COREL PAINTER 2023 (Windows - Mac)

Corel Painter 2023 is one of the most advanced digital painting software in the world, designed for professional artists, illustrators, designers, and photographers who want to transform their creativity into digital works of art. Thanks to its innovative technology and wide range of tools, it realistically simulates the experience of traditional painting, combining the power of digital with the charm of manual art.

📦 What the software includes

• Natural-Media® painting engine – Realistic reproduction of brushes, pigments and traditional materials such as oil, watercolor, charcoal, chalks and pastels.
• Advanced brushes – Thousands of customizable brushes with texture, density, flow and pressure settings.
• Textures and patterns – A large library of surfaces and patterns to enrich digital works.
• Cloning tools – Transform photographs into paintings while maintaining details and artistic styles.
• Colors and mixing – Advanced palettes with realistic pigment blending tools.
• Professional graphic support – Compatibility with graphic tablets and pressure-sensitive pens (Wacom and similar).
• Layer management – Complex structure with masks and layer blending for elaborate projects.
• Integration with other software – Import/export formats such as PSD, PNG, TIFF, JPG to work with Photoshop and similar applications.

🔧 Main features

• Extreme painterly realism – Simulation of artistic materials with natural rendering.
• Optimized performance – GPU-accelerated graphic engine for smooth strokes even on high-resolution projects.
• Total customization – Creation and saving of unique brushes, interfaces and palettes.
• Special effects and particle brushes – Generation of dynamic lines, smoke, fire, particles and unique textures.
• HDR and 16-bit support – For images and professional work of the highest quality.
• Intuitive workflow – Improved interface, with the ability to organize workspaces based on the type of project (comic, illustration, concept art, artistic photography).

💻 Operating system compatibility

• Windows 11 and Windows 10 (64 bit) – fully supported.
• macOS Monterey, Big Sur and later versions – native support and optimization for Apple Silicon (M1, M2).
• For those using versions of macOS no longer compatible, it is still possible to run Painter 2023 through virtualization with Parallels Desktop or VMware Fusion, installing the Windows version.

⚙️ Recommended hardware requirements

• Operating system: Windows 11/10 (64 bit) or macOS 11.0 or higher.
• Processor: Intel Core i5/i7/i9 or AMD Ryzen / Apple Silicon M1-M2.
• RAM: minimum 8 GB (16 GB or more recommended).
• Graphics card: GPU with OpenCL 1.2 support with at least 2 GB VRAM.
• Disk space: 3 GB free for installation (SSD recommended).
• Screen: minimum resolution 1280 x 800 (1920 x 1080 or higher recommended).
• Internet connection: required for activation, updates and download of extra content.

🎯 Who it's suitable for

Corel Painter 2023 is perfect for:

• Professional digital artists who want realism in brushes and pigments.
• Illustrators and cartoonists who need versatile tools and complex layers.
• Concept artists and designers who want to create drafts and creative projects quickly.
• Creative photographers who want to transform images into artistic paintings.
• Art academies and students who want a complete software for studying digital painting.