Explore an impressive sensory selection of realistic Natural-Media® that perfectly emulates real life art materials and imaginative art materials that can't be found in the real world. With Painter® 2017, you can experience the incomparable harmony of Audio Expression, smart photo cloning, killer composition tools, physics-inspired Particle brushes, and in-app learning—all in high DPI.

Express yourself
Revel in a symphony for the senses with Audio Expression brushes that react to sound. Experience luscious Natural-Media® brushstrokes, exhilarating splatters and paper rotation. Create even more brush variations by combining Particles with Real Watercolor, Liquid Ink and Impasto to achieve rapid end results that will impress any audience.

Discover what's new
Launch Painter and the redesigned Welcome Book greets you with new tutorials. Create a new canvas and enable your perfect painting environment with a flexible UI color scheme, high DPI, presentation mode and workspace customization. Experiment with new Brush Hints and Visual Tooltips to fine-tune your brushes to match your style.

Expand your creativity
Import your Adobe Photoshop brushes into Painter and then use Painter's brush controls to make a new mega-brush. Share your favorite brushes and media with others using the new Custom Toolbox. Browse additional Brush Packs to discover imaginative custom brushes for your next painting project.

Photo Art
With powerful painting tools, and one-of-a-kind image cloning features found only in Painter 2016, photo artists can capture a moment and transform the image into a digital work of art. They will have everything they need to produce visually stunning photo art that will dazzle clients and enhance their professional services.

Traditional Art
Painter 2017 lets traditional artists easily combine classic art practices and time-honored techniques with state-of-the-art Natural-Media® technology to create digital art that's just as impressive as what they can create on a physical canvas. They'll find a new sense of freedom in the way they can paint.

Illustration
Let creativity reign with endless options in Painter 2017. Illustrators tell visual stories that elicit powerful emotions in a variety of industries. Whether creating fantasy artwork for film or video games, drawing manga and comic art, or working on illustrations for print and web, Painter 2016 has all the necessary tools for illustrators.


Texture painting
Make any character, environment or object literally come to life.

Dab Stencils
Mask your brush dab before applying paint to the canvas.

Glazing brushes
Apply velvety, translucent paint transitions just like the Renaissance masters.

Interactive Gradient tool
Edit color and opacity in the context of your painting using the enhanced node control.

Gradient Express Paint
Fill a gradient with rich, stroke-filled paint.

Palette Drawers
Organize palettes and reduce clutter.

Property Bar
Gain instant access to important brush controls.

Brush Selector
Display the Brush Selector as a convenient panel.

Dropper tool
Get exactly the color you want when you need it.

Artist layouts
Find all the essential tools for your particular workflow.