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Painter Essential 8, for coloring a pencil sketch

Hi! I have a question about how to go about coloring my pencil illustration.

I want to make my flats with a brush and not the lasso tool. Is there a simple round brush, no variation in opacity, no weird edge? Or is there an even better way?

2 Comments
2024/12/03
10:04 UTC

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Hi guys i need help with corel painter essentials 8

Hi somebody using painter essentials 8? Or another version of it. How can i draw a circle ?like in paint or any shape or a curved line for archways etc. I can draw it with hand but it dose not look that great. Thanks for the help

2 Comments
2024/11/28
17:11 UTC

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Humble indie bundle has a huge sale on for Corel Painter 2023 (included with other Corel software)

For $50, you can get Corel Painter 2023, CorelDraw Standard 2024, PaintShop Pro 23 and more. That's about $500 worth of Corel software for $50.

The sale is for 2 more days.

https://www.humblebundle.com/software/design-with-coreldraw-perfect-with-ai-software?hmb_source=&hmb_medium=product_tile&hmb_campaign=mosaic_section_1_layout_index_2_layout_type_threes_tile_index_2_c_designwithcoreldrawperfectwithai_softwarebundle

4 Comments
2024/11/26
00:36 UTC

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This subreddit is back in business!

Hi all.

This subreddit had been without a moderator for a few years, and a request needed to be made to make a new post, which then needed to be approved.

I'm the new moderator, and there is no longer a need to request to make a new post.

Would love to see questions about and art created with Corel Painter!

9 Comments
2024/11/26
00:28 UTC

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Getting my 2019 Corel Painter Download is difficult...

I had to reformat my PC, so lost my install of Corel Painter 2019. No problem, I thought, just go back to the website and redownload it using my registered number, just like with any other software.

On the site, I find my product but there's no way I can download 2019. Why?

Called Support... The lady didn't speak great English and the line was very crackly. We couldn't understand eachother. She asked me to call back. So I did. Now all I get is the "We're busy" message until it just goes blank at the 5 minute mark every time.

Can anybody help? I need this program to continue my work.

Few weeks later Edit Epilogue: I just wanted to greatfully thank the posters here for their help. I never expected the help I got. Reddit sometimes gets a bad rap, but sometimes it can be gold. Thanks to you all again.

42 Comments
2021/08/31
15:42 UTC

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Paper Textures Tutorial + Free Textures

I made a tutorial on Corel Painter paper textures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y47d8UNtg8Q- How to create a paper from a texture in Corel Painter- How to create a custom paper library in Corel Painter- Best paper textures to use in Corel Painter- Fixing non-seamless textures in Corel Painter- Creating seamless textures for Corel Painter- How to use paper textures in Corel Painter- How to use Grainy Brushes in Corel Painter- How to use Dab Stencil Brushes in Corel Painter- Corel Painter texture bug (textures don't stay on brush)

And included some free textures which you can download from here: https://roxanelapa.gumroad.com/l/seamlesspapertextures

Enjoy :)

5 Comments
2021/07/30
08:57 UTC

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Corel Painter 2020 windows and brushes questions.

Hey!

I bought Corel Painter 2020 from Humble Bundle a while ago. I'm new to the program. I was poking around, and I unintentionally closed one of the windows on screen. I don't know what I closed, and I don't know how to bring it back. The only window I have on screen is "Color and Layer".

Is there a way to bring back the windows that are present on screen to how it was when I first installed it? I installed a few brushes that I got from Humble Bundle, and I don't want to uninstall the program and reinstall everything.

Also, on the note of brushes, where can I go to find the brushes I installed? I want to check if they installed properly.

I thank everyone in advance!

3 Comments
2021/07/29
17:49 UTC

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Hello guys is there a way to use the eraser tool with the paper texture similar to how you can paint using the paper texture?

Or if not is there a way I would paint with the paper texture and then maybe delete the newly painted area to make it transparent? Thanks for any help I'm new to this

2 Comments
2021/07/28
05:55 UTC

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Bad riff data

Since Corel painter started crashing on startup for me again, I reinstalled it and now the drawing I'm working on just gives me Bad riff data whenever I try to open it. I am seriously at my wits end with this application because the same problems keep happening every month and just stopping me from doing anything. any way I can restore the data or get it to open?

3 Comments
2021/04/23
02:07 UTC

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Brush packs only registering as textures

Like a lot of people, I got the Corel humble bundle a few months back and have finally got round to figuring out the software.

Part of the bundle was was various brush packs, but when I try to import them to painter via the the brush pallette, it was telling me "no compatible files". After a lot of googling/YouTube etc, I thought I would try and import them as textures. This seemed to work for some of the "brush packs", but when I tried to use them, it simply showed the preview in the top left corner of the canvas, and I couldn't "paint" with them like some tutorials showed.

The brush packs contain .nib and .STK files and some also contain .jpg and XML documents.

Am I being an idiot and trying to add something that is only meant for one of the other programs in the bundle? I can't seem to find any information online.

5 Comments
2021/04/10
17:48 UTC

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I have a problem where I am unable to get rid of a floating object layer without it changing the visibility of the layer. any way I can fix this?

1 Comment
2021/04/02
15:45 UTC

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Painter essentials 7 suddenly crashes on boot up

I’ve tried everything recommended in all the articles and nothing. PE 8 works just fine, but I really don’t want to shell out 50$ for a program that I have already paid for. That’s ridiculous. Plus it stopped working very suddenly after 307 days of use. I did not update my Mac, it just decided it doesn’t want to open anymore.

0 Comments
2021/03/29
20:53 UTC

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Giant Pacific Octopus, Corel Painter 2021, WACOM Intuos Pro (Inspired by a photograph I ran across)

8 Comments
2021/03/29
20:20 UTC

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Problems on using corel painter 2021 with old drawing tablet

I've downloaded corel painter 2021 to test the trial period and the only tool available right now is a kanvus light 64. The problem is that corel painter is not recognising the pressure of the pen at all. Does anyone have any tip ?

7 Comments
2021/03/29
03:09 UTC

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Corel Painter Brush Questions

Hi

I am a Corel Painter 2016 user. Is it really worth upgrading to 2021?

Also, is it possible to turn a favorite brush into a (?):

  1. Blur Brush.
  2. Saturation Brush
  3. Desaturation Brush

Thanks in advance,

LCD

3 Comments
2021/03/28
23:48 UTC

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Does anyone know how to paint skin?

I noticed that skin is harder to paint when trying to do so. I usually work in black and white so this is quite new to me.

3 Comments
2021/03/23
21:21 UTC

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Got a bit of a question

Alrighty, this is probably a basic one but here it is.

I've got a layer that's drawn and I need to paint on top of it without going outside the edges that are already there.

So I need to make the layer above it not go outside the bounds of the one directly underneath.

This could probably be done with masks but I honestly have no idea how.

Some help would be greatly appreciated.

10 Comments
2021/03/23
02:06 UTC

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Real Fan Short

I was going through a painting tutorial and I noticed that they were using a brush called "Real Fan Short" brush that was in the oil section. I cant find it in painter 2020, what would be the closest thing to it?

2 Comments
2021/03/20
22:58 UTC

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Flow Map - Texture brush only painting in upper left corner of image?

Greetings, any idea why, in Painter 2020, when I select the Flow Map - Texture brush from Dab Stencils, select layer content, create a new layer: the brush only paints in the upper left corner of the selection?

If I switch to another brush, e.g. the digital air brush, it paints over the entire selection so it's something specific to the brush/flow map.

I haven't been able to find what setting(s) would constrain it like that.

I've posted a picture and a link to a video demonstrating the issue.

Thanks in advance!
https://youtu.be/7YgXqYQ2znc

https://preview.redd.it/bcccniwmp8o61.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=9491f20fdf508387b3d2e25403b0d8291ade5b88

5 Comments
2021/03/20
20:07 UTC

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Hello, is there any way to emulate this kind of brush work in Corel Painter 2020?

8 Comments
2021/03/19
16:06 UTC

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Corel Painter Beginner Help

Anyone know of good (free or cheap) tutorials on the ins and outs of Corel Painter? I feel like I’ve looked extensively but not found any that really go through all the tools and settings and what not of the program.

For example, I was messing around with making a logo, and using the font/text isn’t exactly user friendly at times. I put a cast shadow on it, and accidentally moved the shadow somehow, but no idea what I did.

So I feel like it would be good to see a tutorial on the ins and outs of the program. Hopefully I’m making sense! Lol.

13 Comments
2021/03/14
20:20 UTC

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Learning how to Paint Resources

I just got corel a few weeks ago and want to color digitally. I noticed that info on this software and how to paint with it step by step are in short supply. Where can I find examples of how to paint?

9 Comments
2021/03/12
22:55 UTC

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[Bug] When flipping canvas, the selected layer goes to the canvas layer instead

(Corel painter 2020)

Asking for a friend of mine - sometimes when she flips the canvas, her program sometimes automatically selects and goes to the Canvas layer after flipping - is there any solution for this?

2 Comments
2021/03/10
01:22 UTC

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how do I actually uninstall Corel painter?

so I had to uninstall Corel since it took up too much space on my computer yet it still there while other software was easily gone

https://preview.redd.it/z42pn4fua1m61.png?width=467&format=png&auto=webp&s=fac379603e25751b787c8f9d666055b1ab632cd0

1 Comment
2021/03/09
17:04 UTC

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Any idea why my copy of Painter Essentials 7 (on Mac) is doing this? Other images opening fine.

1 Comment
2021/03/08
23:59 UTC

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Docking

I have Corel Painter Essentials 7 and no matter how many times I drag my layers panel to wear I want to dock it will stay there. Everything I look up says drag it to where you want and it snaps into place, it does the snapping into place part but not the sticking part. It's such a small but annoying issue because I don't usually draw with it opened up to full screen.

Thanks for any advice!

0 Comments
2021/03/08
03:45 UTC

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Blending brushes technical issue

All of my blending brushes are adding pigment, not blending. It is only putting down black. I cannot change the color.

I have: Restored default variants on individual brushes

And all default variants

Restarted the program

Checked every blending tool I can find. They all add pigment.

This is on a normal layer.

I'm assuming i changed some setting accidently as blenders were functioning just fine last I used them.

I took a look through the blender settings but I am just not familiar enough with this program to understand the problem.

If anyone knows what I did, or how to fix it, i would love your help.

4 Comments
2021/03/03
22:51 UTC

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Corel Painter with a Mac Pro 2017 - FirePro D500?

Hi All,

Does anyone know whether Painter will take advantage of Apple's GPU's for Brush Acceleration? I know this is dependent on the brush. If you were constrained to talking about models sold in the same year, would upgrading to a Mac Pro give you a worthwhile performance boost (over as Macbook Pro or iMac), especially for Thick Paint brushes?

Thanks!

0 Comments
2021/02/28
00:40 UTC

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Multiple commands per shortcut?

Is there a way to have multiple commands attached to a single keyboard shortcut? I'd like to have a clear all which selects all from the current layer/canvas, clear it, and then select none all with just one shortcut key.

4 Comments
2021/02/26
21:10 UTC

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