Corel® Painter™ Essentials 4 is the simple-to-use home art studio that makes it easy for you to sketch, paint and turn your photos into paintings. Two new workspaces put the tools you need at your fingertips, whether you're turning a photo into a painting, or sketching and painting on a blank canvas. Based on the world's most powerful painting and illustration software, Corel® Painter™, it's the ideal way to get started with digital art!

Features:
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.

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