Corel Painter Essentials

"Easily sketch, paint and turn your photos into paintings with this art studio"


A wide selection of brushes, paints, pens and paper textures lets you add unique touches to photos, create cards and scrapbooks, and complete other fun projects.

Painter Essentials 4 is based on the world's most powerful painting and illustration software, Corel® Painter™

If you want to do more than just edit and print your photos, Corel® Painter™ Essentials 4 is the ideal way to get started with digital art. Create a painting from a photo in just 3 easy steps. Sketch or paint on a blank canvas to produce an original image, and add creative elements to any digital project. With handy tools, brushes, paints and effects, you'll find new ways to work with photographs and express your vision.

Create a painting from a photo in just 3 steps
1. Open the photo you want to paint in the Source Image palette. Your photo will be saved with the Painter Essentials file format, so it's easy to return to a project later.
2. Choose one of the preset painting styles from the menus on the Auto-Painting palette to get the look you want.
3. Let new Smart Stroke™ technology help you create stunning paintings with brush strokes that follow the natural lines and contours in your photo.

Features
Discover a completely redesigned workspace that improves color selection and helps you explore different brushes, media and paper.
• Photo Painting
• Drawing & Painting Tools
• More Natural-Media® Tools
• Learning Resources
• File Compatibility

Printing Your Masterpiece
Create, share and celebrate your digital artwork with Zazzle fine art printing services. Upload your masterpiece and choose from a growing list of items to customize, including T-shirts, prints, cards, mugs and stamps.

Your products will be created using a high-quality reproduction and manufacturing processes, and shipped to you within 24 hours.