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Corel Painter IX Now Available

Corel Painter IX, the powerful Natural-Media painting and illustration software, is currently available across North America, the U.K. and Australia.

Corel Painter IX enables commercial designers, photographers and professional artists to use their natural talents and techniques to create works of art. This highly sophisticated painting and illustration application captures the intricate nuances of traditional art tools while taking advantage of the incredible power of digital media. It is invaluable software for creative professionals, whether they're in filmmaking, game development, commercial design, illustration, photography or fine arts.

* Performance boosts include: significantly improved speed, new and enhanced brush control palettes, frames-per-second control and customizable shortcut keys.

* Professional users can extend their creative possibilities with new enhancements, including: the Artists' Oils Painting System, Snap-to-Path Painting, improved Digital Watercolor and Quick Clone.

* Corel Painter IX is more compatible with other professional technologies than ever before, offering enhanced Adobe Photoshop support, enhanced Wacom support (including the Wacom Intuos3) and enhanced color management.

* Offers a revitalized user guide, the Painter IX Handbook (including tutorials from leading creative professionals), access to free training videos from lynda.com and academic courseware specifically designed for educators.

The U.S. suggested retail price is $429 for full, $229 for upgrade and $99 for the education edition. Please visit www.corel.com/painter for more information and to download the free trial version.

Ottawa, Canada-based Corel Corp. (www.corel.com) provides innovative software solutions that help millions of value-conscious businesses and consumers in more than 75 countries improve their productivity. Corel was acquired by San Francisco-based Vector Capital in August 2003.

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Bill Desowitz, former editor of VFXWorld, is currently the Crafts Editor of IndieWire.