
Painter 2022 offers a new collection of dab sizes, and lets you create and manage your own custom size presets. You can now choose brush size presets from the new Size library. And for added creative flexibility, you can now transform watercolor layers while retaining special media capability. Just look for the Watercolor Layer compatibility icon in the Brush Selector when you’re choosing a brush for mixing with watercolor media, or you can enable the Watercolor Compatible filter to see only those brushes. Many default brushes are now compatible with watercolor layers, letting you fuse dry media and watercolor brush marks on the same layer. Painter 2022 breaks down boundaries for mixed-media creators who want to combine watercolor with other art forms. You can use the Angle controls to rotate and squeeze the brush, providing new, creative dab and brushstroke possibilities. You now have additional shaping options when you’re painting with a Static Bristle brush and a stylus. Last but not least, you have the ability to reduce the opacity in the center of Watercolor dabs, which produces a stronger-looking fringe along the edge of the stroke. In addition, you can try the new Soft Profile that provides a strong core, with a large falloff area towards the edge. This lets you fine-tune the opacity of dab profiles so you can create brush marks with soft edges, or with crisp anti-aliased edges, or even somewhere in between.

You can now experience improved anti-aliasing for Circular-type brushes by using the new Hardness slider in the Dab Options flyout. New and enhanced! Dab profiles for Circular dab types You can choose from Feather, Threshold, Blur, Dilate, and Erode effects, and adjust the strength of each applied effect. The new Captured Dabs flyout on the property bar offers Dab Effects that you can use to customize captured dabs. They will be added to a new captured dab library so you can use them with other brushes. When you import Photoshop brush stamps with Painter 2022, you now have the option of importing only the brush stamps. New! Import Photoshop Brush Stamps (ABR) as dabs You can instantly alter the dab shape of any brush, adjust settings, apply a new Dab Effect, and even capture your new dab for use with other brushes. There are 12 new captured dab libraries to choose from: Bristles, Concept, Flat, General, Graphic, Hard Media, Hatch, Knives, Light, Natural, Splatter, and Sponges.

The new Captured panel provides boundless possibilities for experimenting with customizing the appearance of brush dabs. You can also quickly isolate stamp-type, Watercolor and Thick Paint compatible, and Cloner brushes.

Take advantage of the Painter Masters filter to experience a wealth of brushes curated by distinguished Painter artists. Quickly build your very own list of favorite brushes, and then use the My Favorites filter to trim the brush library down to your personal essentials.

The panel also provides updated tooltips and graphics that make it easier to soften the appearance of brushstrokes. In addition, brush loading support has been added to all Enhanced Cover methods to give your brushstrokes that smeary, oily look.Ī new Jitter Reduction option joins the Smoothing controls, along with updated names for existing options that are more indicative of their respective effects. Grainy methods feature new options for grain control, opacity, and enhanced layer blending. Noise has been added for artifact reduction in all Enhanced Cover methods, and it is especially pronounced for Soft brushstrokes with feathered edges.Īlpha Blend technology has been added to improve color precision when blending adjacent brushstrokes, reducing the likelihood of unexpected color shifts near the edges. For Flat methods, anti-aliasing support has been increased resulting in opaque dab rendering. The Enhanced Cover methods, available only in Painter 2022, take advantage of the latest technology advancements for an improved brushing experience. Cover methods are also used for some Oils and Blenders, and with many stamp-type brushes. The versatile cover methods are the foundation of many popular brush categories, such as Acrylics, Chalk, Charcoal, Conte, Gouache, Pastels, and Pens. And the categories themselves have been renamed, reorganized, and streamlined to present a diverse set of brushes and tools in each singularly focused category. There are fresh, modern icons designed for every brush category. It has been meticulously overhauled in every way. The first thing you’re likely to notice in Corel Painter 2022 is the new brush library.
