Painter

What do you like best?

All Painter brushes give the feeling of painting in real life. Its color palette, and the ability to extrapolate the colors from a reference photo, make it ideal for reproducing landscapes without losing the artistic touch. Each Painter tool is designed to faithfully reproduce its real world counterpart. Even the canvases are designed to create more complex textures, such as that of watercolor paper, for example, or a canvas for painting. The end result can only be truly excellent and, at high levels, it will even be difficult to recognize a painting made with Painter, from one made in a traditional way.

Its perfect compatibility with Wacom pens and tablets makes the work flow truly natural and spontaneous, especially with regards to the thickness or inclination of the stroke. With Painter it really seems to paint in a natural way.

What do you dislike?

The work area is quite elaborate, if you don't have a very large screen, the many windows may seem too close together, which can be annoying. In addition, the selector for the brush size is rather boring, a "window" system, like the one used by Photoshop, would be simpler. In addition, if Painter is closed while a screen tablet is in use, it will no longer be visible on the primary computer screen even if it opens correctly.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

If you want to draw as you have always done, in the most natural way possible, Painter is the most suitable product for your needs.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

Being able to draw directly in Painter speeds up the creative process considerably. Nowadays it is the only software that can provide pencils really similar to the real ones, thus allowing you to make basic sketches with very high precision, and thus avoid wasting time later in boring corrections. In addition, the ability to easily correct errors makes it preferable to traditional design.