Free Update for Corel(R) Painter(TM) 12 Customers Adds New Artistic and Productivity Features

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - July 10, 2012) -

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Corel today announced the release of the second free update for Corel® Painter™ 12, the world's most powerful digital art studio. Built with the creative needs of the Painter community in mind, Painter 12.2 offers progressive new art forms and allows users to keep their eyes on their art. With new flow maps, users have more control over how paint collects and dries within the peaks and valleys of the canvas. Multi-touch support for Wacom Intuos5 touch pen tablets and Cintiq 24HD touch interactive pen displays provides a direct way to manipulate the canvas, much like working with paper. Painter 12.2 also includes vertical docking, which gives more flexibility to users when they're choosing which position is most convenient to dock their palettes.

For Avid Painter Users, Painter 12.2 Further Enhances the Creative Experience

"The new flow map capabilities in Painter 12.2 have added a whole new dimension of artistic control that I frankly can't do anywhere else," said Painter Master, Skip Allen. "I am amazed by the paint flowing into my custom paper and flow map image ridges. Adding flow maps to real watercolor in Corel Painter 12.2 enhances the painting process and is so much fun to watch."

• New! Flow maps: Maximize the creative potential of the Real Watercolor and Real Wet Oil brushes by adding flow maps to help direct the flow of paint, producing less saturation at the peaks of textures and more saturation in the valleys
• New! Vertical docking: Dock palettes to the vertical edge of the application window by simply dragging and dropping
• New! Multi-touch support for Wacom Intuos5 touch pen tablets and Cintiq 24HD touch interactive pen displays: Perform movements such as panning, spinning and pinching, in order to work closely with the canvas and stay focused on the art instead of hunting for quick keys or buttons

"Emulating traditional media digitally is not just about the pen tool in your hand, but the paper, canvas or object you are working with," said Scott Rawlings, Vice President of Marketing for Wacom Technology Corp. "Together, Wacom and Corel continue to demonstrate their pioneering spirit by creating natural user interfaces that allow artists to use both hands interactively and feel totally connected to the creative process."

Availability

The free Corel Painter 12.2 update (Windows and Mac) is available in English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean for Corel Painter 12 users. It can be downloaded from Corel's website at www.corel.com/painter.

In North America, the full version of Corel Painter 12 is $429 (USD and CAD) and the upgrade is available for $229 (USD and CAD). Commercial and volume licenses are also available.

For more information about Corel Painter 12.2 and to download a free, fully-functional trial version, please visit www.corel.com/painter.

Media and Blogger Resources

For additional Corel Painter 12 resources including reviewer's materials, images and videos, please visit www.corel.com/newsroom/painter12 and www.corel.com/painter12demogallery.

Meet the Painter Community

• Connect with Corel Painter on Facebook at www.facebook.com/corelpainter

• Follow our Twitter updates @CorelPainter

• Join the Painter Factory community at www.painterfactory.com

About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Corel Corporation offers some of the industry's most well-known software brands including Corel®, Roxio®, WinZip® and Pinnacle™. Our product portfolio includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel® PaintShop® Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, Pinnacle Studio™, Roxio Creator®, Roxio® Toast® and WinZip®. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

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