

The tool allows users to import a 2D rendering of a 3D model and use that as a reference source to paint texture onto an image like scales or pores, Corel suggests.

Texture gets a brush of its own with 2.5D texture brushes inside Painter 2018. Using bristle brushes and palette knives on a touch-enabled device allows users to apply pressure, tilt, and rotation while using the tool. The new thick paint tool allows users to pile paint onto the digital canvas much like painting with thicker physical materials - Corel says users can pile up, push around, carve into, scrape and blend their digital paint. The update includes “Thick Paint” as well as several new features designed to re-create a specific texture. On Tuesday, Corel announced Painter 2018, an update to the popular graphics program that introduces more ways to re-create the look of traditional mediums digitally. NEW Corel Painter 2018 Digital Art Software!Digital painting is getting even closer to the real thing.
