Painting without brushes, pencil or spatula? I was quite skeptical. Then I bought Painter 12 me two years ago and was very surprised about the possibilities quite realistic almost every style of painting digitally recreate. In order I have to get it even better then very quickly from "wacom" the pen tablet "Intuos 5 touch" bought me. As a painter now x3 came out I have little hesitation, because now I have bought myself a very powerful laptop from ASUS and Windows 8.1 were the Painter 12 from time to time minor problems. But not as x3 with the new version. Particularly auffälig For me, how fast now runs everything. Those who value the fact that his paintings particularly "realistic" works, which finds some new options that make me very reminiscent of the corresponding music. Adjustable "random variations" make the digital painting "human" (as "faulty") I do not want to leave me on here about the many different ways that you can well read in the production description of Corel. In Internet also find very nice small movies with practical tips and good explanations, because one should be a clear, this program has a lot of functions. Nevertheless, one can also as newcomers very quickly (without a lot of reading) achieve great results. Anyone who wants to can leave his masterpiece created also "print" example in XXL Posters on canvas. The result is almost indistinguishable from a painted on canvas image.