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Painter 11

Macworld Rating

4.5 out of 5 Mice, Mar 2, 2009

Pros

  • New Real brushes
  • E-mail within the program
  • Improved color management
  • PNG support
  • Resizable color palettes
  • Faster performance
  • Enhanced selections and transformations

Cons

  • Large size brushes still slow to load

Software Details

  • Corel
  • 10.4 (Tiger), 10.5 (Leopard)
  • Universal
  • $429; upgrade, $229; electronic download $399; upgrade $199

Macworld's Painter 11 Coverage

  • Review: Painter 11 In this newest version of Painter, users will see a marked increase in speed along with 40 new Natural-Media brushes, more intuitive brush customization, resizable Colors and Mixer palettes, PNG support, and a ton of other time-saving features.
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