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Corel Painter - 8.0

digital sketching/painting tool (registration required)

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All Time:	(3.5)
Version 8.0:	(4.0)
Selected Version:	8.0
Release Date:	2003-04-26
License:	Commercial
Downloads (version 8.0):	1,397
Downloads (all versions):	80,455
Price:	$299.00 new $199.00 upg

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Product Description:

With 30 mediums and over 400 new brushes, no other software replicates the traditional painting experience like Corel Painter 8. It unleashes your creative power, increases your productivity and enhances your compatibility with Adobe Photoshop, giving you digital tools that capture the subtleties of your artistic style.

Interactively blend paint colors using the new Mixer and design custom brushes with the Brush Creator. Experiment with true-to-life media such as Digital Watercolor, and create original sketches from photographs. With a redesigned interface, customizable palettes, and industry-standard layer masks and channels, you'll work more efficiently, leaving more time to be creative.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.2
Mac OS Classic

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS 9.2.2, or
Mac OS X 10.2 or higher
1024x768 display, 24-bit color
Mouse or tablet (Wacom tablet recommended)

Feedback Summary:

Version 8.0:
Overall Rating:	(4.0)	Features:	(5.0)	Support:	(4.5)
Ease of Use:	(4.5)	Quality / Stability:	(4.0)	Price:	(4.5)

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Sucks - Version: 11.0, 7/21/2009 09:47PM PST

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dressed2kell

This application plain sucks! It feels like some old java clunker. Lame lame lame lame lame! Keep your trash on Windows-only where it belongs Corel!

Works great for me! - Version: 11.0, 3/15/2009 10:39AM PST

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taloncomics

So far, so good! I'm not sure I would have made this a version bump but at least it is an update. I've been using Painter since it's inception and frankly 11 is the best it has ever been. Sure, it has it's idiosyncracies but so does PS.

For me it's about getting my pieces finished and looking like I want them. Painter 11 improved on both of those. I will continue to use and I'm going to try to help improve the software.

You have 30 days to evaluate the software. Use it and see for yourself.

NOT an "UPGRADE"... - Version: 11.0, 3/1/2009 12:15AM PST

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thepixeldoc

This is by far not a new Version or an upgrade! It is a minor update, and should priced as such. Also, bugs that had been fixed in previous versions, are there again such as horizontal pixel lines when painting and/or zooming.

When painting on layers, transparency still defaults to white unless you choose "pick-up underlying color". Blending modes introduce nasty rings and artifacts.

Photoshop files with layers are just as bad as ever, especially if you have even one layer that uses a blending mode that isn't supported within Painter (to be expected really).

The program is a very bad PC to Mac port, and uses NONE of the Mac core or development tools, nor does it adhere at all to Apple GUI guidelines.

Summary: it was developed on and for a Mac back in '86 I believe. Since then it has changed hands numerous times, and landing in the hands of Corel is probably it's death nell for us Mac users. This "version" just goes to prove it.

For more detailed critique, problems and fixes, you should read The dedicated forum at CG Society: http://forums.cgsociety.org/forumdisplay.php?f=112