Corel Painter IX Unveiled: Commercial Designers, Photographers & Professional Artists Discover the Most Powerful Natural-Media Painting and Illustration Application EVER!OTTAWA -- Corel today announced that Corel(R) Painter(TM) IX, the world's most powerful Natural-Media(R) painting and illustration software, is now available for pre-order. Hitting the streets in October, Corel Painter Painter is the name of a raster graphics software package used to create natural-looking artistic images using a computer. Originally available on the Macintosh, it is now also available for Windows. IX allows commercial designers, photographers, and professional artists to use their natural talents and techniques to create breathtaking works of art. Corel Painter IX is a highly-sophisticated painting and illustration application designed to capture the intricate nuances of traditional art tools while taking advantage of the incredible power of digital media. It is the must-have software for creative professionals, whether they're in film making, game development, commercial design, illustration, photography, or fine arts. "Professional users tell us time and again - there is simply no substitute for Corel Painter. Painter is the only application that has the power and versatility that enables them to create the masterpieces they build their reputations on," said Nick Davies, Director of Graphics for Corel. "Setting a new standard for performance, Corel Painter IX introduces tools that redefine digital art. Creative professionals who work either traditionally or digitally should give serious consideration to the benefits Corel Painter IX can offer to their creativity and workflow," Davies continued. Professional Customers Praise Corel Painter "Having worked exclusively in Painter at Disney Features for 8 months prior to beginning art direction of Bambi And The Great Prince, I knew its potential. I was given the opportunity to show that a beautiful 'traditional' painting could be done digitally - specifically Bambi, which was incredibly difficult regardless of the medium. Painter took off the digital curse, sensitively emulating paint, stroke, texture, and atmosphere not possible with Photoshop alone. We simply could not have produced the great artwork, reminiscent of the original movie, for this production, without it!" said Carol Kieffer Police, Art Director, The Walt Disney Noun 1. Walt Disney - United States film maker who pioneered animated cartoons and created such characters as Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck; founded Disneyland (1901-1966) Disney, Walter Elias Disney Company. "Corel Painter IX lets photographers offer their customers unique painted masterpieces created from photos. For photographers who already use Painter, the benefits of the new Quick Clone feature alone make the upgrade absolutely essential. I am delighted at the way the new Artists' Oils perform, so much like my traditional paints and brushes do. And I am amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at the way familiar brushes now react - they are all simply luscious, the speed is incredible, and there are so many variations and choices that anything is possible. Working with Painter has always been fun, and Painter IX is not only pure pleasure, it's also profitable," said Helen Yancy, Past President & Chairman of the Board, Professional Photographers of America Professional Photographers of America is the largest non-profit association for professional photographers in the world. In spite of the name, membership is not limited to America. Currently there are more than 17,500 members in 64 countries. (PPA PPA 1. Palpation, Percussion & Ausculation 2. Pittsburgh pneumonia agent 3. Postpartum amenorrhea 4. Price per accession 5. Pure pulmonary atresia ). "In my experience, using Painter IX is faster, more efficient, and produces more realistic results than any other paint software. Snap-to-path also puts Painter IX into a professional illustration category where other software packages struggle. The combination of tools, and the opportunity for customization unequivocally augments my work flow," said Christopher Welch, Senior Designer, DaimlerChrysler Corporation. Corel Painter IX Takes Digital Art to the Next Level Performance and Productivity - Improved Speed - This is the fastest version of Corel Painter yet. Some brushes perform up to 10 times faster, and most brushes work, on average, twice as fast. - New Welcome Screen - Getting down to the job at hand has never been easier, thanks to the new Corel Painter IX Welcome screen, which launches on startup and provides access to a Corel Painter Master gallery, lynda.com training, brush tracking, and more. - New and Enhanced Brush Control Palettes - Providing easy access to all brush settings and controls, users can now make on-the-fly changes to brush settings and variables by simply dragging sliders sliders a species of tortoise kept as pets. They have a black shell and a red stripe behind the eye. Called also Chrysemys scripta elegans, red-eared sliders. - without any disruption to their workflow. - New Frames Per Second Control - Animators Famous animators no longer living
- New Customizable Shortcut Keys A keyboard key that invokes a function in the operating system or application when pressed. Shortcut keys, which may involve pressing two or three keys at the same time, are set up for common tasks such as launching a favorite program. See also Win Shortcuts. - Corel Painter now offers creative professionals an unprecedented level of control over their workflow by enabling complete customization of shortcut keys. Creativity - New Artists' Oils Painting System - A milestone in the evolution of digital art, this new painting system creates a new level of realism for digital painting, delivering oil paints that truly behave like traditional media. They blend, mix and feel 'organic'. Artists' Oils blow away previous notions of what is possible in the digital realm. - New Snap-to-Path Painting - When users need to paint or draw a perfect curve or shape, Snap-to-Path Painting is a great time-saver. Snap-to-Path Painting makes it possible to constrain con·strain tr.v. con·strained, con·strain·ing, con·strains 1. To compel by physical, moral, or circumstantial force; oblige: felt constrained to object. See Synonyms at force. 2. a brush stroke along a vector path In graphics design, a Vector path is a drawn or generated outline that represents a series of smooth straight (vector) lines instead of raster dots (or bitmap dots). Therefore, the paths are independent of resolution. or shape, creating a distinctly 'made-by-hand' Painter look. - Improved Digital Watercolor - Digital Watercolor has been significantly enhanced in Corel Painter IX. Paint stays wet between sessions, enabling artists to start one session where the last one ended. Digital Watercolor emulates the traditional watercolor painting watercolor painting, in its wider sense, refers to all pigments mixed with water rather than with oil and also to the paintings produced by this process; it includes fresco and tempera as well as aquarelle, the process now commonly meant by the generic term. experience more realistically than ever before. - New Quick Clone - Ideal for photographers, Quick Clone enables the easy transformation of a photo into a painting. This new feature speeds up the image-cloning workflow, reducing five complicated steps to one simple click. Compatibility - Enhanced Adobe(R) Photoshop(R) Support - Moving between Adobe Photoshop See Photoshop. and Corel Painter is easier than ever. Files saved to the Adobe Photoshop (PSD (tool) PSD - Portable Scheme Debugger. ) file format open in Corel Painter, with layer masks, alpha channels An 8-bit layer in a graphics file format that is used for expressing translucency (transparency). The extra eight bits per pixel serves as a mask and represents 256 levels of translucency. For example, TIFF and PNG are graphics formats that support the 8-bit alpha channel. and layer sets (layer groups) maintained. New layers are now added above the selected layer, layers with different merge modes are collapsible, and it is now possible to hide or display multiple layers by simply clicking and dragging. - Enhanced Wacom(R) Support - Corel Painter IX features support for Wacom's newest pen tablet A digitizer tablet that is specialized for handwriting and hand marking. LCD-based tablets emulate the flow of ink as the tip touches the surface and pressure is applied. Non-display tablets display the handwriting on a separate computer screen. See digitizer tablet and tablet computer. model - the Wacom Intuos(R) 3 - and the entire Wacom tablet product line. The Wacom Intuos3 has touch strips that can be configured to control brush size, zooming, and many other functions, eliminating the need for a keyboard. - Enhanced Color Management - Supporting industry-standard ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce 4.0 profiles, Corel Painter IX Color Management enables color matching between on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. and printed colors. Learning - With improved Help; a revitalized re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. User Guide; tutorials from leading graphics professionals; free training videos from lynda.com; and academic courseware specifically designed for educators; getting started with Corel Painter IX is easier than ever! Powerful Software, Training and Content in One Box Corel Painter IX includes the following components: Corel Painter IX, both Mac(R) and Windows(R) versions; libraries of unique gradients, nozzles, patterns, stock photos, paper textures, and brushes, including the new Artists' Oils brush category; The Corel Painter IX Handbook, including tutorials written by creative professionals; the User Guide (PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. ) in electronic format; and free lynda.com training video content. Pricing and Availability Corel Painter IX is available for pre-order starting today through Corel and select partners. A free trial version is also available for download. Please visit www.corel.com/comingsoon for more information. Suggested retail pricing for Corel Painter IX is $429 (US) for full, $229 (US) for upgrade and $99 (US) for the education edition. About Corel Corporation (company) Corel Corporation - A software publisher best known for the CorelDraw application. Founded in June 1985 by Dr. Michael Cowpland, Corel Corporation was originally a systems integration company. Corel provides innovative software solutions and services that help millions of customers worldwide improve their productivity. Founded in 1985, the Company is best known for its leading graphics and office productivity solutions, including CorelDRAW(R), Corel(R) Painter(TM), and WordPerfect(R). With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel has offices around the globe. For more information, please visit www.corel.com. (C) 2004 Corel Corporation. All rights reserved. Corel, Painter, Natural-Media, CorelDRAW, WordPerfect and the Corel logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Corel Corporation and/or its subsidiaries. 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