By Cher Threinen-Pendarvis

In this tutorial, Painter Master Cher Pendarvis shows you the basics of Painter Essentials – the easy-to-use digital painting program. You will learn about:

  • Using auto-painting to create art quickly and easily from a photograph
  • Touching up an auto-painting
  • Cloning colors from the source image
  • Using different photo painting brushes

Thanks for watching! We hope you found this tutorial helpful and we would love to hear your feedback in the Comments section below. And don’t forget to visit our social media pages and show us what you’ve learned by sharing your photos, videos and creative projects with us.

See what’s new in Painter Essentials 8!

Download your FREE 15-day trial and start your creative journey with easy-to-learn tools, AI-based photo art and a huge selection of brushes for all styles of art. Try it today and paint something great!

See what’s new in Painter Essentials 8!

Download your FREE 15-day trial and start your creative journey with easy-to-learn tools, AI-based photo art and a huge selection of brushes for all styles of art. Try it today and paint something great!

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  1. Chuck Caramella says

    I am using the Trial version of Painter Essentials 8 coming in from extensive PS CC experience.. How about some really basic direction like “how to open a jpeg image”. It might be here – but I am not finding it.

    • gilliandarby says

      Hi Chuck,

      Thanks for your feedback. Here are 3 ways you can open an image (such as a JPG file) in Painter Essentials:
      1. File > Open and browse to the location where you’ve stored the image on your computer.
      2. On the Documents tab of the Welcome Screen that first appears when you launch Painter Essentials, click the Open Document button and browse to the location where you’ve stored the image on your computer.
      3. And if you are using the photo painting panel, click the Browse button and browse to the location where you’ve stored the image on your computer.

      Hope this helps!
      The Discovery Center team

  2. Jarred Tito says

    Hi. This is a question for Essentials 7. Perhaps the solution is the same as essentials 8?
    I am using Corel painter essentials 7 and cannot use the email function. Every time I try to email a painting a pop up massage tells me that my email hasn’t been set up. I have purchased and registered my software. How can I connect my email address to to painter essentials 7?
    I also cannot convert my paintings to a jpeg or any other format when I save as. Can you help?
    Thanks

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