Corel Painter 2021 and Photoshop are two programs that can both be used for digital drawing. They are both popular and have a great set of features. In the below text, we compare both programs to see who would benefit from using either one.
Corel Painter
Features
– Full canvas control to draw from different angles
– A great range of media like textures, patterns, and gradients
– Excellent color picker for realistic color recreation
– Extensive brush control
– Fully customizable layout
Corel Painter 2021 is an advanced drawing program. It has an excellent brush system that really lets you be creative. You can customize the brushes in fine detail including their size, shade, shape, and flow. For precise colors, Corel Painter 2021 also has a color palette selector, and you can also mix colors to create your own blends.
Aside from brush customization, it has a great selection of present brushes too that you can use to create realistic art or even recreate certain painting styles.
Photoshop
Features
– Full layer management
– Shape creation including fill tool, and free-form tool
– Image and layer transformations
– An extensive brush system
– Ability to import and create own brushes and patterns
Photoshop is an extensive raster graphics program that has decent drawing tools too. You can easily freehand draw using the brush tools. The brushes can be customized, and you can import new brush sets from third-party developers.
Also, photoshop has a host of tools for creating graphics such as shapes, a fill bucket, gradients, and selection tools. It also has full layer management so you can easily create complex graphics with multiple layers.
There is also basic photo editing tools too and you can quickly change basic image parameters like contrast, saturation, and brightness. Photoshop also works with Lightroom and has the Adobe Camera RAW plugin to fully edit RAW photos.
Who are The Apps Suitable For?
Corel Painter 2021 is better suited for professional artists who require more freedom in their drawing tools. It allows for excellent creativity due to the versatile brush system, the large workflow, and brilliant canvas control. Alternatively, Photoshop is better suited for digital markets and creating web graphics and website content.
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