CorelDRAW Painter X – Everything you need for Graphic Design
Well when we first received our copy of CorelDRAW Painter X I was a little worried it would be too difficult to learn quick enough to do a informed review. After all BJ doesn’t have a full time designer on staff yet so creative guys are few and far in between. Lucky for me Corel takes care of that in a manner of speaking.
What is it?
CorelDRAW Painter X is what’s called Natural-Media® painting and illustration software. It features unique digital brushes, art materials and textures that mirror the look and feel of their traditional counterparts according to the Corel Website. Now you can find that information just about anywhere but what you can’t find is the information that’s not on the website.
How does it work?
CorelDRAW Painter X has to be one of the most complete natural painting software I’ve used in a long time. I’m not an artist but I was able to make some decent adjustments to photo and even complete the included tutorials that come on the disk. The included tutorials are detailed and take you step by step from very basic functions to creating logos, Vector images, and ho to use the workspace. It’s pretty hard to get me excited about graphics software but Corel is different than something like Photoshop. CorelDRAW Painter X is designed with professionals in mind. In the box you get Corel Draw x3, Corel PHOTO-PAINT X3, and Corel CAPTURE X3 respectively. Each of the products come with what I would call a learning lab to show you how to use the products most popular features. Corel PHOTO-PAINT for example covers adjusting images and reviewing things like color and tone. It goes further to demonstrate retouching photos and correcting red eye, riped edges and common problems you get when scanning photos. One feature I found really interesting was the instructions about how to stitching together two photo’s to make one panoramic photo. You won’t find that in Photoshop’s manual now will you. The written documentation was just as impressive with a few hundred pages of how to use each feature. There was nothing left out and everything was explained in a way that was easy to understand.
Should I buy it?
When buying graphics software you want to be careful and pick something you are going to be able to use for a long time. Mostly because of the cost of the software and the time it takes to learn about it and become skilled with it. CorelDRAW Painter X is the perfect choice for seasoned professionals that want to produce more than just good pictures, but actual artwork. Corel is also the perfect choice for beginners with the informative training that accompanies the software and the well written user manual. The novice can produce professional looking artwork and clean up photo’s for friends and family in no time. CorelDRAW Painter X is undeniably “BJ Approved”
November 20th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
Sounds great!
November 21st, 2007 at 2:17 am
would love to give it a try!
November 21st, 2007 at 11:18 am
Would love to try this! Haven’t used Painter since version 8, this one sounds much more appealing.
November 21st, 2007 at 12:32 pm
Cool contest! I’ve actually used the Painter 10 trial version in the past and love it but it has since been expired. Would love to win the full version so I can play around a bit more.
November 23rd, 2007 at 6:50 pm
Looks cool, I’d love to try this. Would really help out with my work!
November 24th, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Looks very very cool!!!!
November 25th, 2007 at 12:14 am
I’d love to try this
December 3rd, 2007 at 2:35 pm
As a long time Paint Shop Pro user, I have thought about going to the Corel version. Sounds like a very capable intuitive program. Since I won’t be winning a copy, I guess I’ll be buying one.