Corel Painter Essentials 4

A quick look: Corel Painter Essentials 4 is an art studio program designed to let you sketch, draw, and convert photos to paintings.

Corel^® Painter Essentials^® 4 takes the basic photo editing program a step beyond, letting you convert photos into "paintings" with a variety of artificial textures. Nearly 100 brushes are included that let you work on photographs or a blank canvas, for the ultimate in artistic expression. The online services accessible from the software let you share your work on keepsakes like canvas or a t-shirt. This easy-to-use software helps you get started with creating digital art!

• Photo Painting
  Corel's Painter Essentials 4 program has special features which let you transform ordinary photographs into authentic-looking paintings. Inside the Photo Painting workspace, the Smart Stroke^® technology includes intelligent painting tools which follow the form of the original image. In case you want to return to a project in the future, the source file can be left untouched so you don't need to re-upload it.
   
• Drawing and Painting
  Digital painting is all about brushes. Corel Painter Essentials 4 includes nearly 100 brushes that simulate the effect of a real-life paintbrush, and each one includes a preview, so you can see what the effect will be. Advanced color and mixing palettes let you pinpoint the color you want, and the Paper Selector tool lets you add background textures. In case you don't like the results, the software lets you undo up to 32 previous commands!
   
• Sharing and compatibility
  Once your work is complete, you can go online and order prints of your work, right from the file menu. Corel Painter Essentials 4 is compatible with both Windows and Apple^® systems, and can handle files from Adobe Photoshop^®, Photoshop Elements^®, and Corel Paint Shop Pro Photo^®.