Some applications do that by enabling tear-off tabs and workspace saving.

In this version though, the workspace is now customisable. Painter X's interface is classic and remains largely unchanged, with the much-copied colour picker still taking pride of place.

Our limited-edition version also came with a handy gadget a handheld composition guide with the layout grids printed on it, helping you compose a real-life subject. Other grids divide the canvas into equal, adjustable sections. This feature overlays a scalable grid showing the Divine Proportion, enabling you to crop existing images to it or paint new creations and follow it as a guide. Also known as the golden section, it's a mathematical aid to layout that helps you place the focal part of an image in a position that the eye is naturally drawn to.

While we're on that subject, there have been some enhancements to the PhotoPainting features, with 'SmartStrokes' using the same directional technology and automatically adjusting to your image.Īutopainted images don't particularly turn out like the painterly masterpieces the blurb on the box may lead you to believe you can make, but they do make a great foundation for your own art creations.Ī new set of layout grids will appeal to true artists, especially the new Divine Proportion feature, famously used by Leonardo Da Vinci when composing the Mona Lisa. The new brushes can be used whether you're painting manually or autopainting over an existing image.

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