Natural-Media® brushes that replicate reality - Craft your masterpiece with stunning reality using authentic dry, wet and blending media. Exclusive media types - Create unforgettable art with Particles that spring, flow and glow, Image Hoses, Pattern Pens and Texture brushes that add interest to your canvas. Intelligent photo painting - Transform images into breath-taking paintings using the Artificial Intelligence Styles, SmartStroke™ brush technology and powerful cloning tools. Optimal Performance - The Brush Accelerator™ compares the performance of your GPU to your CPU and applies the optimal performance settings automatically to ensure maximum speed. Perfect Symmetry - Create beautiful mandalas using the Kaleidoscope tool, or create a mirror image by reproducing brushstrokes on the opposite side of the canvas. Incomparable composition tools - Set a flawless scene with Perspective Guides and the rule of thirds or paint like Da Vinci with Divine Proportion tools. Color Controls - Craft the perfect color palette using the color wheel, color harmonies, artists’ mixer pad and color sets. Canvas control - Rotate your canvas to achieve that perfect painting angle. Plus, multi-touch support makes navigating your canvas a breeze. Included Content - Choose from a library of included canvas Papers, Flow Maps and textures that interact with brushes to add depth to your art . Customization - Customize the workspace to your specific needs. Import additional content from fellow artists or create your own and organize in custom palettes to eliminate clutter. Tablet Compatibility - Support for stylus tilt, rotation, bearing & pressure control creates the most natural painting experience. Photoshop Compatibility - Save files in PSD and preserve colors and layers with ease when transferring files between Photoshop and Painter. Built-in learning resources - Find helpful tutorials, guides, videos right in the Welcome Screen. Turn on Hints in-app to learn to use brushes and tools on the fly.

Create the smoothest strokes with Fluid Paint. Gently build up paint, blend, sculpt, glaze, add texture and reflective light easily with Fluid Paint—the innovative new technology that gives you unmatched opacity control and smoothness in your brush strokes. Repaint, edit, and adjust faster with improved selections. This update offers a more intuitive selections workflow, by enhancing visibility of selected areas, bringing critical controls forward, and improving most used Selection tools. Select areas based on color with brushes . Combine the power of a Magic Wand and the versatility of a Selection Brush to quickly select portions of an image based on color. The new Color Selection gives you complete control as you brush over areas of the same color to create a selection. Then easily change colors, lighting, add textures or effects to the selected area.