Through a nifty combination of coupons, upgrade pricing and sales I got my hands on Corel Painter 12.
OMG I’m in love. Pencils work like pencils should. That means the scribbling I do with my 4h pencil on Painter 12 looks like the same scribbling I do with my real 4h pencil, just not staining my hands.
The slimmed down brushes are divine. Settings are right on the brush to change, no more crappy brush editor. The icons on the tool bar light up when you use them and the tool bar actually contains all the controls you actually need. Paint blends like it should with out going to black, that includes markers. They’ve added gels.
Cloning doesn’t work the same as it once did but I’m okay with that since I don’t need to go to blenders every time I need to blend. Painter 11 brushes are still there (and most older brush sets) but they are hidden and really they can stay that way.
The software runs much smoother, the interface way more friendly then the psuedo Photoshop one. Overall I’m so happy I got my hands on it. Yay!
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