Painter Essentials 4 with Student Guide Kit

This release of Corel Painter Essentials 4 offers a completely redesigned workspace that improves color selection and helps you discover different brushes, media and paper. With the new video tutorials and companion user guide, getting started has never been easier. Features Photo Painting NEW! Redesigned Photo Painting workspace: provides a tailored environment that includes all the tools you need to paint your photos NEW! Smart Stroke™ Technology: preset styles paint with intelligent brushstrokes that follow the forms of the original photo when autopainting NEW! Updated File format: Corel Painter Essentials 4 now saves the source image with your painting, making it easier to return to a project for further editing Drawing and Painting NEW! Brush Drawer: selecting a brush easier is than ever before with brush stroke examples for each brush NEW! Mixer palette: helps you get the exact color you want NEW! Colors palette: lets you pick a color with a single click NEW! Tablet Support: the redesigned workspaces feature larger icons, buttons and sliders that are easier to navigate with a tablet NEW! Magic Wand tool: makes it easier for you to select specific portions of a photo or painting NEW! Paper Selector: gives you quick access to paper textures and displays the current color NEW! 32 Undo Levels: go back to earlier versions of your work NEW! Online Print Services: order prints of your artwork on canvas, watercolor paper and other fine art materials directly from the File Menu More Natural Media® NEW RealBristle™ brushes: authentically reproduce the natural movement of the artist's brush right down to the individual bristle NEW Pens: such as the Scratchboard Tool and Smooth Edge Calligraphy, are perfect for inking comic books or doing calligraphy NEW Charcoal brushes: range from pencils to hard or soft charcoal sticks NEW Sumi-e brushes: let you create flowing sumi-e-style brushstrokes NEW Sargent brush: lets you paint in the style of master artist John Singer Sargent Enhanced Brush Ghost: gives you better control through unprecedented visual feedback of brushstroke behavior NEW Nozzles: for use with the Image Hose, and patterns for use with Pattern Pens have been added Learning NEW tutorial-based guidebook: learn to use Corel Painter Essentials 4 while completing fun, instructional projects NEW Video Tutorials: accompany the guidebook and offer additional instruction from Painter Master and Ambassador John Derry. NEW Sample files: for the guidebook and video tutorials are accessible directly from the File Menu Compatibility NEW Universal binary support: the Mac OS version of Corel Painter Essentials 4 is optimized for use with either Intel or PowerPC processors NEW Windows Vista™support: Corel Painter Essentials 4 works with Windows Vista™ Enhanced Support for Wacom® products: use Corel Painter Essentials 4 with any product in the entire Wacom line Enhanced file compatibility: Corel Painter Essentials 4 works with major photo-editing applications, such as Adobe® Photoshop® Elements, Adobe® Photoshop®, Corel® Paint Shop Pro®, and Ulead PhotoImpact® System Requirements: Windows® version:

Windows Vista™ or Windows XP (with latest Service Pack)

Pentium® III, 700 MHz or greater

256 MB RAM

Mouse or tablet

24-bit color display

1024 x 768 screen resolution

CD-ROM

1 GB of HD space for installation Mac OS version:

Mac OS® X 10.4.x (with latest revision)

Power Macintosh® G4, 700 MHz or greater

256 MB RAM

Mouse or tablet

24-bit color display

1024 x 768 screen resolution

CD-ROM

1 GB of HD space for installation Adobe® Acrobat® Reader are required for components of Corel Painter Essentials 4 Safari™ web browser on the Macintosh and Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 (or greater) on Windows are required for components of Corel Painter Essentials 4.