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Corel Painter IX Unveiled!!
Commercial Designers, Photographers & Professional Artists Discover the Most Powerful Natural-Media Painting and Illustration Application EVER! London, UK 20 September 2004 Corel today announced that Corel Painter IX, the worlds most powerful Natural-Media painting and illustration software, is now available for pre-order. Hitting the streets in October, Corel Painter 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 theyre 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 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 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, its also profitable, said Helen Yancy, Past President & Chairman of the Board, Professional Photographers of America (PPA). 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 without any disruption to their workflow. New Frames Per Second Control Animators can now test frame rates directly in Corel Painter. With the new Frames-per-Second Control, frame rates can be set and previewed in a range of 1 to 40 frames per second. New Customizable Shortcut Keys 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 a brush stroke along a vector path 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 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 imagecloning workflow, reducing five complicated steps to one simple click.
Compatibility $ Enhanced Adobe Photoshop Support Moving between Adobe Photoshop and Corel Painter is easier than ever. Files saved to the Adobe Photoshop (PSD) file format open in Corel Painter, with layer masks, alpha channels 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 Support Corel Painter IX features support for Wacoms newest pen tablet model the Wacom Intuos3 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 ICC4.0 profiles, Corel Painter IX Color Management enables color matching between on-screen and printed colors.
Learning $ With improved Help; a revitalized 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 and Windows 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) in electronic format; and free lynda.com training video content. Pricing and Availability Corel Painter IX English language version is available for pre-order starting today from www.corel.co.uk and selected Corel partners. Suggested retail pricing for Corel Painter IX is 249 / 379 full edition, 99 / 149 for upgrade and 59 / 84 for the education edition (excl.VAT). The French, Italian and German language versions of Painter IX will be available early 2005. About Corel Corporation 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, Corel Painter, and WordPerfect. With its headquarters in Ottawa, Canada, Corel has offices around the globe. For more information, please visit www.corel.com.
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Whats New in Corel Painter IX.5?
Welcome to Corel Painter IX.5
Corel Painter IX.5 is the leading Natural-Media painting application. It lets you simulate a wide range of art tools from felt pens, charcoal, and colored pencils to watercolor and oils.
How to Install Corel Painter IX.5
Before you install Corel Painter IX.5, close any applications that are running. Mac: 1 Insert the Corel Painter IX.5 CD into your CD-ROM drive, click the CD icon on your desktop, and click the Corel Painter IX (Vise X) icon. 2 In the Introduction dialog box, click Continue. 3 In the Read Me dialog box, click Continue. 4 In the License dialog box, click Continue. 5 When prompted to accept the License agreement, click Agree. 6 Choose an installation location, and click Continue. 7 Click Install, type your serial number, and click OK. 8 Type your registration information to register, and click Submit, or click Later if youd prefer not to register now. 9 In the Finish up dialog box, click Quit. Corel Painter IX.5 is now installed and ready for use.

Whats New

Windows: 1 Insert the Corel Painter IX.5 CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2 If the Installer screen does not automatically appear, click Intro.exe. 3 Click Install Corel Painter IX.5. 4 Accept the license agreement, and click Next. 5 Type the serial number, and click Next. 6 Choose an installation location, and click Install. 7 Type your registration information, and click Submit, or click Later if youd prefer not to register now. 8 Click Finish. Corel Painter IX.5 is now installed and ready for use.

Overview of New Features

Corel Painter IX.5 adds a range of tools and features that increase performance, fuel creativity, and further extend compatibility with other industry-standard tools and applications. Building on the impressive power of Corel Painter IX, the following new features have been added for Corel Painter IX.5. Photo Painting Palettes With Corel Painter IX.5, its never been easier to turn photos into stunning paintings. Right out of the box, the new Photo Painting Palettes let users create beautiful paintings from digital photos. The three Photo Painting Palettes are the Underpainting palette, the Auto-Painting palette, and the Restoration palette. With the Underpainting palette, users can prepare a photo for painting and add beautiful effects and borders, such as a vignette. The Auto-Painting palette lets users transform a photo into a painting by automatically applying random paint strokes that vary in stroke type, direction, and pressure. The Restoration palette allows users to touch up their painting manually with one of two special brushes that restore areas of the image such as facial features to their original pristine detail.
2 Whats New in Corel Painter IX.5
Cloner tool The new Cloner tool is conveniently located in the toolbox to give users immediate access to their last-used Cloner brush and variant. Rubber Stamp tool The new Rubber Stamp tool is located in the toolbox to make it easy for users to set up point-to-point cloning. By setting source and destination reference points, users can clone within a document or between different areas of separate documents. Eraser tool Now conveniently located in the toolbox, the new Eraser tool any medium on the canvas.
The new Corel Painter IX.5 toolbox

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Integration with Corel Photo Album Users of the Windows operating system can now send files directly from Corel Painter IX.5 to Corel Photo Album 6. This lets digital-camera enthusiasts use Corel Photo Album to organize and showcase the paintings theyve crafted with Painter, so that their creative projects can be easily shared with friends and family.

Whats New in Corel Painter IX.5 3
Support for Corel Paint Shop Pro file format Users of the Windows operating system can now open Corel Paint Shop Pro file formats (versions 9 and X) with Corel Painter IX.5. Support for Dual Monitors on Windows XP and Windows 2000 Users running Windows 2000 and Windows XP can now also experience the same level of dual monitor support enjoyed by Mac OS X customers. Palettes, toolbars, and the toolbox can now be moved outside the application window and dialog boxes appear on the same monitor as the active canvas. Art Pen Brush Category The Art Pen Brushes capture the fluid motion of the artists hand, providing a heightened level of realism in digital art that is unprecedented. Built to take advantage of the new Wacom 6D Art Pen, the Art Pen Brushes make the digital painting experience more natural than ever before. These brushes add the extra dimension of barrel rotation in addition to responding to the x- and y-axes, tilt, bearing, and remarkable pressure sensitivity for which Corel Painter is reknowned. Training More than 11 hours of video training from lynda.com are included on two CDs.
Corel Painter IX User Guide
The Corel Painter IX User Guide is a 400-page, color, spiral-bound manual that contains commonly used procedures and highly detailed technical information on every aspect of Corel Painter IX. It is sold separately, and can be purchased directly from Corel at www.corel.com/ painterixuserguide.