MetaCreations Painter™ 6 is the best version yet of the ultimate painting tool for graphic designers and fine artists alike. Painter's exclusive tool set offers an extensive array of brushes, textures, canvas choices, and art materials to faithfully capture the subtleties of an artist's style for high-quality output for print and the Web. The artist can now create their finest work using the next generation brush engine technology, with new features including text along a curve, layering of vector and bitmap images together, improved performance, better memory handling and an easier to use interface. Painter 6-the world's indisputable leader for image creation.

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