corel painter 11 vs painter x

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I have two ? How is it you can purchase corel painter 11 on amazon for under $ 100. and if you purchase from corel it sells for $400. ? It seems like the same thing at amazon and it say's new ($49. used). My other ? is . If you had to choose just one , which would it be and why . painter 11 or X ?

 

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I have two ? How is it you can purchase corel painter 11 on amazon for under $ 100. and if you purchase from corel it sells for $400. ? It seems like the same thing at amazon and it say's new ($49. used). My other ? is . If you had to choose just one , which would it be and why . painter 11 or X ?

Don't know for sure, but my inclination is to think the low price is for an upgrade from previous versions.

On the second question: I have Painter X, and it works fine. I'm not interested in any new version of Painter unless and until they re-code it to:

1. Be more stable
2. Make better use of multiple processors
3. Improve stroke rendering speed
4. Boost layer handling abilities (right now, more layers = way slower)

In addition, I'm sure I'm not using Painter X to it's full potential right now, so there's little need for me to upgrade. There's a lot to the program right now, and I wonder how much more added "features" will slow it down even more.

That's my free advice. Remember what you paid for it.