Corel debuts "Universal" Painter X
updated 09:10 am EST, Tue February 6, 2007
Universal Corel Painter X
Corel on Tuesday announced Corel Painter X, an update to its painting and illustration software. Now available for pre-order, the new version brings improved performance with native performance on Intel-based Macs, new composition tools and the "revolutionary" RealBristle Painting System that provides an organic painting and illustration experience – right down to the individual bristles on the brush. The RealBristle Painting System heightens the responsiveness of the brush for the artist by offering individual bristles that blend and splay, the company said. Corel Painter X also adds new Composition Tools to the tool box, an enhanced Photo-Painting System, a new Match Palette effect to match the color and intensity between two images, and a Universal Mixer palette for improved color blending between the Mixer palette and the canvas.
In addition, Corel added a new Workspace Manager to share or switch between customized workspaces, enhanced Wacom tablet support, new Dodge and Burn tools, and better color management features, including support for industry standard ICC4.0 color profiles. Corel also said the new version offers enhanhced Adobe Photoshop support with layer functions similar to the industry-standard application, including support for layer masks, alpha channels and layer sets (groups). Corel Painter X also supports many Photoshop plug-ins for Mac OS X.
In addition to offering full, upgrade and education versions of Corel Painter X, Corel is honoring the Painter tradition with the release of the Corel Painter X Limited Edition Can. This Limited Edition release includes the full Corel Painter X software and User Guide, plus the complete “Learning Corel Painter X with Jeremy Sutton” DVD-ROM, the Corel Painter X collectors’ poster and the Corel Painter X Composition tool. The English version of Corel Painter X is available for pre-order and is expected to ship later this month. Japanese, French, Italian and German versions of Corel Painter X will be available throughout the spring of 2007.
