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

I used Painter X awhile ago and it was a great program. So for software that’s a tenth of the price, I wasn’t expecting a lot. But I was expecting it to get past the splash screen without crashing.

Excellent value for$$$

I ran Painter Essentials 7 on a Toshiba laptop with 32 GB RAM, a SSD, Intel Core i7vPro CPU, and Windows 7 Pro 64 OS.

Returned.

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.

Will not download to computer.

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I bought this Corel Painter Essentials 7 particularly because it also was sold as coming with the bonus package of PhotoMirage. The product description states, Get PhotoMirage Express with this Amazon Exclusive. Transform any image or art into an animation in minutes, and, Corel Painter Essentials 7 | Digital Art Suite | Amazon Exclusive Includes Free PhotoMirage Express Valued at $49. Therefore, I did not get what I paid for.

The install was easy. The tutorial was good, but practice is needed to navigate all the options it offers.

Painter Essentials installed effortlessly on my six year old desktop running the latest Windows 10 software. I knew nothing about the program but it comes with a number of tutorials that are quite good. The tutorials give general overviews but also more in-depth specific activities. Painter Essentials 7 lives up to what the Amazon website says and deserves 5 stars.