Press release:

New Corel® Cinco™ for Painter™ Lets Users Control Painter 12 with the iPad

Free Companion App Allows Artists to Focus on Their Work

Ottawa, ON – July 10, 2012

Corel today announced the release of Corel® Cinco™ for Painter™, a new companion app that gives users complete creative control of the Painter 12 desktop with an iPad. Cinco integrates seamlessly into the Painter user's workflow and allows them to work faster by quickly accessing their favorite and most used tools with the tap of a finger. Completely customizable, Corel Cinco can be calibrated to the best hand position where each finger represents a different tool, brush, media or command of the user's choice.

Focus on the Painting Experience with Corel Cinco

The hands-on companion app allows the Painter community to work in a fast and natural way by controlling Painter 12 with the iPad.

• Fits any Hand: Using either the left or right hand, the Cinco interface can be adjusted to the most comfortable hand and finger placement
• Integrates into Workflow: Seamlessly works alongside pen tablets while tapping commands on the iPad, so users can keep their eyes on their work
• Maps Customizable Buttons: Set up Cinco to work with multiple palettes, tools and commands including adding layers, pulling up the color wheel or undoing brushstrokes
• Securely Connects: Through a Wi-Fi connection, pair the desktop and iPad using an authentication code

"Artists want to spend as much time as they can focusing on their work and not on searching for brushes, buttons or obscure hot keys," said Andy Church, Senior Product Manager for Corel Painter. "What's exciting about Corel Cinco is its unique handiness. It aims to keep the focus on the art and maintain the creative flow. You no longer need to take your eyes off the art to make selections or changes to Painter."

App Availability

Corel Cinco for Painter is available as a free English iPad (iOS 5.0.1 and higher) app for a limited time only in selected Apple App Stores worldwide. Users will also need Painter 12.2 (Windows or Mac version) with the latest updates installed and an internet connection with Wi-Fi capabilities.

In North America, the full version of Corel Painter 12 is $429 (USD and CAD) and the upgrade is available for $229 (USD and CAD). Commercial and volume licenses are also available.

To download a free, fully-functional trial of Corel Painter 12, please visit www.corel.com/painter.

Media and Blogger Resources

For additional Corel Cinco and Painter™ 12 resources including reviewer's materials, images and videos, please visitwww.corel.com/newsroom and www.corel.com/painter12demogallery.

Meet the Painter Community

• Connect with Corel Painter on Facebook at www.facebook.com/corelpainter
• Follow our Twitter updates @CorelPainter
• Join the Painter Factory community at www.painterfactory.com

About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Corel Corporation offers some of the industry's most well-known software brands including Corel®, Roxio®, WinZip® and Pinnacle™. Our product portfolio includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel® PaintShop® Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, Pinnacle Studio™, Roxio Creator®, Roxio® Toast® and WinZip®. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.

Press release:

Free Update for Corel® Painter™ 12 Customers Adds New Artistic and Productivity Features

Update Provides New Flow Maps, Multi-touch Support for Wacom Intuos5 touch and Cintiq 24HD touch and Vertical Docking

Ottawa, ON – July 10, 2012

Corel today announced the release of the second free update for Corel® Painter™ 12, the world's most powerful digital art studio. Built with the creative needs of the Painter community in mind, Painter 12.2 offers progressive new art forms and allows users to keep their eyes on their art. With new flow maps, users have more control over how paint collects and dries within the peaks and valleys of the canvas. Multi-touch support for Wacom Intuos5 touch pen tablets and Cintiq 24HD touch interactive pen displays provides a direct way to manipulate the canvas, much like working with paper. Painter 12.2 also includes vertical docking, which gives more flexibility to users when they're choosing which position is most convenient to dock their palettes.

For Avid Painter Users, Painter 12.2 Further Enhances the Creative Experience

"The new flow map capabilities in Painter 12.2 have added a whole new dimension of artistic control that I frankly can't do anywhere else," said Painter Master, Skip Allen. "I am amazed by the paint flowing into my custom paper and flow map image ridges. Adding flow maps to real watercolor in Corel Painter 12.2 enhances the painting process and is so much fun to watch."

• New! Flow maps: Maximize the creative potential of the Real Watercolor and Real Wet Oil brushes by adding flow maps to help direct the flow of paint, producing less saturation at the peaks of textures and more saturation in the valleys
• New! Vertical docking: Dock palettes to the vertical edge of the application window by simply dragging and dropping
• New! Multi-touch support for Wacom Intuos5 touch pen tablets and Cintiq 24HD touch interactive pen displays: Perform movements such as panning, spinning and pinching, in order to work closely with the canvas and stay focused on the art instead of hunting for quick keys or buttons

"Emulating traditional media digitally is not just about the pen tool in your hand, but the paper, canvas or object you are working with," said Scott Rawlings, Vice President of Marketing for Wacom Technology Corp. "Together, Wacom and Corel continue to demonstrate their pioneering spirit by creating natural user interfaces that allow artists to use both hands interactively and feel totally connected to the creative process."

Availability

The free Corel Painter 12.2 update (Windows and Mac) is available in English, Japanese, German, French, Italian, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and Korean for Corel Painter 12 users. It can be downloaded from Corel's website atwww.corel.com/painter.

In North America, the full version of Corel Painter 12 is $429 (USD and CAD) and the upgrade is available for $229 (USD and CAD). Commercial and volume licenses are also available.

For more information about Corel Painter 12.2 and to download a free, fully-functional trial version, please visitwww.corel.com/painter.

Media and Blogger Resources

For additional Corel Painter 12 resources including reviewer's materials, images and videos, please visitwww.corel.com/newsroom/painter12 and www.corel.com/painter12demogallery.

Meet the Painter Community

• Connect with Corel Painter on Facebook at www.facebook.com/corelpainter
• Follow our Twitter updates @CorelPainter
• Join the Painter Factory community at www.painterfactory.com

About Corel

Corel is one of the world's top software companies with more than 100 million active users in over 75 countries. We develop software that helps people express their ideas and share their stories in more exciting, creative and persuasive ways. Through the years, we've built a reputation for delivering innovative, trusted products that are easy to learn and use, helping people achieve new levels of productivity. The industry has responded with hundreds of awards for software innovation, design and value.

Corel Corporation offers some of the industry's most well-known software brands including Corel®, Roxio®, WinZip® and Pinnacle™. Our product portfolio includes CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite, Corel® Painter™, Corel® PaintShop® Pro, Corel® VideoStudio®, Corel® WordPerfect® Office, Pinnacle Studio™, Roxio Creator®, Roxio® Toast® and WinZip®. For more information on Corel, please visit www.corel.com.