Procreate Knockout and Photo-Paint 1

[FreshJava]

Ever since Corel Aquired procreate, I thought that they would incorporate the masking capabilities into photo-paint. Can some one, that has purhased corel graphic suite 11, tell me if the abilities that are found in knock out part of photo-paint. i.e. the ability to mask hair, smoke, glass, and water. That alone would make the upgrade worth it, to me.

 

[rwam]

The quick answer to this is no. There is however a new "masking" tool called cut-out. While it is much quicker than the convential mask tool, it does not have the robustness (is that a word) of Knock-Out.

 

[FreshJava]

Thanks for the answer. I was beggining to think this would be one of those threads that never get answered.
I have to say though, I'm a little dissapointed. I am sure Corel planned it that way to be able to sale both products at a premium price. So can someone with personal experience tell me if V11 is worth the upgrade from V9, or should I save my pennies and get knock out instead.

 

[tjd]

I find the cutout works ok, you just have to play with the parameters a bit to get used to it and get the best out of it. There is an Enhance plugin called MaskPro, which works well with photopaint. But of course, corel still wants to sell Knockout, so there you go! Oops! I've joined a club that'll have me as a member?