Corel Painter versions

v20.0 [Jul 6, 2019]
- NEW Color Harmonies.
- NEW Color ramps in sliders.
- NEW Mirror & perspective tools in brush property bar.
- NEW Narrow Brush Selector.
- NEW Single access point brush editing.
- NEW UI shape and media distinction.
- NEW Universal color picker.
- ENHANCED Consolidated library panels.
- ENHANCED Easy access to tool controls.
- ENHANCED Inline dab and stroke previews.
- ENHANCED Layer control.
- ENHANCED UI for color controls.
- NEW Clone color mode from all color UI.
- NEW Brush Accelerator.
- NEW GPU acceleration for stamp brushes.
- ENHANCED Brush lag reduced.
- ENHANCED Brush switching performance.
- ENHANCED Eraser tool lag reduced.
- ENHANCED Impasto brush performance.
- ENHANCED Pan, zoom and rotate speed.
- ENHANCED Startup and shutdown speed.
- ENHANCED Tool switching performance.
- NEW Fast and Simple performance brush category.
- NEW Fast and Ornate performance brush category.
- ENHANCED Digital Watercolor.
- ENHANCED Watercolor.

v12.2 [Jul 18, 2012]
- New interface
- New Workspaces
- Enhanced speed—Painter 12 is 5x faster!
- New Kaleidoscope painting
- New Mirror Painting
- New Real Watercolor & Real Wet Oil tools
- Enhanced brush tracking
- New temporal Color Changer palette
- New Navigator panel
- New agile brush control

v12.1 [Jan 13, 2012]
New and Improved Brush Sharing and Management
Easily share brushes, save valuable design time. Simply post to a file system, then email, post online or share via a USB memory device. The receiver can double click on the file to launch Painter 12 and automatically import the brush, category or brush library.
Enhanced Live Brush Stroke Preview
Get a sneak peek of an exact brush stroke before you paint the canvas! The enhanced preview feature brings the selected color into the stroke preview. If any brush attributes have changed, the edits will show up in the brush preview window.
New Moving and Copying Brush Variants within a Library
Updated brush variants and category creation bring more design flexibility and fewer steps when saving variants. Now, you can quickly move or copy a brush variant to any category by simply dragging the variant within the brush selector.
New Workspace Management
Workspaces can now be deleted! An active workspace that is being deleted will allow you to select another workspace or a default workspace. In addition, brush libraries can also be removed from Painter 12.
Enhanced Color Mixer Palette
Import a RIFF, PSD, JPG, PNG or TIFF file with custom colors, using the mixer pad import feature. This handy tool gives you the ability to pull a color collection from any source and start using it as a baseline color mixer.
New and improved drag and drop support for panels
Panels can now be dragged and dropped to the exact location you need them in your workspace. Plus, enjoy fine grained control over panel placement within a palette.
New Panel Resizing and Panel Presentation Options
Improved usability allows for panel resizing and the ability to hide context specific information on individual panels. If three dots are visible, you can resize the panel without impacting other panels in the same palette.
Enhanced Adobe® Photoshop® Plug-in Support
Take advantage of 3rd party Photoshop® plug-ins on Mac (32-bit) and 32- or 64-bit Windows.

v12.0 [May 11, 2011]
- Kaleidoscope painting : Create electrifying kaleidoscope effects on canvas with this exciting new tool that only exists in Painter 12!
- Mirror Painting : Save time as you paint with perfect precision! This new tool copies every stroke you make onto the opposite side of your canvas. You choose whether it's mirrored horizontally, vertically or both. It's double the fun in half the time!
- Real Watercolor : Achieve the most authentic results! This breakthrough tool blends and dries more realistically than any other watercolor brush.
- Real Wet Oil : All of the fun, none of the mess or smell! With 12 new tools, the Real Wet Oil category offers the perfect solution for blending and painting flowing colors.
- Clone source palette : Save time when working with photos. You can now create and manage numerous images for cloning within a single Painter file, using the new Clone Source palette.
- Agile brush control : Change settings, such as brush size, opacity, squeeze and angle, using interactive controls that let you make rapid adjustments from one centralized location.
- Gel brushes and Merge modes : The new Gel brushes let you tint an image's underlying color with the color of the brushstroke color.
- Interface : Welcome to comfort! An interface refresh streamlines brush selection, image navigation, libraries, color controls and image set up to make the workspace more intuitive and quicker to navigate—changes that will especially appeal to people familiar with the Adobe® Photoshop® environment.
- Navigator panel : Navigating your canvas and working with large images just got easier.
- High-Quality Display : Get the best view! When zoomed in at more than 100%, the High-Quality Display option smoothes the edges of your image, allowing you to view it as it will print for a clear idea of the end result.

v11.0 [Feb 27, 2009]
Increased performance, better workflow.