Here's the top of the crash log and I suspect there is a clue here.
PID: 7822
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000004
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 Dispatch12 0x017f2504 0x17f2000 + 1284
1 Dispatch12 0x017f2e48 0x17f2000 + 3656
2 Dispatch12 0x017f2b34 0x17f2000 + 2868
3 Dispatch12 0x017f3048 0x17f2000 + 4168
4 Corel Painter IX 0x014b988c DoPlugIn__FP11sPluginInfosPvPlPs + 172
5 Corel Painter IX 0x014b72ec ExecutePSAcquirePlugin__FP11sPluginInfobP10sImageInfoPb + 556
6 Corel Painter IX 0x014b649c DoAcquire__9TPSPluginFRP6canvas + 1004
7 Corel Painter IX 0x010177b4 invoke_plugin__FsssPPc + 212
8 Corel Painter IX 0x0115cd40 0x1008000 + 1396032
9 Corel Painter IX 0x011f1de4 execute_menu_command__FP15menu_table_itemssP11palette_obj + 132
10 Corel Painter IX 0x010c5054 do_menu__FlsP11palette_obj + 100
11 Corel Painter IX 0x01234f0c do_mouse_down__FP11EventRecordb + 332
12 Corel Painter IX 0x01583d28 Dispatch__14MainDispatcherF11EventRecordP15IdleStateParams + 2008
13 Corel Painter IX 0x012360ec main_loop__Fb + 300
14 Corel Painter IX 0x01239b1c main + 60
PID: 7822
Thread: 0
Exception: EXC_BAD_ACCESS (0x0001)
Codes: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE (0x0002) at 0x00000004
Thread 0 Crashed:
0 Dispatch12 0x017f2504 0x17f2000 + 1284
1 Dispatch12 0x017f2e48 0x17f2000 + 3656
2 Dispatch12 0x017f2b34 0x17f2000 + 2868
3 Dispatch12 0x017f3048 0x17f2000 + 4168
4 Corel Painter IX 0x014b988c DoPlugIn__FP11sPluginInfosPvPlPs + 172
5 Corel Painter IX 0x014b72ec ExecutePSAcquirePlugin__FP11sPluginInfobP10sImageInfoPb + 556
6 Corel Painter IX 0x014b649c DoAcquire__9TPSPluginFRP6canvas + 1004
7 Corel Painter IX 0x010177b4 invoke_plugin__FsssPPc + 212
8 Corel Painter IX 0x0115cd40 0x1008000 + 1396032
9 Corel Painter IX 0x011f1de4 execute_menu_command__FP15menu_table_itemssP11palette_obj + 132
10 Corel Painter IX 0x010c5054 do_menu__FlsP11palette_obj + 100
11 Corel Painter IX 0x01234f0c do_mouse_down__FP11EventRecordb + 332
12 Corel Painter IX 0x01583d28 Dispatch__14MainDispatcherF11EventRecordP15IdleStateParams + 2008
13 Corel Painter IX 0x012360ec main_loop__Fb + 300
14 Corel Painter IX 0x01239b1c main + 60