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!

A simple program for art digital image processing and drawing, aimed at home users. Corel Painter Essentials can be operated in two modes: drawing and working with photos. The program has a convenient choice of brushes with the possibility of creating a list of frequently used brushes, a palette for easy mixing and choice of colors, special tools for creating paintings from photographs. Available in Corel Painter Essentials system drawing RealBristle enhances the responsiveness of the brush on the movement of the artist and is the basis for digital painting. The program also has many tools that simulate different brushes, a large collection of textures of paper.

Among the new features Corel Painter Essentials 4 can be noted:
Redesigned interface with two modes of operation: Drawing and Working with photos;
A convenient choice of brushes with the possibility of creating a list of frequently used brushes;
The palette for easy mixing and choice of colors;
Improved tools for turning photos into paintings;
New technology Smart Stroke, using a brush strokes follow the contours of objects in the picture;
The system of drawing RealBristle, which increases the responsiveness of the brush on the movement of the artist and represents the basis for digital painting;
New tools that simulate feathers;
A large collection of textures of paper;
Improved support for Tablet Wacom;
The possibility of lifting up to 32 steps.

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