SKETCH & PAINT Over 170 unique brushes at your fingertips. From chalk, pencils, pens to watercolors, oils and acrylics these award winning brushes will help you craft your next masterpiece. SIGNATURE PAINTER MEDIA TYPES Particles that spring, flow and glow, Pattern Pens that command attention with multilayered brushstrokes and Image Hoses that add that extra special pop to your work. ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BASED AUTO PAINTING Convert photos into paintings with just a click. Choose from a variety of artistic presets and produce stunning results! TRACING & CLONING Simply clone your images by turning on Tracing Paper and using Photo Painting brushes or by clicking Clone Color from source image and choosing your favorite brush. COLOR SELECTION Easily find perfect colors with color wheel, color harmonies, color sets and the mixer pad. VALUABLE SYMMETRY TOOLS Paint in perfect symmetry with Mirror painting and create beautiful Mandalas using the Kaleidoscope tool. INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE Dark UI, clear application icons, tool highlighting, dab and stroke brush previews, and property bars make it simple to adjust brushes and tools. INCREDIBLE SPEED Manage memory-intensive operations, such as working on large canvases, scrubby zooming, rotating and working with layers, all at top speed. DRAWING TABLET COMPATIBILITY When painting with a drawing tablet, get full pressure sensitive control of every brush, allowing you to recreate the sensation of painting with traditional media. ULTIMATE FLEXIBILITY Preserve colors and layers when transferring files between Photoshop and Essentials. Upgrade to Painter when you are ready to expand your artistic capabilities. BUILT-IN LEARNING As soon as you launch the Essentials application, the intuitive Welcome Book will greet you with helpful tutorials and workflow tips.

- Fixed various user reported bugs - 23 new brushes and many with enhanced smoothing for buttery strokes that react to stylus, tilt and bearing - 10 new natural looking AI presets that transform photos into paintings - Color harmonies and 3 new color sets to help pick perfect colors - A streamlined Drawing & Painting layout for artists creating from scratch - Enhanced Image Dialog box to easily select canvas colors, paper texture and document orientation - Improved contextual menus, information dialogs, layer adjuster options and easy access to commands while working with layers