Mac|Life Honors Corel Painter X with Editors’ Choice Award

Corel Corporation (NASDAQ:CREL; TSX:CRE) today announced that Corel® Painter™ X has been recognized with another Editors’ Choice Award from Mac|Life magazine (www.maclife.com). Mac|Life also gives the software its “Great” rating and states, “...Painter is the longtime king of the digital painting kingdom.”

“Corel is honored that Mac|Life magazine has once again recognized Corel Painter X as the pre-eminent natural painting software,” says Rick Champagne, Product Manager for Corel Painter. “Corel Painter X is the only professional application that was built from the ground up as a digital art studio. Leveraging the power of the new Intel Macs, Corel Painter X offers new features including the RealBristle painting system, improved Photo-Painting Palettes, and the Divine Proportion tool that enable artists and photographers to take their creative expression to new levels!”

Mac|Life product reviewer David Biedny praises Corel Painter X stating, “Some newly added tricks, along with the speed enhancements, help this X mark its spot as a must-have digital artistry tool.”

Delivering the next-generation art studio, Corel Painter X blurs the line between traditional and digital art like never before. Working closely with professionals including entertainment artists, commercial designers and photographers, the Corel Painter team explored the relationship between the artist’s hand and the canvas. As a result, Corel Painter X sets the standard with the introduction of unparalleled performance, new composition tools and the revolutionary RealBristle™ Painting System that provides an organic painting and illustration experience – right down to the individual bristles on the brush.

Designed for Macintosh and Windows, Corel Painter X is offered in a full version, upgrade version and Limited Edition Painter Can. Suggested retail pricing for Corel Painter X in the US is $429 for full and $229 for upgrade. The Limited Edition Painter Can is available for $499 US.

For more information about Corel Painter X or to download the full-featured trial version, please visit www.corel.com/painterx.