Corel Painter 9.5

“A picture speaks a thousand words”—we have come across this adage and we know for a fact that a picture can tell a story that would probably require several pages to narrate. So, here is an application that gives you the liberty to express your creativity. Corel Painter IX.5 is an image editor that offers unique paints, inks and an assortment of effects.

Corel Painter IX.5 is a one-of-its-kind application that makes use of a system of virtual brushes for drawing and painting. The software is useful for illustrators and designers. It has an appealing interface with loads of creative tools, yet it manages to provide a spacious workspace. Corel Painter IX.5 not only supports most of the image file formats, but Mov and Avi video file formats as well. It is capable of extracting a frame from a video file so you can work on it. It also allows you to import and export the files in Adobe Illustrator’s Ai format.

Speaking about its features, the cloning feature of Corel Painter IX.5 is amazing to say the least. It allows you to create and work on a cloned image in the same workspace as the original. The ‘Quick Clone’ creates a clone image instantly and sets up the tracing paper option for it, while the ‘Clone’ option simply replicates the original image. There is also the tracing paper option created by ‘Quick Clone’. Your creative juices can flow with the 34 options in the ‘Brush Category’—an assortment of Oils, Pens, Crayons, Watercolors, Chalks, and Charcoal. Also, you can select the ‘Brush Variant’ for each of the brushes to lend a realistic appeal to your creations. The ‘Brush Creator’ option lets you create a customized brush.

Corel Painter IX.5 has some marvelous special effects that can add textures, create glass-like reflections and draw mazes. The KPT collection consists of various effects that you can add to an image and transform its look completely. We found the lightning feature which allows you to add lightning effects to an outdoor image, quite interesting.

Corel Painter IX.5 is a fantastic feature- rich application. If you have good imaginative skills and an artistic inclination, this application will definitely breathe life into your work. It is expensive but is worth every rupee you spend.