• Wacom Support has been upgraded to support the entire Wacom line including the Cintiq 21 UX interactive pen display, the Intuos 3 and Bamboo pen tablets, and the Wacom 6D Art Pen.
Corel Painter 11 is a significant new release. With this release, Corel continues to change what is possible when working with digital art by enhancing the creative process in traditional art, as well as taking you beyond the digital darkroom.
With additional speed and performance, especially the 30 percent increase in brush response over Painter X on the Intel Mac, the new color management and its subsequent performance increase will have you working more efficiently than ever.
When you add in the enhancements to the resizable Color Wheel and Mixer palette, the improvements in layer selection and manipulation, the new brushes and dry media controls, Painter 11 really is the ultimate art studio. You can also download a free trial from Corel.
Along with what is listed above, some of the things that I have liked in the past and continue to like in this new version include the ability to learn and experiment with new styles, compositions, colors, and forms, and having the ability to wipe the slate clean at any time without any loss or expense. What's more, I like the ability to take the final output, as with the image seen above, and have it sent out to be reproduced on canvas at larger sizes (in this case 20" x 30") and the resolution and clarity is just impeccable. I very highly recommend this product.
Article comments
1 - Somnambulist
Very thorough, but man, this reads like a press release, not a review. There was not a single thing with this piece of software that you had an issue with?
2 - Hank Langeman
I don't understand the layering system. When you had objects it seemed to be easier, like in Painter 7.