Corel Painter Essentials is an intuitive program for Windows developed to assist you in transforming digital images into unique paintings. It provides a considerable number of powerful features and artistic instruments.

Versatile workspace

The graphical interface is clean, which simplifies navigation. You can begin by either drawing a picture or opening an existing one. If you are seeking swift results, you may switch from Drawing and Painting mode to Photo Painting. Here you can choose between several automatic painting options.

Moreover, you can pick the edge shapes such as rectangular, circular, jagged, etc. It is possible to adjust color, select the paper type and the brush style. Alternatively, you may enter the desired characteristics as prompts for neural networks using BlueWillow or Unstable Diffusion.

Image manipulation

Within the Drawing and Painting mode, you have access to a mixer, color wheel, and layers. You can also use a range of tools including, dodge, rubber stamp, paint bucket, text, crop, and so on. In addition, you have the capability to resize the canvas, rotate or flip the image.

It is worth noting that the program consumes a significant amount of system resources and comes with a comprehensive help file. Throughout our tests, no errors were encountered. The performance remains stable without freezing or crashing.

Features

free to download and use;
compatible with modern Windows versions;
allows you to turn your pictures into paintings;
you can modify the orientation of the image;
there is support for adding and adjusting layers.