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!
Turn Photos into Paintings
You can create a painting from a photo in just three steps:
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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 |
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Choose one of the preset painting styles from the menus on the Auto-Painting Palette to get the look you want |
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Let new Smart Stroke technology create stunning paintingswith brush strokes that follow the form of your photo! |
Discover an Expressive and Natural painting experience
The Drawing and Painting workspace is designed to put the tools you need at your finger tips.
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Identify and choose brushes easily with the New Brush Drawer |
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Go back to recently used brushes quickly with Brush History |
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Organize your favorite brushes in one spot for easy access |
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Select paint colors with a single click on the New Colors palette |
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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 startedand get the results you want.
System Requirements
Windows version:
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Windows Vista or Windows XP (with latest Service Pack) |
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Pentium III, 700 MHz or greater |
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256 MB RAM |
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Mouse or tablet |
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24-bit color display |
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1024 x 768 screen resolution |
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CD-ROM |
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1 GB of HD space for installation |
Mac OS version:
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Mac OS X 10.4.x (with latest revision) |
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Power Macintosh G4, 700 MHz or greater |
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256 MB RAM |
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Mouse or tablet |
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24-bit color display |
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1024 x 768 screen resolution |
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CD-ROM |
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1 GB of HD space for installation |
Adobe Acrobat Reader are required for components of Corel Painter Essentials 4
Safari web browser on the Macintosh and Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 (or greater) on Windows are required for components of Corel Painter Essentials 4.
Training Videos
AdobeFlash Player version 7 or higher is required to play the Corel Painter Essentials 4 training videos.
