Painter Essentials 4 - Retail Boxed (Win/Mac)

Corel Painter Essentials 4 is the simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to sketch, paint and turn your photos into paintings. Two new workspaces put the tools you need at your fingertips, whether you're turning a photo into a painting, or sketching and painting on a blank canvas. Based on the world's most powerful painting and illustration software, Corel Painter, it's the ideal way to get started with digital art!

Corel Painter Essentials 4 offers a completely redesigned workspace that improves color selection and helps you discover different brushes, media and paper. With the new video tutorials and companion user guide, getting started has never been easier.

• Redesigned Photo Painting workspace provides a tailored environment with all the tools you need to paint your photos.
• Smart Stroke Technology that follow the forms of the original photo when autopainting
• Selecting a brush is easier than ever before with brush stroke examples for each brush
• Magic Wand tool makes it easier for you to select specific portions of a photo or painting
• RealBristle brushes authentically reproduce the natural movement of the artist's brush
• Scratchboard Tool and Smooth Edge Calligraphy for inking comic books or doing calligraphy
• Learn to use Corel Painter Essentials 4 while completing fun, instructional projects.
• Video Tutorials accompany the guidebook and offer additional instruction

System Requirements for Corel Painter Essentials 4 (Win/Mac)

Macintosh®:

• Mac OS® X (version 10.2.8 or higher)
• Power Macintosh® G3, 500 MHz or greater
• 256 MB of RAM
• 150 MB of hard disk space for full install
• Mouse or tablet
• 24-bit color display
• 1024 X 768 or greater monitor resolution

Windows®:

• Windows 2000 or Windows XP (with latest service packs)
• Pentium® II, 500 MHz or greater
• 256 MB of RAM
• 150 MB of hard disk space for full install
• Mouse or tablet
• 24-bit color display
• 1024 X 768 or greater monitor resolution

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Windows display settings must be set to 24-bit color or greater to use Corel Painter Essentials 3.

To switch to 24-bit color:

1. Click Start | Control Panel (or Start | Settings | Control Panel depending on how your Windows has been set up).
2. Double click on the Display icon.
3. Click on the Setting tab.
4. Under Color Quality to 24-bit, or True Color.