With some adjustment, you can tighten up the brush to make the speckles look more like independent spots of color. They combine Particle System physics and brush-thickness control to lay down paint with a splattered look. I imagine the feature might be useful for adding variation to an artist's work, but it also feels a little hippy-dippy for my taste.ĭynamic Speckles were much more fun. My lines got fatter every time Gotye yelled. You can set it to influence the brush stroke's size, angle, or color variability. I fiddled with the brush thickness and paint opacity until I hit a sweet spot where the Audio Expression was more than obvious on the canvas. I searched for Audio Expression in the brush search box, picked one at random, and turned on Gotye's 'Somebody I Used to Know,' a song with lots of volume fluctuations. Enabling the feature was actually simpler than I had imagined it would be, thanks to a helpful dialog box that walked me through the steps. When you use selected brushes and play sound, like music, the brush reacts to the change in noise. The most bizarre new feature is called Audio Expression. A few of its interface tweaks are nice to have, but they're not momentous improvements. You'll notice from Corel's handy comparison chart of Painter 2016, 2015, X3, and 12 (Opens in a new window) that the switch from 2015 to 2016 is really about having more brushes and tools, while the jump from previous versions is much more significant in terms of performance and support.Īs I said, Painter 2016 is all about getting more brushes and tools, and some of them seem a little over the top. And when you're painting digitally, responsiveness is crucial. It makes the program run much faster and smoother. Mac users who didn't bother with Painter 2015 will find the $249 well spent, as they'll finally get 64-bit support, which was only added last year. Whether an upgrade is worthwhile now depends on how long ago you last bought Painter and whether you run Mac or Windows. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.

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