First, I want to say I finally updated to Painter 11 on my new Windows 7 64bit system (Painter 9.5 wouldn’t work on it).
I was hesitant to do so because of all the problems I’d heard. I must say, however, that so far it’s running very well for me. I see no excessive CPU usage as others have mentioned. Also, it seems very stable. It’s only crashed once in three days of use.
One thing that I’m finding annoying is that some of my favorite brushes are behaving quite differently than they did in V9.5.
For instance the “Just Add Water” blender tool does not blend nearly as much as before even at 100% opacity.
Also the “Round Camelhair” oil brush doesn’t blend into the under layer of oil when I apply a new stroke on top. (I do have “Pick up Underlying Color” checked). By adjusting the opacity it seems to go from almost no pigment being applied to a solid opaque stroke with no transition in between, so there’s little or no blend of the brush stroke with the underlying tone.
Has anyone else noticed these changes? I’d sure like to find a way to readjust these brushes to what they were like before. I really enjoyed and got used to the brush behavior before and can’t find any other brushes that duplicate them.
I’d appreciate any help,
pg