After a few abortive attempts to explain that I had received the brush pack via a bundle download rather than from the store, which meant I couldn't just redownload it from the store, they first sent me a ".pkg" file (which seems to be a zip archive, but is apparently a Macintosh install file), which they had no idea how to import, and then the actual installation package, which basically runs as an executable. Since I was unable to find any solutions online, or on my own, I contacted Corel technical support. Unfortunately, the other brushes do not export. These files can be imported in Corel Painter 2019 via the Brushes / Import menu option. It is also possible to export the aforementioned "2 inch" brushes via right-clicking on them, which provides ".brushvariant" files. It is possible to export two of the brushes, "2 inch blender" and "2 inch landscape brush" by right-clicking the Mystic Mountains Essentials category and selecting "?ExportCategory?" (I'm guessing the question marks aren't supposed to be there, but they are), which exports a ".brushcategory" file. However, in addition to the features of Painter Essentials, Painter X allows more customization of the user interface and brushes, and provides over 800 brush tools as compared to approximately 90 brushes in Painter Essentials.Ultimately, I don't have a good answer here, but I can provide what I have learned. Painter Essentials provides many of the same core features and capabilities as Painter X. Painter Essentials is used by art and photography hobbyists, while Corel Painter X is used by commercial designers, entertainment artists, professional photographers and fine artists. The accompanying manual provides the same tutorials in written form, plus reference material and an art tips section.Ĭorel Painter Essentials is a hobbyist version of Corel's Painter line of software. Sample files are provided to allow one to follow along while watching the videos. These teach the viewer various techniques from automatically creating a painting from a photo, to introducing some touch-up by hand, to creating a cartoon, drawing or painting from scratch. The program includes a set of tutorial videos by John Derry. The program also provides standard image editing features including layers and filters. The page can be freely rotated while drawing or painting, as one would do when using a traditional piece of paper. A variety of paper textures or canvases can be chosen for use in conjunction with any of these media.Ĭolor can be selected from a set of traditional paint colors, adjusted by hue/saturation/value, or mixed in the mixer palette that mimics a traditional painter's palette. Painter Essentials provides a variety of brushes and media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, and ink wash paints, together with pencils, pens, charcoal, pastels, chalks and a variety of blenders. Alternatively, one can paint by hand with the program automatically choosing colors from the corresponding location in the original photo. In this workspace, a variety of styles of paintings can be created from a photo in a single click. The Photo Painting workspace is used for creating a painting from a photograph. The Drawing and Painting workspace is used for doodling, sketching or painting from scratch. Painter Essentials provides two workspaces that can be switched between at any time. Corel Painter Essentials is now in its 7th incarnation. Corel Painter Essentials is a home software studio for turning photographs into paintings.
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