Chris Price has updated and enhanced his brush installer for Corel Painter, expanding compatibility to all versions of Corel Painter back to Painter 7 and adding support for Windows 64-bit users.

The Studio|chris Brush Manager is the new incarnation of the Studio|chris Brush Installer for Corel Painter X. Use the Brush Manager to install brushes to any version of Corel Painter quickly and easily with the integrated drag and drop install process.

You can learn more or install the Brush Manager from Chris's site.
• Goodbye Brush Installer – Hello Brush Manager
• Studio|chris Brush Manager for Corel Painter

On this site:
• Corel Painter Review
• Free Brushes and More for Corel Painter
• More Corel Painter User Resources

Today Corel released an important update for CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4. Service Pack 2 includes "expanded RAW camera support capabilities (including support for Nikon D90 and Canon EOS 1000D/50D), improved Drop Shadows functionality, and enhanced visual feedback for specific suite functions." To install the update, you can either use the auto-update function in the welcome screen of CorelDRAW, or download it directly from Corel at the link below. For more information on CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Service Pack 2, see the release notes.
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Service Pack 2

On this site:
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X4 Review
• CorelDRAW Graphics Suite User Resources

Download free custom shapes for Photoshop and Photoshop Elements by Shelby Kate Schmitz. This collection includes 190 circular border custom shape designs in 6 sets.
• Free Circular Border Shapes for Photoshop and Elements

This week, we leave normal behind and dissolve into the world of Blend Modes. Whether you lighten or darken, dodge or burn, experiment and try something new with blending modes. Take the image of your choice and transform it with the magic of blend modes. New to blend modes? See my illustrated tutorial on blending modes. Read more...