Corel Painter Essentials 7 Fails In An Epic Way

A long time ago, the divide between good and great photo editing products was easy to distinguish. Adobe has had a monopoly on excellence for several years, and the release of Corel Painter Essentials 7 won’t change that.

Beginner-friendly photo editing products can be found everywhere, with rivals like GIMP remaining the most popular free program. Corel released Essentials as a beginner-friendly version of their full photo editing suite. Unfortunately, the lite version strips out more features than the value can stand.

Install

There are few things in life that invoke grown adults to throw a fit. One of those things is the install of Corel Painter Essentials 7. Although it is impossible to predict how the software will install on every setup, the failure of this program is consistent enough to warrant a mention.

This specific install issue seems to be isolated to Windows desktops, so Mac users will have no trouble. The program itself is small, and on a quad-core CPU should be installed in minutes. It’s just under 2GB and will fit comfortably on any flash drive with virtual operating systems.

The key here is getting it to install on Windows — period. Sometimes it will stall, and other times the program will refuse to start. The end result is multiple…