Macworld: Corel introduces Painter Essentials 3 ...

TxTom

229 posts since
Aug 28, 2004

5. Oct 3, 2005 9:34 AM

in response to: MW Forums

Re: Corel introduces Painter Essentials 3

In a subsequent press release, Corel confirmed rumors that their support for the Mac version of Painter Essentials 3 will be discontinued as soon as they sell their 100th copy of the product.

tabasco_hot

315 posts since
Mar 15, 2001

6. Oct 3, 2005 10:03 AM

in response to: TxTom

Re: Corel introduces Painter Essentials 3

Painter is a such a different app than PS. I think It's geared more for the traditional artist that is interested in digital painting more so than PS is even with PS's painting tools. I like both. I use both, and I couldn't be happy with just one of them alone. But, I think Painter is easier to adjust to if your used to traditional canvas. And probably preferable for most that intend on using their traditional techniques, and teachings in a digital format.

hayesk

700 posts since
Aug 7, 2004

7. Oct 3, 2005 11:13 AM

in response to: Freedom2005

Re: Intead of Adobe's Photoshop Elements we have

If you made a product in both Windows and MacOS versions, and the Windows version is finished a month or two earlier - would you hold off two months of Windows revenue just to make a very small amount of Mac users stop whining and conjecturing? It is stupid. The Windows one was finished, so they released it.

This is silly. Judge Adobe by their actions, not by what you think they are going to be.

JNack

14 posts since
Sep 15, 2004

10. Oct 3, 2005 12:31 PM

in response to: Freedom2005

Re: Intead of Adobe's Photoshop Elements we have

Adobe is too good to release Photoshop Elements 4 for Mac when they put out the Windows version

I would have thought that knowing that a new version was in development would make you happy, but there's no pleasing some people.

> I'm losing faith somewhat with Adobe as of late, since I suspect they
> are killing off the greatest graphic design program of all time, Freehand.

Adobe isn't doing anything to FreeHand--yet. Legally, we can't until the merger is a done deal. The legal requirement is that we run the businesses as separate entities until that happens. Therefore everything done with FreeHand until that time, and everything done in the last few years (e.g. not revving it for MX2004, and removing it from the Studio package) is and was strictly Macromedia's decision.

>They're also puckering up to Microsoft.

I recommend reading a few interviews with Bruce Chizen, Stephen Elop, and others about the rationale for the merger.

John Nack
Photoshop Product Manager

rickchampagne

1 posts since
Oct 3, 2005

12. Oct 3, 2005 1:44 PM

in response to: TxTom

Re: Corel introduces Painter Essentials 3

Hi Folks,

I know TxTom was kidding, but I wanted to assure you that Corel Painter will continue to evolve on the Mac platform. As a matter of business, the Mac/PC customer split is roughly 50/50, so it wouldn't make sense for us to drop support for Mac OS. In addition to that, everyone on the Painter Team uses a Mac either at work or as our platform of choice at home. We couldn't even imagine our Macs without Painter or Painter Essentials!
Regarding the Adobe Photoshop Elements discussion, tabasco_hot, in our experience, reflects what our customers tell us. Painter and Photoshop are very different products and a comparison is unfair to either product. Our strengths are very different, and many of our customers are using Photoshop (and Photoshop Elements) as their primary image editor, and use Painter (and Painter Essentials) as their primary painting, photo painting, and illustration application. Painter has been built from the ground up as an artist's toolkit, not a digital darkroom. Hope that clarifies things, and if you still have questions, feel free to drop me a line!

Kindest Regards,

Rick Champagne
Program Manager, Corel Painter
rick.champagne@corel.com

Message sent from my Apple PowerBook using Mac OS X version 10.4.2

drillbo

35 posts since
Jun 6, 2005

13. Oct 3, 2005 2:25 PM

in response to: rickchampagne

Re: Corel introduces Painter Essentials 3

In reply to the posts about Corel's lack of support for the Mac, that is not true of Painter. I've been using it since before Corel owned it and feel that it's a Mac first, Windows second application (though they have supported Windows just as well),

Also, even though both apps kind of overlap, Painter is very different from PS. I use them both and are both are important tools in my toolbox.

I only wish that the interfaces (especially layer handling) were the same in both. Not that one is better than the other, just that they are different enough to cause confusion when going back and forth between apps.

H53kilo

5 posts since
Apr 11, 2005

14. Oct 3, 2005 4:38 PM

in response to: MW Forums

Re: Corel introduces Painter Essentials 3

Painter is much more than I need as a hobbiest. Painter Essentials sounds right up my alley. I'll certainly be having a look.

As a long time Adobe user I was extremely disappointed when Adobe dropped Framemaker / elected not to make an OS-X version. I wish I was at WWDC when Chizen made the statement up on stage about Adobe being the first company to move all their apps to OS-X..... I would have yelled, "Really? Where's FrameMaker Bruce?"

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