I just installed it and did a quick test drive; on my system it seems faster than 2023.
Honestly, after taking 2024 for a test drive for the past few days, I don't this is a worthwhile upgrade. I thought the new painterly brushes were a big deal until I actually tried to do some serious artwork with them. They are severely limited compared to Painter 2023, and not really customizable. Then there is the issue of the static, non-rotating canvas in CorelDraw--what a pain in the *** when trying to add detail with a Wacom tablet. The only thing that makes me feel not so bad about going ahead and paying for it is the $99 USD yearly fee that I'm grandfathered into.
I have the last perpetual version that came with the upgrade assurance program, 2023, and it worked just fine with what I use it for. Only thing is, I know if I cancel my subscription, I will no longer be eligible for that cheap $99 subscription rate. I definitely can't justify paying $260 USD for this application. I could probably get by with Affinity for what I do, for cheap.
The new Painterly brushes have no use for me at all.
I plan on next week trying the draw to perspective to see how it functions in my work flow.
I am not a big fan of conceptual drawings, it's double the work for no gain. However if true mechanical drawings can be applied to a perspective drawing then it would be interesting. If I could design to the CAD elevations and apply the mechanical drawing to a perspective drawing for the had of thinking it might be handy.
It sounds like you are doing serious mechanical drawings similar to what I did in AutoCAD and Autodesk Inventor before I retired as a production engineer at a large cabinet and fixtures company. These days, I'm only doing artwork, some of it semi-realistic, some entirely abstract to please myself. I also still design logos, restaurant menus, sales brochures, etc. for some of the local businesses in my small town. Having said that, I do sell quite a bit of my art as prints. I have a printer capable of printing on canvas or art paper up to 42 inches wide by however long I desire.
That's why the painterly brushes had me excited at first, as they would any digital artist, until I ran up against the limitations. The brushes are obviously intended for conceptual work, though. I can do that better by drawing vectors in Draw but the final product in Painter.
I never know what's coming, for stuff we manufacture I do detailed mechanical drawings and conceptual drawings.
For general commercial signs we simply do size and scaling to the building. Then in general a wholesale manufacturer builds and delivers the cabinet. It saves the end user big dollars as we don't have the conceptual drawing phase. The wholesale manufacturers can provide a sign for the cost we would spend on parts.
The government only cares about U.L. certification and compliance with government regulations. The client in general for commercial work cares about cost. If a client wants to know what it looks like at a specific angle then we tell them how much we'll bill them. In 98% of the cases that ends that discussion.