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Introducing Corel Painter IX.5. Now it's easier than ever to transform photographs into beautiful paintings! Corel Painter IX.5 — the world's most powerful painting and illustration software.

Top New Features and Enhancements


1. Turn photos into paintings with NEW Photo Painting palettes
Create stunning paintings from your photographs with ease! Using new Underpainting, Auto-Painting, and Restoration palettes you can automatically apply random, hand-painted strokes to your photos. It's never been easier to get started with Corel Painter!

2. Eraser tool
Enjoy easy access to a standard eraser for removing any medium in Corel Painter IX.5!

3. Rubber Stamp tool
Perform point-to-point cloning in Corel Painter IX.5 using this easy-to-access toolbox tool.

4. Cloner tool
Conveniently located in the toolbox, the Cloner tool provides immediate access to the last-used Cloner brush and brush variant.

5. Corel Paint Shop Pro support
Open Corel Paint Shop Pro X files directly in Corel Painter IX.5 (Windows version only).

6. Corel Photo Album support
Send images directly from Corel Painter IX.5 to Corel Photo Album 6 (Windows version only).

7. Apple iPhoto support, and support for Mac OS X Tiger (10.4)
Work seamlessly with Apple iPhoto (requires changing 'Preferences' in iPhoto), Mac OS X Tiger, and run Corel Painter IX.5 on Intel-based Macs with Rosetta.

8. Wacom pen tablet support
Work more smoothly thanks to extended support for Wacom pen tablets—Intuos3, Cintiq 21UX and the new 6D Art Pen.

9. Art Pen Brush category
These 10 new brushes—specifically designed to work with the new Wacom 6D Art Pen—are perfect for calligraphy! (Introduced in Corel Painter IX 9.1 Update)

10. Dual Monitor support on Windows XP and Windows 2000
Move palettes, toolbars and the toolbox to the outside of the application window.