My only complaint is the results of most of the brushes look the same. The new Smart Stroke painting uses a new category of brushes as well-the Smart Stroke brushes.

You can then use the Restoration brushes to bring back selected features. The brush gets smaller as the Auto-Painting cycle progresses and more detail is brought out.

Smart Stroke painting using the Smart Settings places strokes on the canvas following the lines in the image. In addition to the ability to paint with a recorded brushstroke (which has been there for a while), you can now choose Smart Stroke painting. In the Auto-Painting section of the palette is a new brushing engine for the Auto-Painting command. You can also use the Match Color controls to choose a palette from any open image. In version 10, Corel Painter adds the Color Schemes selector, which allows you to choose from a variety of possible color looks (Impressionist, Modern, Classical, Sketchbook, Watercolor, and Chalk Drawing). Version 9.5 saw the creation of a palette that unified all of the Underpainting, Auto-Painting, and Restoration controls. Many of the new features are directly designed to either appeal to photographers or to make it easier for them the use the program. Corel Painter X is perfectly situated to take advantage of this trend.Ĭorel Painter X adds an array of new features that will delight both the painters and the photographers who use it.

One of my most frequent requests from students in the past year has been to teach about photo painting. That sounds like an odd thing to say about a program that has been around for ten full releases, but after all these years of being on the fringe, a newly awakened interest in changing photos into paintings has placed Painter on center stage. Newest painting and illustration version takes center stageĬorel Painter’s time has finally come.

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