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What’s New in Corel Painter X3

In this section, you will find information about the new and enhanced features of Corel Painter X3.


A platform for inspiration, creativity, and reflection
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 X3, type in "X3" 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.
The innovator in digital art
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.

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