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What was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter

This topic describes what was new in earlier versions of Corel Painter.

What was new in Corel Painter X3?

If you are migrating to Corel Painter 2015 from Update 2 of Corel Painter 12, you may not be aware of the features and enhancements that were added in Corel Painter X3. These features and enhancements are also available in Corel Painter 2015.


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Brush search	Helps you find the perfect brush by performing a search. Simply type in the name of the brush variant or a combination of brush properties, such as jitter or bristle, to narrow down the search. To find all of the new brush variants that were added in Corel Painter 2015, type in "14," "X4," or "2015" in the Search bar. For more information, see Searching and selecting brushes.
Reference Image panel	Lets you display an inspirational image in an easy to use, dockable panel. You can zoom, pan, and sample colors from the reference image while maintaining focus on your digital painting. For more information, see Displaying reference images.
Enhanced stroke preview	Offers a more detailed preview of the brushstroke that will appear on the canvas in real-time. The preview now visually represents brush parameters such as mixing, erasing, blending, and jitter. The brush preview displays in the Brush library panel, Brush search results panel, and the Stroke Preview brush control panel. For more information, Previewing brushstrokes and brush dabs.
Inspirational Mixer Pads	Lets you choose colors from a collection of original mixer pads that were created for you by expert Corel Painter artists. For more information, see Displaying and resizing the Mixer panel.
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Jitter brushes	Produces more realistic brushstrokes by introducing an increased amount of randomness. The Jitter brush variants are found under various brush categories. For more information, see Jitter brushes.
Universal Jitter	Allows you to control the randomness of various brush features, such as size, angle, and opacity. You can now use Jitter in conjunction with a different expression. For more information, see Controlling the behavior of Jitter variants.
Minimum controls	Allows you to introduce a range of variation to a selected expression. You can apply minimum values for brush controls such as Size and Opacity. For more information, Expression settings.
Additional Flow Maps, Patterns, and Papers	Includes a greater variety of Flow Maps, Patterns, Papers that you can use in your paintings.
Easier to learn and use
Smart Brush Settings with added media panel (Advanced Brush Controls)	Provides you with a more intuitive way of modifying the advanced brush controls of a selected brush. For more information, see Displaying advanced brush controls dynamically.
Perspective Guides	Allows you to accurately draw in one, two or three-point perspective by using preset guides. The Perspective-Guided Strokes constrain your strokes to direct them towards the vanishing points. This feature replaces the Perspective Grid feature. For more information, Using Perspective Guides.
Enhanced Cloning	Reintroduces the traditional side-by-side cloning workflow and lets you view the crosshair cursor on your source image to increase painting accuracy. In addition, you now have the ability to edit the source image. For example, you can apply various effects to the source image. For more information, see Cloning images. and Editing, updating, saving, and exporting clone source images.
Transform across layers	Allows you to apply transformations to multiple layers and layer groups simultaneously. For more information, Transforming layers.
Set maximum colors for color sets	Lets you specify a maximum number of colors when creating new color sets. For more information, see Creating and exporting color sets.
Show Onion Skin layers	Allows you to display underlying frames when working with movies. For more information, see Using onion skinning.
Performance
Memory Extender	Lets you take advantage of more of your Mac systems’s available RAM by letting you control how much RAM you want to designate to Painter. This features was introduced in Painter 12.2.1. For more information, see Performance preferences.

Changes to the brush control panels

In Corel Painter X3, a number of brush controls panels were more logically organized to better reflect the structure of the Corel Painter brush engine. The following table maps the Corel Painter 12 brush control panels to the Corel Painter X3 brush control panels.

For more information about the brush control panels that include the new Jitter controls, see Controlling the behavior of Jitter variants.


Corel Painter 12 brush control panels	Corel Painter X3 brush control panels
Dab Profile panel	Stroke Preview panel (New) Dab Preview panel (New) Dab Profile panel (Modified)
General panel	General panel (Modified) Stroke Attributes panel (New) Opacity panel (New) Grain panel (New)
Size panel	Size panel (Modified) Bristles panel (New) Multi panel (New)
Spacing panel	Spacing panel (Modified) Smoothing panel (New)

What was new in Corel Painter 12 Updates 1 and 2

If you are migrating to Corel Painter 2015 from Corel Painter 12, you may not be aware of the features and enhancements that were added to Corel Painter 12 Updates 1 and 2. These features and enhancements are also available in Corel Painter 2015.


Corel Painter 12 Update 1 Features
Ability to import and export brush libraries, categories, and variants	Allows you to import and export brush libraries, categories, and variants so you can better manage brush resources. For more information, Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants.
Creating and removing brush libraries	Allows you to more easily create and delete custom brush libraries. For more information, Creating and deleting brush libraries.
Creating and removing brush categories	Allows you to store brush variants in custom brush categories. You can also remove custom brush libraries when you no longer need them. For more information, Creating and deleting brush categories.
Saving brush variants	Allows you to quickly save the custom brush variants that you create. For more information, Saving and deleting brush variants.
Moving brush variants	Allows you to easily drag variants between categories. For more information, Copying and moving brush variants.
Deleting Workspaces	Allows you to delete custom Workspaces from within the application. For more information, see Creating, importing, exporting, and deleting workspaces.
Color mixing enhancements	Allows you to open images as mixer pads and save mixer pads to the PNG file format. For more information, see Opening images in the Mixer panel and Saving the Mixer pad.
Panel resizing	Lets you vertically resize most panels within a palette. For more information, see Rearranging panels and palettes.
Navigator panel enhancements	Lets you hide the image information area or the controls of the Navigator panel. For more information, see Navigating images and viewing image information.
Corel Painter 12 Update 2 Features
Flow Maps	Introduces an additional textured surface for working with Real Watercolor and Real Wet Oil brushes that help you direct the flow of paint. For more information, see Applying and adjusting flow maps.
Vertical docking of panels	Allows you to vertically dock panels in the document window. For more information, see Rearranging panels and palettes.
Support for Corel Cinco for Painter	Allows Corel Painter to connect to Corel Cinco for Painter, which is a companion iPad app that integrates seamlessly into your current workflow to enhance productivity. For more information, see Corel Cinco for Painter.
Wacom Multi-Touch support	Enables enhanced multi-touch support for Wacom Intuos 5 touch tablets. You can now simultaneously pan, rotate, and zoom the canvas. For more information, see Wacom Intuos support.

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