create with watercolors, acrylics, oils, pastels, chalks, pencils, markers and more using powerful RealBristle technology that replicates traditional art techniques on your tablet. Use the new Brush Search engine to find the perfect brush and learn more about its properties. Introduce an element of creative randomness to your work with the Universal Jitter feature. Improve precision and control with new cloning and photo-painting tools. Plus, new features and Photoshop compatibility makes it easy for artists of all skill levels to learn and use Painter. It's a complete art studio at your fingertips!

Brush Tracking Tool
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Ideal For:

Photo Artists

As a photographer, you capture moments with your camera and transform them into of works of digital art. In addition to a wide range of incredible digital art tools, Painter X3 also offers powerful image cloning and painting features that are perfect for photographers. It's everything you need to create stunning photo art that will dazzle any audience.

Traditional Artists

As a traditional artist, you're all about using time-honored techniques and working with a blank canvas. Painter X3 lets you combine classic art practices with state-of-the-art Natural-Media technology to create digital art that's every bit as impressive as anything you'll find on a physical canvas.

Illustrators

As an illustrator, you're able to tell a visual story that elicits emotions and gets results. Whether you're creating storyboards, developing art for a magazine or working on a book cover, Painter X3 is versatile illustration software that will help your art leave a lasting impression.

Concept Artists

As a concept artist, you're dedicated to bringing incredible ideas to visual life. Whether you're creating fantasy art, or developing materials for film, television and video games, Painter X3 offers the professional tools you need to turn a creative concept into reality.

Designers

As a designer, you're all about creating art that speaks to a particular audience. Whether you're developing a print logo, working on images for a web page or creating industrial designs, with Painter X3 you'll get access to cutting-edge design software that will help you win over any audience.

Top 10 Reasons to Buy

1. A complete digital art studio at your fingertips

With Corel Painter X3, you'll gain access to hundreds of brushes, paper textures, and media — all of which perfectly emulate real-world art supplies. Experiment and create with watercolors, acrylics, oils, pastels, chalks, pencils, markers and more. Plus, choose from standard brushes or easily develop your own unique brushes. With Painter, you'll have access to your very own virtual studio, all without having to deal with chemical fumes, messy cleanups, and costly art supplies.

Temporal Color Palette Tool
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2. Easily find the perfect brush

Corel Painter X3 offers hundreds of unique brushes. Finding and selecting the perfect brush is also incredibly easy thanks to a built-in Brush Search engine. Simply type the name or properties of the brush you have in mind and Painter will find it for you. Combine terms to narrow down your search, plus use the new built-in visual preview to ensure each brush is exactly what you're looking for.

3. RealBristle Painting and Wacom tablet compatibility

With Corel Painter X3, you can reproduce the movement and feel of traditional media using your tablet and pen. The RealBristle system represents a major milestone for digital painting, with the ability to respond to pressure, speed, rotation, tilt and bearing — just like real-life brushes and dry media. Intuitive Multi-Touch Wacom support also allows you to pan, rotate, zoom, and more, creating a realistic and immersive digital art experience.

Enhanced: Cloning Workflow
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4. Cloning and smart photo-painting tools

Transform photos into paintings using the powerful cloning and photo-painting tools of Corel Painter X3. Clone images by hand or let the Auto-Painting palette paint a photo for you using your choice of brush and media. The SmartStroke brush technology follows lines and contours in your picture just like a real artist would, creating incredible photo art that will amaze your audience.

5. Exclusive to Painter! Universal Jitter

Want to introduce an element of chance to your work? Now you can with the Universal Jitter feature available only in Corel Painter X3. Jitter simulates the random elements and "happy accidents" that can occur when using real-world art media. With Painter you can add Jitter to any brush and adjust it for Opacity, Grain, Size, Feature, and Angle. It's the perfect way to add an element of randomness to your work and create more organic, natural-looking art.

New: Jitter Brushes
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6. Perspective Guides

Accurately draw in a one-, two-, or three-point perspective using Perspective Guides in Corel Painter X3. Simply select your desired vanishing points and set your lines — your brush strokes will automatically snap to the grid while painting. You can also save presets, change the color of your guidelines, and add additional guidelines, ensuring realism and accuracy in your work.

7. Exclusive to Painter! Real Watercolor and Flow maps

Corel Painter X3 features exclusive technology that lets wet media blend and dry more realistically than any other digital art software on the market. The Real Watercolor tool allows you to control wind direction for drying, plus lets colors interact with the paper grain, changing pigmentation just like colors would with real-world materials. For added effect, use Flow Maps to direct how paint runs and pools on your canvas, adding incredible realism and depth to your work.

New: Color Set Libraries and Mixers
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8. Reference Image

Corel Painter X3 offers an amazing new way to find inspiration, with the ability to open a reference image from directly within the Painter interface. Simply drop your reference image anywhere onscreen without disrupting your workflow, plus you can instantly sample reference colors. Ensure you always have the artistic inspiration you need, while avoiding the hassle of having to keep multiple reference files open on your desktop.

9. Adobe Photoshop compatibility

With Corel Painter X3 you can easily preserve colors and layers when transferring files between Photoshop and Painter. For added speed and accuracy, you can also select and transform multiple layers at one time in Painter, just like you would in Photoshop. Plus, take advantage of third party Photoshop plug-ins on your Mac and PC* to unlock even more creative options.

* Using a 32-bit Mac and 32-bit/64-bit Windows PC.

10. Mac Painter Memory Manager and PC Memory Optimization

Whether you're a Mac user or a PC user, Corel Painter X3 offers powerful optimization that lets you get the most out of your machine. Macs with 64-bit systems will automatically use all available memory when running Painter, while PCs with large amounts of RAM can utilize new software speed enhancements. It's the ideal way for both PC and Mac users to quickly and easily deal with large, memory-intensive tasks.

System Requirements

Windows

Windows 8 (64-Bit), or Windows 7 (32-Bit and 64-Bit) (with latest Service Pack)
Intel Pentium 4, AMD Athlon 64 or AMD Opteron
2 GB RAM
450 MB hard disk space for application files *
Mouse or tablet
1280 x 800 screen resolution
DVD drive
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 or higher

* Additional space may be required for Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

Mac

Mac OS X 10.7 or 10.8 (with latest revision)
Intel Core 2 Duo
2 GB RAM
350 MB hard disk space for application files
Mouse or tablet
1280 x 800 screen resolution
DVD drive
Safari v5 or higher