The ideal painting software for beginners

Start your creative journey with Painter® Essentials™ 7, the best paint program for beginners to explore and expand artistic curiosity using impressive, easy-to-learn tools.

Distinctive Artificial Intelligence based photo painting

Produce incredible photo art with ease by converting your favorite photos into paintings using neural networking and the strength of Painter’s brush engine! Choose from an impressive range of AI styles for photo painting, including Bold Watercolor, Colored Pencil, Colorful Dabs, Impressionist, Smooth Acrylic, Van Gogh, Watercolor Portrait, and Charcoal Drawing.

Flexible photo painting tools

Open your image and the painting choice is yours. Auto-Paint, in one click, with AI, or SmartStroke™ technology that rapidly produces stunning results. Clone paint by dipping any brush you like directly into the photo, or trace by turning on tracing paper and selecting a brush and color while using the image as your guide.

Experiment with blank canvas painting

Immerse yourself in an intriguing collection of realistic brushes and canvas textures that respond to your every move when using a pressure-sensitive drawing tablet. Dry, wet, springy, speckled, spattered, glowing, gooey, patterned media is at the ready, allowing you to bring your wildest ideas to life.

Industry-acclaimed brushes

Create with artist-trusted brushes. Every brush in Essentials was custom selected for new digital artists from our professional Painter art studio so that you can comfortably ease into your digital art experience.

Features

• Grow as an artist with painter essentials elegant, easy to use painting tools, purpose built for those new to digital art
• Convert your favorite photos to paintings with the power of AI and a selection of styles, in a few clicks
• Draw, paint, and clone images with a wide range of realistic brushes using a mouse or a pressure sensitive graphics tablet
• Get inspired with tools such as Mirror, Kaleidoscope, Woodcut and tons of learning resources

System Requirements

• Windows 10* (64-Bit) or Windows 7 (64-Bit), with the latest updates
• Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon 64 X2 processor
  • 4 physical cores/8 logical cores or higher (recommended)
  • AVX2 instruction set support (recommended)
• 2 GB RAM
  • 8 GB RAM or higher (recommended)
• 2.8 GB hard disk space for application files**
  • Solid-state drive (recommended)
• 1280 x 800 @ 100% (or higher) screen resolution
  • 1920 x 1200 @ 150% (or higher) (recommended)
• Mouse or tablet
• DVD drive (required for box installation)
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 or higher, with the latest updates
• To activate your product, you must connect to the Internet and register it first.