Adobe Fresco vs Corel Painter
Adobe Fresco
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| Figure | Adobe Fresco | Corel Painter |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | — | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Digital Painting Software | 8.5 (#7) | 7.8 (#20) |
| Purpose | Adobe Fresco is a drawing and painting app built for stylus and touch devices. | Painter is professional digital art software for sketching, painting, illustration, and photo-art. |
Plans
Adobe Fresco
- Adobe FrescoPrice not published
- Adobe FrescoPriced on request
- Adobe Fresco Single App (Free)Free
Corel Painter
- 30-day SubscriptionPrice not published
- 365-day SubscriptionPrice not published
In their own words
Adobe Fresco
Adobe Fresco is a free drawing and painting app for stylus and touch devices. It offers pixel, vector, watercolor, and oil live brushes, plus frame-by-frame animation and motion paths. Artwork can use unlimited layers. Adobe lists support for iPad, iPhone, Windows devices with Intel, Nvidia, or AMD processors, and specified Surface ARM devices. Fresco work can move into Photoshop and sync as a Creative Cloud document. When connected, artwork syncs automatically to Adobe Creative Cloud; offline documents remain local and sync after reconnection. Publish & Export or Quick Export can send artwork to Dropbox or other cloud storage. The free plan includes 5 GB of cloud storage, while a paid Fresco plus Photoshop on iPad plan includes 100 GB. Adobe says paid upgrades add premium Adobe Fonts and more storage. Fresco is available on iOS and Windows, with desktop and mobile apps.
Corel Painter
Corel Painter has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.