Creating paint effects from photographs by automatically applying paint strokes

Creating paint blenders, diffusers and distorters brushes.

Working with photos to create painterly effects with depth.

CreativeMac review: "The bottom line: This is the best upgrade to Painter that I can recall, " David Nagel.

Summary: Dave Nagel: Painter Essentials 3 easily exceeds my expectations for a consumer-level painting application. It has the power of the brushes built on top of the Painter engine; it has fantastic cloning and automatic painting features; and it pe...

Offers paint patches and creator code droplets downloads.

A little, trick using one of the Studio Artist presets to create a QuickTime movie that uses a liquid drip effect to transition to another image.