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
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Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 2019 Build 66
Release extends digital painting app's animation tools, updating the Exposure Sheet and Frame Painter.
Tuesday, June 25th, 2019
Adobe unveils Fresco
Upcoming iPad painting app to combine Photoshop's brush engine with AI-driven natural media functionality and vector capabilities.
Thursday, June 20th, 2019
Project Dogwaffle team releases Howler 11.4
Low-cost digital painting tool gets real-time preview for clone sources, new reverse image search feature.
Friday, July 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
Escape Motions releases Rebelle 2
Updated: fluid-simulation-based paint tool gets neat new masking options, new custom brush engine.
Friday, April 21st, 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
Project Dogwaffle team releases PD Artist 10
$20 paint tool gets new bristle brush controls, option to paint strokes that scale automatically with Z-depth.
Friday, February 26th, 2016
Corel ships Painter 2016
Digital paint tool gets new physics based brush options, updated layer blending, Photoshop brush import.
Thursday, August 13th, 2015
Check out intriguing $19 paint app Paintstorm Studio
Natural media paint package acts like a hybrid of Painter and Manga Studio, with cool new tools on top.
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
Creation Effects releases Creation Art Effects
New After Effects template mimics natural media and print effects, from ink and paint to pencil scribble.
Friday, March 27th, 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