Professional digital art software for Windows

Painter 2022. Anything but ordinary.
Create next-level results with trusted, professional digital art software. Sketch, paint, illustrate and produce unparalleled photo-art with hundreds of impeccably realistic artist-created brushes, superior blending, and an array of versatile art tools.

Experience brushes with greatness!
We’ve got your canvas covered with every brush and media type possible. Craft your masterpiece with stunning reality using renowned dry, wet, and blending media.

Compatibility

Photoshop
Preserve file content with ease when transferring files between Photoshop and Painter.

Drawing tablet
Support for stylus tilt, rotation, bearing & pressure control creates the most natural painting experience.

Mac or PC
Whether you’re a Mac or PC person, we support both platforms with licensing and subscription options to suit you.

Your art. Your way.
Professional painting software built by artists for artists to create and develop their signature style.

Illustration
Bring ideas to life for published materials, fantasy art, films, games and manufacturing using the most diverse digital art software.

Fine Art
The mixture of realistic natural media and unique Painter artistic tools offer the freedom to create amazing end results no matter what the subject matter.

Photo Art
Use artificial intelligence to jump start the painting process. Next, use Auto-Painting and cloning tools to masterfully paint images and produce stunning keepsakes or sellable works of art.

Concept Art
Take advantage of Painter's versatility to quickly develop concepts for films, games and manufacturing and create environments, creatures and vehicles that inspire.

Composition
Brush controls
Modify brush size, shape, angle, flow and so much more with in-depth brush control panels

Canvas control
Pan, zoom, rotate and apply lighting and surface texture with ease

Color mixing
Use the Color Wheel, Mixer, Color Sets and Harmonies to craft the perfect color palette

Composition tools
Establish appealing compositions using Divine Proportion, Layout Grid, Perspective Guides and Mirror Painting tools

Unique content
Enhance your artwork by using Papers, Flow Maps, Patterns, Textures, Gradients, Nozzles, Looks, Weaves, Images and Selections.

Unparalleled Photo Art
Stylize any image or photo using artificial intelligence and easily transform photos into paintings with powerful auto-painting and cloning tools.

Workflow
Customization
Create custom brushes, palettes and workspace layouts plus import custom content from others

Performance
Run the enhanced Brush Accelerator, which makes the most of your computer’s hardware and graphics card, to deliver the best possible painting experience with one click.

Wacom compatibility
Painter and Wacom are built to work together and take advantage of stylus pressure, tilt, bearing & rotation.

Apple support
Improve your overall Mac workflow in big ways with Touch Bar, Trackpad, Sidecar, Apple Pencil tilt, Core ML and M1 with Rosetta 2 support.

What’s new in Painter 2022?

Stamp-type brush customization
These popular brushes have received a versatility overhaul. Change shape, edge effects, rotation, squeeze and anti-aliasing plus, create, add, import, export, organize and export dabs in record time!

Watercolor brushes and workflow
New Watercolor compatible brushes and workflow optimize the painting experience. Paint with dry media types on Watercolor layers to achieve new and exciting mixed-media looks.

Brush library experience
Reap the benefits of a refined brush library. Enjoy new categories, variants and brush previews plus, now you can easily find, filter and favorite beloved brushes for easy access from the Brush Selector.

Brush size selector
Choosing brush size has never been so speedy and visual. Just open up the Size Library and add, reorder, delete and change size preview to accommodate your workflow.

User requested enhancements
After reviewing your valuable feedback, we have made many layer workflow and other enhancements to boost your productivity.

FASTEST version yet!
Run the Brush Accelerator and enjoy huge GPU, Multicore & AVX2 speed gains of new and enhanced cover method brushes along with a boost in several other brush engines.