Corel updates Painter 2022

Updated: digital painting software now natively supports Apple M1 processors, making brush performance 'up to 4.7x faster'.

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

Corel ships Painter Essentials 8

Sub-$50 natural media painting software gets support for Apple's M1 chips, more AI-based auto-paint options, new colour harmonies.

Tuesday, February 16th, 2021

Corel ships Painter 2021

Check out the new features in Corel's natural media painting package, including new AI-based preset art styles and Clone Tinting.

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2020

Corel ships Painter Essentials 7

Sub-$50 digital painting app gets new AI-based tools to give source photos the look of drawings or oil, watercolor or acrylic paintings.

Thursday, October 10th, 2019

Corel ships Painter 2020

Major update to the digital painting software adds GPU support, plus a built-in Brush Accelerator utility, and revamps the colour picker.

Tuesday, June 25th, 2019

Corel ships Painter 2019

Digital painting app gets dark UI theme; new Stamps brush type aimed at concept art. Other brushes now 'up to 75%' faster.

Wednesday, June 27th, 2018

Corel ships Painter Essentials 6

Sub-$50 natural media paint package gets revamped UI, plus better interactive performance when working with large canvases.

Wednesday, February 7th, 2018

Corel ships Painter 2018

Natural-media painting package gets new 2.5D paint system, built-in texture-synthesis system, and better cloning and selection tools.

Tuesday, June 27th, 2017

Corel ships Painter 2017

Digital paint software gets new texture painting tools for overpainting rendered 3D models like ZBrush sculpts; improved UI and workflow.

Tuesday, August 9th, 2016

Corel ships Painter 2016

Digital paint tool gets new physics based brush options, updated layer blending, Photoshop brush import.

Thursday, August 13th, 2015

Corel ships Painter 2015 & new Painter Mobile app

Desktop edition gets interesting new physics-based particle brushes; free Android app lets you paint on the go.

Friday, August 15th, 2014

Corel ships Painter X3

Digital paint package gets better brush-editing worflow, Photoshop-like jitter options, nice perspective guides.

Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

Corel releases Painter 12

Natural-media paint package gains new symmetry tools, overhauled UI, and three-to-fivefold speed boost.

Thursday, May 12th, 2011