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Corel Unveils New "Painter X"
Techtree News Staff, Feb 06, 2007 1408 hrs ISTAccording to a Macworld report, Corel has unveiled a new version of it's painting and illustration software, "Painter X" with major upgrades.
According to a Macworld report, Corel has unveiled a new version of it's painting and illustration software, "Painter X" with major upgrades.
The new version aims at blurring the lines between traditional and digital art. It has been designed to be a full digital art studio. Corel stressed on this point by mentioning that they have literally traveled the world in order to know what users want from Painter and that they have managed to incorporate most of it.
One of the interesting new features introduced in "Painter X" is called "RealBristle Painting System". Using this system, users can accurately make a photocopy of traditional art media with individual bristles that blend and splay, thus giving the look of a traditional painting.
Further, in order to make it easy for the user to move files from one application to another, Corel has made the layer system work in a way very similar to that of Adobe's. Hence, files saved in the Photoshop file format can open in Corel "Painter", with layer masks, alpha channels, and layer sets (groups) maintained.
Apart from this, the new version also features new Composition Tools, including Divine Proportion (also known as the Golden Ratio). This tool overlays a pattern of lines and curves on the canvas to help lay out creations.
The Photo painting feature too has been enhanced to make matching colors easier. A new Workspace Manager, and Dodge and Burn tools round out the feature set of Painter X.
Moreover, users can prepare snapshots by fixing problems such as bad lighting right in "Painter" by using the improved AutoPainting feature.
There is also a noticeable improvement in the speed of "Painter X", which can be experienced in doing things like brush performance, opening and saving RIFF files, and rendering effects. However, the most dramatic speed improvements will be experienced by Intel-based Macs users.
Those interested can place an order for the English version of Painter X, which is scheduled to ship in late February. The full version of Corel "Painter X" is priced at $429 (Rs 18,925), while the upgrade and the education edition would cost $229 (Rs 10,102) and $99 (Rs 4,367), respectively. A Limited Edition "Painter" Can is available for $499 (Rs 22,013).
The new version aims at blurring the lines between traditional and digital art. It has been designed to be a full digital art studio. Corel stressed on this point by mentioning that they have literally traveled the world in order to know what users want from Painter and that they have managed to incorporate most of it.
One of the interesting new features introduced in "Painter X" is called "RealBristle Painting System". Using this system, users can accurately make a photocopy of traditional art media with individual bristles that blend and splay, thus giving the look of a traditional painting.
Further, in order to make it easy for the user to move files from one application to another, Corel has made the layer system work in a way very similar to that of Adobe's. Hence, files saved in the Photoshop file format can open in Corel "Painter", with layer masks, alpha channels, and layer sets (groups) maintained.
Apart from this, the new version also features new Composition Tools, including Divine Proportion (also known as the Golden Ratio). This tool overlays a pattern of lines and curves on the canvas to help lay out creations.
The Photo painting feature too has been enhanced to make matching colors easier. A new Workspace Manager, and Dodge and Burn tools round out the feature set of Painter X.
Moreover, users can prepare snapshots by fixing problems such as bad lighting right in "Painter" by using the improved AutoPainting feature.
There is also a noticeable improvement in the speed of "Painter X", which can be experienced in doing things like brush performance, opening and saving RIFF files, and rendering effects. However, the most dramatic speed improvements will be experienced by Intel-based Macs users.
Those interested can place an order for the English version of Painter X, which is scheduled to ship in late February. The full version of Corel "Painter X" is priced at $429 (Rs 18,925), while the upgrade and the education edition would cost $229 (Rs 10,102) and $99 (Rs 4,367), respectively. A Limited Edition "Painter" Can is available for $499 (Rs 22,013).
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