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What’s new in Corel Painter 12 Updates 1 and 2

If you are migrating to Corel Painter X3 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 X3.


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" on page 311.
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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