COREL PAINTER X3

So what the ... are they so superstitious that they can't just say 13. Lucky 13. X3 ... combining Roman and Arabic numerals ... sounds like a rocket ship from some old Flash Gordon serial ... The X3! Yoko's lucky number is 13 ... so by the laws of community property, that makes it my lucky number as well. In this case it proves true.

Painter X3 is ... I think ... two versions at this point behind the current issue. So the lucky thing is that they are practically giving them away. The price dropped in the last week $400. And still it is a usable program. HELL !!! If version 10 was Windows 8 compliant ... I'd still be using that. Now I know you are saying ... another art program! Why does he need this one, especially when he has Photoshop? Painter as it's name implies, is skewed to, by design mimic watercolors, chalk, inks, acrylics and oils. Photoshop is an image editor that one can paint with. Painter is also the last program  I lost in the crash. I feel the return of normalcy. 

The only thing is this color blinded artist is not very painterly. And while learning something new is the last thing I really need right now ... I have always loved this program. I don't know if I will ever get away from my linear vision but here is the first thing I ever did with this latest version. Am I happy with it? No. Will there be a lot of searching on YouTube for painting tutorials? Yes. I do, however, take pride in the fact that this was done completely within the computer. 

Not too bad ... for a starting point.