By Shutterbug Staff

April 9, 2008 — Corel Corporation (NASDAQ: CREL; TSX: CRE), a leading developer of graphics, productivity and digital media software, today announced that it has launched The Painter Factory (www.painterfactory.com), a new online community open to all Corel Painter artists and enthusiasts. This global community site is the newest in a series that Corel is launching to support its various user communities.

Through The Painter Factory, artists, designers, and photographers can share their ideas and projects, find solutions to design challenges, and provide feedback on Painter to the product's design, development and marketing teams. The site provides members with a centralized location where they can access community news, participate in discussions in the Painter Discussion section and download content from the Painter Resources area. In addition, members can learn from some of Corel's Painter Masters by reading their blogs on the site or viewing their latest works on the Factory Wall.

Corel Painter X is a powerful natural media painting and illustration software, delivering a next-generation art studio that blurs the line between traditional and digital art like never before. Working closely with photographers and other design professionals, the Painter X team explored the relationship between the artist's hand and the canvas. As a result, Corel Painter X has become the industry standard for digital painting and illustration, with the introduction of unparalleled performance, new composition tools and the revolutionary RealBristle Painting System.

For more information about Corel Painter X or to download the full-featured trial version, please visit www.corel.com/painterx.