Corel Painter Essentials 7 | Digital Art Suite | Amazon Exclusive Includes Free PhotoMirage Express Valued at $49 [PC/Mac Disc] [Old Version]

This software is great for a range of skills - from someone just getting started with digital painting through more experienced painters. Installation is quick and painless, and if you dont have a CD drive it can be downloaded and then you enter the serial codes included in the box to activate.

This was my first attempt at using an art program like this and I have to admit I was a little overwhelmed. The features are out of this world and create some of the most beautiful pictures I have ever seen. There is definitely a learning curve to this, but if you are willing to invest the time to learn how to use this to its maximum potential, the results would delight.

Ive been using this program with a drawing tablet, both of these things are completely new and foreign to me. I have very little experience in digital art so its been a pretty steep learning curve. Im an avid graphite and ink user so this is just really out of my element.

What a joy to have this at my fingertips.

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This program constantly pops up ads on my computer screen, even when the program is not running. It is ridiculous to pay for a software, then have ads install on my PC for it.

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I think this is a fine entry-level program for the non-artist or the artist new to digital painting. I am not an artist but play with simple graphics for my own amusement. I had tried at least one previous iteration of Painter and was quickly overwhelmed with the options. This version gets around that by limiting the options and permitted user variations. The most noticeable of that being that users cannot tweak the settings to create their own brushes and then save that brush for later use. A professional artist might find that a limitation but for a casual user like me that is really not an issue, given the huge--HUGE--number of preprogrammed brushes. For those who dont anticipate creating original art but do want to enhance or just plain play with existing images, there is Auto-Paint, which lets you take any picture and convert it into styles suggestive of classical techniques: from Smooth Acrylic to Pastel to French Impressionist to Van Gogh. The program supports Layers, a Tracing function, a Text tool and, of course, painting from scratch. Overall, Painter Essentials is a non-intimidating introduction to painting software for the novice and, compared to expensive fully-featured packages, a fair value.

This software allows you to turn your photographs into digital art, much like a very simplified app and turn your photos into paintings through their filters. The difference is, do you have control is in variety of brushes, styles, and options, all of which are fairly simple to use and straightforward. I appreciate the fact that there’s not much of a learning curve, and that you can control what you do with your image pretty effectively. Nice results, and fun to use once you get the hang of it!