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notok

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May 1, 2001, 7:15:54 AM5/1/01
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I've heard alot of people rave about Painter so I tried to download a demo
from CNET. It wasn't the right program though (and there was only one link).
I also checked out the MetaCreations site, plus Corel with no luck on a
demo.

Anyone know where I could download the demo?


thanks
Alyssa


Marijn van der Waa

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May 1, 2001, 8:01:13 AM5/1/01
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notok <alyssa...@start.com.au> wrote:

> I've heard alot of people rave about Painter so I tried to download a demo
> from CNET. It wasn't the right program though (and there was only one link).
> I also checked out the MetaCreations site, plus Corel with no luck on a
> demo.

It seems there *is* no demo.

from:

<http://graphicssoft.about.com/compute/graphicssoft/library/extra/blwh_p
ainter.htm>

'In 1999, MetaCreations divested itself of most of its graphics
products, including Painter, Painter Classic, and Painter 3D.
All products were since purchased by Corel.'

Painter comes in two flavours:

- Painter Classic, which basically is a kind of 'Painter Light'. This
has officially been discontinued since april 2000, but strangely enough
I still got it delivered with my Wacom Graphire tablet way after that.
Don't know if they still do that.

- Painter 6, the 'pro' version:

<http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=
Corel/GetToKnow/Index>

If you happen to run across a pre-6 verion of Painter, don't buy it,
unless it's dirt cheap. It had an interface from hell, and in Painter 6
they completely reworked it to make it much more in line with Photoshop
and such.


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beuh

notok

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May 1, 2001, 8:36:44 AM5/1/01
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"Marijn van der Waa" <w...@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
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Hey, thanks for confirming that. It was pretty much the answer I was coming
up with.


Carol Ott

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May 1, 2001, 8:41:59 AM5/1/01
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I use Painter 5 and will probably never upgrade. I love it. If you compare
it to Photoshop, I can see how maybe you'd be a little disappointed. But
it's not supposed to be a substitute for Photoshop.

If you can't find a demo of Painter, try Deep Paint instead. It crashed my
system a few times and I had to get rid of it. But a lot of people like it.

--Carol

http://home.earthlink.net/~csott
For your viewing pleasure.

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Technor

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May 1, 2001, 8:44:47 AM5/1/01
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Painter 6 was never available for demo. Painter 5 was for sometime though.
Hari.
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UltraWorx-

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May 1, 2001, 9:02:35 AM5/1/01
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"Carol Ott" <cs...@earthlink.net> wrote :

> If you can't find a demo of Painter, try Deep Paint instead. It crashed my
> system a few times and I had to get rid of it. But a lot of people like it.

Deep Paint put a horrible "E-Licence Control" "drive" on my pc, that is in
xplorer, I cant get it away without messing up Deep Paint :(

I hate silly programmers like that...


Hunter Elliott

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May 1, 2001, 9:09:35 AM5/1/01
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"notok" <alyssa...@start.com.au> wrote in message
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dunno about a demo, but Painter Classic comes bundled with most Wacom
tablets.


Marijn van der Waa

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May 1, 2001, 10:17:49 AM5/1/01
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Carol Ott <cs...@earthlink.net> wrote:

> "Marijn van der Waa" <w...@xs4all.nl> wrote:

> > If you happen to run across a pre-6 verion of Painter, don't buy it,
> > unless it's dirt cheap. It had an interface from hell, and in Painter 6
> > they completely reworked it to make it much more in line with Photoshop
> > and such.

> I use Painter 5 and will probably never upgrade. I love it. If you compare


> it to Photoshop, I can see how maybe you'd be a little disappointed.

Definitely a point. It does depend what you're used to. Several people I
know who work with Painter were used to the logic behind layers &
selections in PS - myself included - and they all had great problems
with Painter before version 6. Despite several attempts and a manual I
just could not get understand how all those droppers, movers and
floaters were really supposed to be manipulated.

Yet... I still maintain there was some seriously faulty thinking behind
the design of the interface :-)

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beuh

Carol Ott

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May 1, 2001, 7:01:34 PM5/1/01
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What's an "E-License Control" drive?

And I forgot to mention that the Deep Paint people kept blaming me for my
system crashes -- they were of no help. Funny how my system worked fine
before I installed their program, my system worked fine when I used any
other program without Deep Paint, and my system has worked fine after I
uninstalled Deep Paint. Hmmmmm.....funny how that works.

--Carol

http://home.earthlink.net/~csott
For your viewing pleasure.


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notok

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"Carol Ott" <cs...@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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> What's an "E-License Control" drive?
>
> And I forgot to mention that the Deep Paint people kept blaming me for my
> system crashes -- they were of no help. Funny how my system worked fine
> before I installed their program, my system worked fine when I used any
> other program without Deep Paint, and my system has worked fine after I
> uninstalled Deep Paint. Hmmmmm.....funny how that works.
>

Carol - I had the same problem with Deep Paint, it screwed my comp up
completely. That's why I thought I'd try Painter.


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