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Painter Essentials 4 Upgrade | 
| From: Corel
Category: Software
List Price: $178.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 6776
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Xp
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Windows Vista
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9.6 x 8 x 1.9
MPN: CRLCD11646WM
Model: PE4ENPCMMBUG
UPC: 735163120035
EAN: 0735163116465
ASIN: B000WCSGTI
Release Date: February 28, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | The simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to draw, paint or turn your photos into paintings--the ideal way to get started with digital art | | • | Enhanced Photo Painting System reduces the complexity of turning a photo into a painting | | • | Incredible selection of brushes, paints, pens and paper textures for adding unique touches to photos or creating cards, scrapbooks and other fun projects | | • | Compatible with Intel and PowerPC Macs, Windows Vista, the entire Wacom product line, and major photo-editing applications | | • | Tutorial-based guidebook and accompanying video tutorials/sample files teach you the application while you complete fun, instructional projects |
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Product Description
PAINTER ESSENTIALS 4 EN PCM UPGRADE FOR WINDOWS AND MAC
Amazon.com
Corel Painter Essentials 4 is the simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to draw, paint or 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 drawing and painting on a blank canvas. Plus, Corel Painter Essentials 4 includes an incredible selection of brushes, paints, pens and paper textures for adding unique touches to photos or creating cards, scrapbooks and other fun projects. Based on the world's most powerful painting and illustration software, Corel Painter, it's the ideal way to get started with digital art!/p table width="300" cellpadding="20" align="right" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/painter-4-ess-2-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiCorel Painter Essentials 4 is the simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to draw, paint or turn your photos into paintings./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/painter-4-ess-3-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiWith Corel Painter Essentials 4, it's now even easier for users to turn photos into expressive, natural, hand-painted portraits./i/b/small /td /tr /table pspan class="h3color"bDiscover an Expressive, Natural, and Inspiring Home Art Studio/b/spanbr For Corel Painter Essentials 4, the application workspace has been completely redesigned to improve color selection and the discovery of brushes, media, and paper. The new workspace is also easier for users to navigate, especially if they work with a pen tablet. pbNew--Redesigned workspace:/bbr Corel worked closely with its customers to find out how they were using Painter Essentials. The result is a redesigned and simplified environment with two distinct workspaces: Drawing Painting and Photo Painting. Each workspace is easily accessible from tabs within the application, and each presents users with the tools specifically needed for the task they've selected. pIn the Drawing Painting workspace, users can access relevant tools, such as the Colors, Color Wheel, and Layers palettes. In the Photo Painting workspace, users are provided with the Source Image, Auto-Painting, and Restore Detail palettes. Both workspaces offer a reconfigured toolbox that makes it easier to identify and select brushes, media, and paper. pbNew--Brush Drawer:/bbr With Corel Painter Essentials 4, a new Brush Drawer has been added to the toolbox, making brush identification and selection easier than ever before. The Brush Drawer opens with the click of a flyout button. Redesigned icons for each brush category are displayed on tabs along the top of the Brush Drawer. The list of available brushes changes depending on the selected brush category. When closed, the Brush Drawer displays a column from which users can quickly access their most recently used brushes. For convenience, users can also easily add their favorite brushes to the Brush Drawer column. pbNew--Mixer palette:/bbr In addition to its traditional Color Wheel, Corel Painter Essentials 4 now provides the Mixer palette. By simulating the traditional experience of mixing colors on an artist's paint palette, the Mixer palette makes it easier for users to get the precise color they want. Users can apply two or more colors to the Mixer pad, and then blend the colors together until they are satisfied with the result. pbNew--Colors palette:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 provides the new Colors palette, which lets users choose a color with just one click. pbNew--Easier pen tablet navigation:/bbr With its new workspaces, Corel Painter Essentials 4 makes it easier for pen tablet users to navigate. Many of the application's buttons and sliders are larger and easier to grab. In addition, the controls for frequent actions, such as Undo and Redo, have been better exposed so that users can access them without using a keyboard. pbNew--Professional prints:/bbr Accessible from the File menu, the new Online Print Services option lets users get professional prints on canvas, watercolor paper, or other fine art materials. table width="300" cellpadding="20" align="left" tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/painter-4-ess-4-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiIn the Drawing Painting workspace, users can access relevant tools, such as the Colors, Color Wheel, and Layers palettes./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/painter-4-ess-5-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiIn the Photo Painting workspace, users are provided with the Source Image, Auto-Painting, and Restore Detail palettes./i/b/small /td /tr tr td align="center"img src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/painter-4-ess-1-th.jpg" border="0" psmallbiThe Corel Painter Essentials 4 Guidebook provides step-by-step tutorials that help users discover the application while completing fun projects./i/b/small /td /tr /table pspan class="h3color"bTurn Photos into Paintings/b/spanbr With Corel Painter Essentials 4, it's now even easier for users to turn photos into expressive, natural, hand-painted portraits. pbNew Enhanced! Photo Painting System:/bbr The Photo Painting System has been redesigned and enhanced, reducing the complexity of turning a photo into a painting. With Corel Painter Essentials 4, the streamlined Photo Painting System is now available as a separate workspace. All brushes within the Photo Painting workspace act as cloners and take their color from the source image. pThe new Source Image palette makes it simpler to choose a clone source, and includes controls to adjust the opacity of tracing paper and to toggle tracing paper on and off. In addition, the source image is now saved with the painting, meaning that users do not have to keep a separate photo open. The enhanced Auto-Painting palette now includes Smart Stroke technology, which provides more intelligent brush behavior during the auto-painting process. pbNew Enhanced--Smart Stroke technology:/bbr Built into the Auto-Painting palette, the new Smart Stroke technology paints with brushstrokes that follow the forms of the original photo. Smart Stroke technology dynamically changes brush size, stroke length, and pressure, based on the detail and focal areas of the original photo, which helps users quickly achieve impressive paintings or sketches. pbNew--Source image saved with file:/b/br Previously, if users wanted to continue working on a Photo Painting project, they needed to remember which image file had been used as the source. With Corel Painter Essentials 4, the source image is now saved with the RIFF file, making it easier to return to a project later. pspan class="h3color"bTry the Broader Selection of Natural-Media Materials/b/spanbr Painter has always led the way with its unrivaled selection of Natural-Media materials. With Corel Painter Essentials 4, users get access to an even greater selection of Natural-Media brushes, pens, and paper textures. pbNew--RealBristle Painting System:/bbr First introduced by Corel Painter X, the new RealBristle Painting System heightens the responsiveness of the brush for the artist and represents a major milestone for digital painting. With Corel Painter Essentials 4, users get access to several RealBristle brushes in a variety of brush categories. Brushes that use RealBristle technology are identified by the prefix "Real" in their name. By authentically reproducing the sensation of the interaction between the paint, canvas, and brush, RealBristle brushes take realism to a whole new level. pbNew--Charcoal brushes:/bbr The new Charcoal brushes range from pencils to hard or soft charcoal sticks. As with other dry media brushes, the opacity is linked to pen pressure. pbNew--Sargent brush:/bbr The new Sargent brush in Corel Painter Essentials 4 helps users paint in the style of master artist John Singer Sargent. pbNew--Pens:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 introduces pens in the Pencils Pens brush category, such as the Scratchboard Tool and Smooth Edge Calligraphy, which are perfect for inking comic books or doing calligraphy pbNew--Sumi-e brushes:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 has added Sumi-e brushes, which let you create flowing sumi-e-style brushstrokes. pbNew--Paper textures:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 includes a greater selection of paper textures that accurately reproduce the feel of using traditional art materials. Users can control the texture of the canvas to achieve the results expected from using traditional media on a given surface--for example, pencil on watercolor paper, felt pens on cotton paper, or chalk on the sidewalk. pspan class="h3color"bExplore Learning Materials/b/spanbr Getting started with Corel Painter Essentials and digital art has never been simpler. Users can take advantage of inspiring, tutorial-based videos and a companion guidebook, in addition to the application's Help system. pbNew--Tutorial-based guidebook:/bbr The Corel Painter Essentials 4 Guidebook provides step-by-step tutorials that help users discover the application while completing fun projects. With projects ranging from beginner to advanced levels, the guidebook introduces various Corel Painter Essentials media and provides tips that introduce some of the elements and principles of art. pbNew--Video tutorials:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 includes video tutorials that are accessible from within the application. Users benefit by learning from the experience of Painter Master and Ambassador John Derry. The video tutorials guide users through a variety of projects, including those in the guidebook. table width="450" cellpadding="20" align="right" style="border-color: #000000; border-width: 1px; border-style: solid; margin: 20px;" tr td align="center"smallbiBrushes--The Heart and Soul of Corel Painter Essentials./i/b/small /tr tr tdimg src="http://images.amazon.com/images/G/01/software/detail-page/painter-4-ess-brush-th.jpg" border="0"/td /tr /table pspan class="h3color"bEnjoy Compatibility/b/spanbr Users who work with the latest operating system from Apple or Microsoft can rely on the compatibility features of Corel Painter Essentials 4. The application is designed to work with the industry-standard software and hardware that digital artists and hobbyists use every day. pbNew--Universal binary:/bbr While still providing a great experience with PowerPC processors, Corel Painter Essentials 4 is optimized for use with Intel processors. pbEnhanced! Windows Vista support:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 Works with Windows Vista. pbEnhanced! Support for Wacom products:/bbr Corel Painter Essentials 4 supports the entire Wacom product line, including the Graphire pen tablets, the Cintiq 21 UX interactive pen display, the Intuos3 pen tablet, and the Wacom 6D Art Pen. pspan class="h3color"bNatural-Media Brushes/b/spanbr Brushes are the heart and soul of Corel Painter Essentials. The following sections explain how brushes and media are organized within the application. pbThick Paint/bbr Thick Paint brushes let users simulate painting with thick, sticky paints, such as acrylics and oils. All Thick Paint brushes cover underlying brushstrokes. Many of the brushes can produce multicolored strokes, and others interact with underlying pixels to create realistic effects. The Thick Paint category includes Acrylics, Artists' Oils, Impasto, Oils, Palette Knives, and RealBristle brushes. pbThin Paint/bbr Thin Paint brushes let users simulate the application of thin paint or ink, such as thin acrylic, oil paint, gouache, or Sumi-e ink. All Thin Paint brushes cover underlying brushstrokes. The Thin Paint category includes Acrylics, Gouache, Oils, RealBristle, and Sumi-e brushes. pbWater/bbr There are two classes of Water brushes: watercolor brushes and airbrushes. Users must dry both airbrush and watercolor brushstrokes before applying effects. Watercolor brushes produce watercolor effects that react with the canvas texture. With the exception of the Wet Eraser, the width of watercolor brushstrokes is affected by stylus pressure. In previous versions of Corel Painter Essentials, the Watercolor brushes were referred to as Digital Watercolor. Airbrushes apply fine sprays of color. The Digital Airbrush carefully mirrors the feel of a real airbrush. The Wacom airbrush stylus is fully compatible with the airbrushes in Corel Painter Essentials. pbPencils Pens/bbr Brushes in the Pencils Pens category are marking tools that simulate pencils, ballpoint pens, markers, and calligraphy pens. Just like their traditional counterparts, the pencils in the Pencils Pens category interact with canvas texture and are great for a variety of artwork--from rough sketches to fine line drawings. The pencils and the Felt Art Marker build to black and link opacity to stylus pressure. Dragging quickly with a Pencils brush produces a thinner line, while dragging slowly leaves a thicker line. Pens, such as the Round Tip Pen and Scratchboard Tool, create realistic effects without the drawbacks of traditional pens, which can clog, spatter, or run dry. pbDry Media/bbr Dry Media brushes range from charcoal and chalk to pastels and crayons. The opacity of Dry Media brushstrokes is linked to stylus pressure and all strokes interact with the paper texture. These brushes range from hard styles that reveal the paper grain to soft styles that glide on to completely cover existing brushstrokes. The Dry Media category includes Charcoal, Chalk, Crayons, and Pastels. pbBlenders/bbr Blenders brushes affect underlying pixels by moving and mixing them. Blenders can reproduce the effects of blending paint by applying water or oil. Blenders can be used to smooth drawing lines and create shading just like a traditional pencil sketch or charcoal drawing. pbEffects/bbr There are three types of Effects brushes: Artist brushes, Image Hoses, and Pattern Pens. pArtist brushes let users paint in the styles of master artists, such as Vincent Van Gogh (with brushstrokes that are multishaded), or Georges Seurat (with multiple dots combining to form an image). pImage Hoses are special brushes that apply images, instead of color, to the canvas. The images that these brushes "paint" with come from special image files called nozzles. Each nozzle file contains multiple images. The Variable-Size Image Hose varies the size of images as you paint. The Variable-Angle Image Hose varies the angle at which the images are applied. pBrushes in the Pattern Pens category apply a pattern to an image. Users can vary the size and transparency of the pattern. pbPhoto/bbr Photo brushes are based on popular brushes from other brush categories, but are optimized for auto-painting.
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| Customer Reviews:
Very Nice Painting Program, April 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
As soon as I loaded this program onto my computer I opened a photo I took of a red sky sunset. Using the sharpening tool I changed a pleasant and pleasing photo into something stark and a bit frightening, something that you might find on the cover of a Stephen King horror story. Frankly I didn't expect the control the sharpening tool gives. After saving a copy of the photo, I went to the undo command in the Edit Menu and quick as a wink, my photo was back to it's old, fuzzy, pleasing self again.br /br /The sketching tool turned the photo into sort of a wintery looking thing I didn't like very much at all, but after a bit of playing around with it I turned up something that looks like I might have drawn it. Now I'm an artist. I never would have believed it. The lighting tool works a treat as does the brightness and contrast. I can see that I'm going to be playing with a lot of my old photos. I can hardly wait.
A Little Frustrating at First April 5, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The program installed with ease, just the way you expect it to on a Mac, putting the application in my applications folder. Eager to use the software, I put the application in my dock, then dropped a photo on it. The photo was on its side, so I went up to the menu and rotated it to the left (counterclockwise). Then using the rectangular selection tool, I selected an area to crop and there the fun stopped. There is no menu command for crop. I'm a Photoshop person, I live in it all the time, so for me to be frustrated at a simple paint program is saying something. Mac people don't like going to the help menu, at least not straightaway. But go to the help menu I did, found the shortcut key to crop, but it didn't work, so I guess I have more reading to do. Again, I'll say, this should be a very simple procedure and I know you can do it in this program, so I'm going to stop writing for a bit and see if I can figure it out.br /br /Well, back to the help menu and I did figure it out. Only took a minute or so. Not intuitive, but once you know, it's cool. I suppose Photoshop wasn't all that intuitive at first, more so than this though, at least for the simple commands. Still, I have to admit the crop tool is way cool.br /br /However, I seem to be having problems adjusting the brightness and contrast on my cropped image. The program thinks I want to frame it and it only wants to adjust the edges. I'm missing Photoshop, but I'm not giving up just yet. Back to the help menu and it's telling me I'm doing everything right, however the contrast isn't adjusting. I'm running an iMac with Tiger, System 10.4.10 and I shouldn't be having this problem. Okay, on to something else.br /br /The eye dropper and the paint bucket didn't work and now I know something's up. Checking around my canvas and the palettes at the side of my screen, I see the program automatically made a second layer when I cropped the image. Why did it do that? Anyway, now that I see what the program is up to I can check out the tools.br /br /I'm pleased to say, brightness and contrast work fine now that I'm in the right layer (which shouldn't have created in my opinion), as does everything else. I can recommend this program, but you'll have to do a bit of reading to figure it out, however, once you learn to think like it does, you shouldn't have many problems.
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