Editing Corel Painter

{{short description|Raster-based digital painting software}}
{{Primary sources|date=January 2014}}
{{Infobox Software
| name = Corel Painter
| screenshot = Corel Painter IX.jpg
| logo = Corel Painter.png
| caption = Corel Painter IX
| author = [[Mark Zimmer]]<br />[[Tom Hedges]]
| developer = [[Alludo]]
| latest release version = Corel Painter 2023
| latest release date = {{release date and age|2022|06|21}}<ref name="painter2023">{{cite web |url=https://www.alludo.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/updates/20220621-painter-2023/ |title=Painter 2023: A Faster and More Creative Digital Painting Experience|date=2022-06-21|access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref>
| operating system = [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre = [[Raster graphics editor]]
| license = [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]
| website = {{URL|https://www.painterartist.com}}
}}

'''Corel Painter''' is a [[raster graphics|raster-based]] [[digital art]] application created to simulate as accurately as possible the appearance and behavior of [[Media (arts)|traditional media]] associated with [[drawing]], [[painting]], and [[printmaking]]. It is intended to be used in [[Real-time computer graphics|real-time]] by professional [[digital artist]]s as a functional creative tool.

==Materials and tools==
The application offers a wide range of traditional artists' materials and tools. With the aid of a [[graphics tablet]] or computer mouse, the user is able to reproduce the effect of physical painting and drawing media such as watercolor, oil, chalk, charcoal and color pencil. There are also a few non-traditional items, such as the Image Hose, pattern pens, F/X, Distortion and Artist tools for allowing artists to apply less conventional elements on an image.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Painter emulates the visual characteristics of traditional media, such as oil paint, pastel sticks, air brush, charcoal, felt pens, and other traditional artists' materials on various textured surfaces. Many of these emulated media types work with the advanced features of Wacom tablets. For instance, the airbrush tool in Painter responds to pressure as well as tilt, velocity and rotation.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

Painter and [[Photoshop]] have many similarities, such as layered editing. The two products have developed as contemporaries, introducing innovations that are now considered standard in bitmap image editing software. For example, "Floaters" were released with Painter 2.5, around the time that Photoshop released "composite elements". Over time, Painter's user interface(UI) has been transformed to match Photoshop's UI. {{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}

==History==
Painter was initially published in 1991<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zimmer |first=Mark |date=2011 |title=The Origins of Painter |url=https://www.paintboxtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/2011-05-The_Origins_of_Painter_by_Mark_Zimmer.pdf}}</ref> for the [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] system by [[Mark Zimmer]] and [[Tom Hedges]], founders of the [[Fractal Design Corporation]]. Zimmer and Hedges had previously developed ImageStudio and ColorStudio, both image-editing applications, for [[Letraset]]. John Derry joined Zimmer and Hedges during the release cycle of Painter 1.2. Derry had gained previous paint software expertise at Time Arts, a developer of the early desktop-based paint applications Lumena and Oasis. ''Fractal Design'' later merged with [[RayDream]], then with [[MetaTools]] to become [[MetaCreations]].  Metacreations sold off{{when|date=July 2013}} all their creative interests and Painter was acquired by [[Corel|Corel Corporation]] where it was temporarily rebranded "Procreate" Painter during its transition into the Corel Suite of graphic applications. Painter is now wholly owned and marketed by Corel.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Painter Series==
At one point, Painter had three companion applications: a vector-based natural media twin called [[Creature House Expression|Expression]]; a scaled-down version of Painter developed for beginners called [[Dabbler]] (later renamed Art Dabbler after the MetaCreations merger); and a grayscale-only clone called [[Sketcher (software)|Sketcher]].  After the Corel acquisition, Art Dabbler 2 was reintroduced as [[Corel Painter Essentials]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1152105062012 |title=Corel product info}}</ref> now in its sixth incarnation.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

In 2007, Corel released version Painter X, which was at first available in a limited edition paint can, a nod to the packaging for early releases of the software.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.corel.com/servlet/Satellite/us/en/Product/1170111321164 | title=Corel Painter X - Limited Edition Paint Can | access-date=2007-07-13 | author = Corel Corporation}}</ref>

===Painter Essentials===
{{Main| Corel Painter Essentials}}
Corel Painter Essentials is a less complex version of Painter designed for casual users. Multimedia tutorials, a more intuitive workspace, additional automated tasks and emphasis on photo retouching are some of the features included to appeal to beginners. Painter and Painter Essentials share much of the same underlying [[source code|code]], and have many of the same tools and functions. For professional artists, Essentials will offer fewer tools and variants, and considerably less control.
Actual in 2021 is Version 8.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

===Painter Sketch Pad===
[[Corel Painter Sketch Pad]], launched in January 2009, is the newest member of the Painter product series. Sketch Pad focuses on the conception and early design phase of image creation. It has 13 drawing tools compared to Painter's almost 900 brushes, and a simple user interface that supports quick capturing of creative ideas. It is designed to work with a pen and drawing tablet.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==Reception==
In 2014, [[PC World]] called Painter "the best natural-media painting program out there."<ref>{{cite news|title=Corel Painter 2015 review: Digital art studio betters its best features|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/2464183/corel-painter-2015-review-digital-art-studio-betters-its-best-features.html|access-date=8 December 2017|work=PCWorld|language=en}}</ref> In 2015, PC Magazine called it "The best software for simulating painting and working with artistic media".<ref>{{cite news|title=Corel Painter 2016|url=https://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2494909,00.asp|access-date=8 December 2017|work=PCMAG|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, ZDNet said it "remains one of the best digital painting tools for anyone with the skill to use traditional painting techniques onscreen".<ref>{{cite news|title=Corel Painter 2018, First Take: The state of the natural-media art Review|url=http://www.zdnet.com/product/corel-painter-2018/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170903012359/http://www.zdnet.com/product/corel-painter-2018/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2017|access-date=8 December 2017|work=ZDNet|language=en}}</ref>

== Notable Artists ==

* Rhoda Grossman<ref>{{Cite web |title=Corel Painter - Corel Painter Masters - Rhoda Grossman |url=https://www.corel.com/content/painter/masters/pRhodaGrossman.html |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=www.corel.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rhoda Grossman {{!}} Peachpit |url=https://www.peachpit.com/authors/bio/5d37a039-8cc0-4fc2-8ccd-2b6c3b77560d |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=www.peachpit.com}}</ref>
* Cher Pendarvis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cher Pendarvis |url=https://learn.corel.com/all-experts/digital-art-experts/cher-pendarvis/ |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=Corel Discovery Center |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Jeremy Sutton<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Sutton |url=https://learn.corel.com/all-experts/digital-art-experts/jeremy-sutton/ |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=Corel Discovery Center |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Painting Portraits with Jeremy Sutton |url=https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/df12f862-9673-4fe5-af47-7ab0ab756d81/in-the-studio-with-jeremy-sutton/ |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=PBS LearningMedia |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jeremy Sutton |url=https://www.creativelive.com/instructor/jeremy-sutton |access-date=2023-08-20 |website=CreativeLive |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Comparison of raster graphics editors]]
*[[List of 2D graphics software]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.painterartist.com Corel Painter Website]
*[http://www.corel.com Corel Website]
*[http://apps.corel.com/redirect?_redirect=command&app=Painter&licenseid=540230705&version=14&lang=EN&function=help Corel Painter 2015 Help]
*[http://www.maxschoenherr.de/radio/radioCurrent/MarkZimmer/markZimmer.html Interview with Mark Zimmer] for German public radio, 1996
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071109050518/http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Graphics/Image_Editing/Painter/ Painter] at the [[Open Directory Project]]
*[http://www.paintermagazine.co.uk Official Corel Painter Magazine]
*[http://apps.corel.com/painterx/us/gallery_artwork.html Corel Painter X Master's Gallery]
*[http://www.cabel.name/2007/01/apples-next-generation-themes.html Apple's resolution-independent interface] - a subsequent work from Zimmer

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