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Before you read this rather long document, if you already know about Painters Bru
sh File Structure,
you may want to skip to the bottom part, How Does Painter 12.1 Fit In. Also, you
may want to know
that I have converted the complete document to a PDF which is available for you
to download.
Brush Management for Painter 12.1 PDF (http://skipsart.com/BlogLinks/Brush Manag
ement for
Painter 12-1.pdf) (if the link expires, please let me know through a comment bel
ow...Thanks)
In this document, I hope to explain a bit about Painter Brushes and how they wor
k in Painter. I will talk
about setting up brush libraries and how to install brushes. I have previously p
rovided a video, Brush
Libraries and Installing Brushes, but it was based on the original release of Pa
inter 12 and Painter 12
with the SP-1 Patch. If you have upgraded to Painter 12.1, and you should, you w
ill find that brush
management has changed drastically and is vastly improved. I know, strong words,
and I truly believe
they are the best descriptors for the new way to manage your brushes. If you dec
ide to stay with the
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To get started, we need to understand where Painter saves its default brushes an
d where it saves any
customization that you make to your brushes. Painter uses two different places t
o store information
about brushes.
When you install Painter, it places its default brushes into an area that I call
the Application Area or
Path. I am not sure if this is a standard term or not, but it works to help keep
the two paths Painter uses
separate in my mind. After installation, if you make any changes to a brush, Pai
nter places that
information into the User Area or Path. In both places the names of the files ar
e the same, which is why
it becomes confusing. Lets take a look at each.
Application Path
Windows:
(http://rightclickpainter.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/001-windows-applicationpath.jpg)
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MAC:
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User Path
Vista and Windows 7 (http://rightclickpainter.files.wordpress.com/2012/02
/003-windowsv-7-user.jpg)
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Windows XP
(http://rightclickpainter.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/004-windows-xp-user.jpg)
Windows hides files. If you cannot find AppData (Windows 7 or Vista) or Applicat
ion Data (Windows
XP) you will need to unhide the files. To unhide files:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Go to your start menu and open Control Panel.
At the top of the Control Panel click on the Tools Menu > Folder Options
In the Folder Options Window, click on the View Tab
Look down about half way and you will see Hidden Files and Folders
Select Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drivers. Select OK and you will be able to
see your hidden
drives.
MAC
(http://rightclickpainter.files.wordpress.com/2012/02/005-mac-user.jpg)
I do not have a MAC, but a friend told me that the user files are hidden in the
Lion OS like they are
hidden in Windows. To get to this path you need to:
Go to you Finder Menu Bar and select Go > Go to Folder > in the dialog box that
opens write ~/Library;
then click go and that will show hidden folders. Now you can follow the first pa
th described and select
Application Support > Corel > Painter 12 > Default or Workspace name > Brushes >
Painter 12 Brushes.
I am also told that if you right-click on the Corel Folder and select Make Alias
from the drop down
menu, you can then drag the Alias to your sidebar on the left under Favorites. T
hat will allow you to go
directly to the Corel Folder without having to open your hidden files every time
. If these instructions do
not work, it would be best to contact MAC Support.
In all four User Paths, we end with a library called Painter 12 Brushes, which i
s the same name of the
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library in the Applications Path. Both Painter 12 Brushes folders are Painters de
fault libraries. Why do
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we need two libraries
with the same name?
How does each library
function? Could we
make this any more
confusing? You betcha!
What is a Brush Library and How Does It Work
A brush library is simply a folder that contains brush categories and companion
JPEGs. Interestingly,
Painter 12 Brush library is placed in the Application Path when Painter is first
installed and that is the
last time Painter will write brush information to the Application Area. From thi
s point on, Painter will
only write to the libraries in the User Area. That is correct, the Application A
rea is considered a
protected area and the program will not write or save any brushes in the Applica
tion Area. Instead it
saves new information about variants to the User Area. In other words, once you
use a variant and
change something as simple as the size of the brush, Painter holds that informat
ion in memory, and
when you close Painter the information is stored in the User Area in the duplica
te library and the
duplicate brush category.
Specifically, if you change the size of Acrylic > Bristle Brush, Painter holds t
his information in memory
until you close Painter. At that time it writes a file in Your User Path...Paint
er 12 Brushes(Painters
Default Library) > Acrylics (Brush Category Folder), that looks like this c_bris
tlebrush.xml.
OK, drum roll please, here is what actually happens when you want to use the Acr
ylic > Bristle Brush.
The program first looks in the User Area for c_bristlebrush.xml. If one is found
, all the necessary
information to construct the brush is located in the XML file including the chan
ges you made to the
brush when you last used it. But if there isnt a c_bristlebrush.xml, then Painter
follows the Application
Path and finds the default setting for the brush and constructs the brush varian
t accordingly. To recap,
Painter writes all change information to the User Path and looks there first for
the necessary information
to build the brush, but if it isnt found, Painter looks to the Application area f
or the information.
Painter writes and looks for the change information automatically; you dont have
to do anything to
help. But there is more information we need to process. I have mentioned Brush L
ibraries and XML
files, and I have talked about brush category folders among other things. So wha
t are Brush Categories,
Brush Variants, and Companion JPEGs?
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What Are Brush Categories, Companion JPEGs, and Brush
Variants
At this point, we know that Brush Categories live inside of the Brush Library fo
lder. We find Brush
Variants inside of Brush Categories. In both the Applications Path and the User
Path we have Brushes >
Brush Library folder > Brush Category folder > Brush Variant files. I like to th
ink of the Brush folder as
a city. Inside the city we have Libraries (Brush Libraries); inside the Library
we have Stacks (Brush
Category); inside a Stack are Books (Brush Variants).
Along with Brush Categories, I have mentioned Companion JPEGs. These can be foun
d in the Brush
Library, too: Brushes > Brush Library Folder > Companion.jpg file. If you can re
member the last time
you were in a library (it has been years for me), you may remember that at the e
nd of each stack is an
identification plate that tells you what is located in the stack. That is the jo
b of the Companion JPEG.
Painter looks for the Companion JPEG and uses it for the Icon on the Brush Selec
tor Bar to identify the
Brush Category. Without that JPEG, the Brush Category cannot be displayed.
OK, we know what the Companion JPEG is for, but what about the Brush Category fo
lder; what does it
do? The Brush Category Folder, or as I have called it, the stack, contains all t
he brush variant
information, or in my metaphor, all the books. For the moment, lets limit the con
versation to just the
Default Brush Categories found under Painter 12 Brushes in the Application Area.
Remember, these are
the ones written at the time of installation and never changed. Each Brush Categ
ory has 3 or 4 files that
concern a particular variant.
The files are NIB, STK, JPEG, and XML files. Specifically NIB files concern the
nib shape of the brush
variant; STK files are about the stroke; JPEG files create the dab; XML files co
ntain all the information
required to construct the brush. XML files are by far the most important because
the information in the
other three files is contained in the XML file, too. If I wanted to share a brus
h variant with you, all I
need to give you is the XML file. All you need to do is place the XML file into
the Brush Category of
your choice and voil, it will appear in that category the next time you open pain
ter. However, it will
not show the stoke it creates in the Stroke Preview box or the nib type, etc. Gu
ess what, if you go to
Brushes > Save Variant and save the variant as itself, then the NIB, STK, and JE
PG files will be written
from the XML file and the Stroke Preview, etc. will be populated. It is importan
t to note, that only Dab
Types that are captured will have a JPEG file. All other variants will have a NI
B, STK, and XML file
only.
We have been talking about what is in the Default Brush Library and the Brush Ca
tegory in the
Application Path. What about the same named files in the User Path? There are di
fferences. First, the
Default Brush Library in the User Path contains Brush Categories but no JPEGs. A
nd second, the Brush
Categories contain only c_brushname.xml files, the change files we mentioned ear
lier. Remember this is
the User Area and Painter writes the changes we make here. There is no need to h
ave the Companion
JPEGs here because they are in the Default Library in the Application area. Agai
n, Painter first looks at
the User Area to build the brush; if it needs more information, it looks at the
Application Area. So far,
we discussed default Libraries, Categories, and Variants. Do custom Library, Cat
egory and Variants
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Is There a Difference between Default and Custom
Libraries, Categories, and Variants?
Conceptually the default and custom libraries, categories, and variants are the
same thing. A library,
custom or otherwise, is still a folder placed after Brushes in the path. A Categ
ory Brush Folder with a
Companion JPEG is still placed in the library folder and both are needed for Pai
nter to recognize the
Brush Category. And Brush Variants regardless of type still have 3 or 4 files wi
th extensions of NIB,
STK, JPG, and XML. There are a few basic distinctions:
1. The default library, categories, and variants are included and installed by P
ainter in the Application
Area regardless of operating system.
2. Custom libraries, categories, and variants created by the user are placed by
Painter into the User
Area.
3. Libraries, categories and variants in the Application Area can be seen from a
ny Painter Workspace,
but those placed in the Custom Area can be seen only by a the specific workspace
in the User Path.
Remember that part of the path that said Default or Workspace Name? (Dont worry a
bout this now;
we will get to it later.)
Is that all there is to it? Yes, that is about it, at least as far as Painter is
concerned. Painter installs default
brush stuff into the Application Area, or if the user makes some brush stuff, Pa
inter places it into the
User Area. However, if the user has administrative rights, which allows s/he acc
ess to the Application
Area, then the user can also place brush stuff in the Application Area. What?
OK, lets consider what we did before Painter 12.1. We could make brush stuff like
capture a category
and save a variant using Painter. But if we wanted to install a brush set made b
y someone else, we had
to follow the Application Path or the User Path and place the Brush Category Fol
der and the
Companion JPEG in the proper folder. This seemingly simple task tripped many use
rs and caused
many headaches. With Painter 12.1, everything got so much easier. More about tha
t later, lets continue
talking about all this brush stuff prior to 12.1.
Painters choices are fixed; it installs default stuff to the Application area and
custom stuff to the User
area, but the user can pretty much do what s/he pleases including totally screwi
ng up Painter by
making unfortunate choices. Over the past few years, I have looked at many folks
file structures and,
trust me, been flabbergasted. I have seen RIFF file paintings, PDFs, PSDs, and a
s the document title
implies, videos, to name a few, inside of brush category folders or brush librar
ies in both the Application
Area and User Area. Oh stop snickering; I have seen this phenomenon with the mos
t experienced users,
too. Accidents can happen and for the most part none of us need to be messing ar
ound in Painters guts
in my opinion.
Prior to 12.1, we didnt have a choice; we had to mess around with Painters guts. T
o install custom
brushes from someone else, we had to place them in one of the paths described, b
ut which one?
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Application Area or User Area, Which is Best
Which is best indeed? This argument has raged for years among those who care, an
d I am not one of
those who care. Well, maybe I care just a bit; I did write this epistle didnt I?
Both areas have their pros and cons. But the most important element to consider
is how Painter looks at
both areas. At this point I need to interject a new term, Workspace.
Workspaces
When you open Painter, the stuff that you see, document window, tool box, panels
, custom palettes, etc.,
comprises the workspace. When you open Painter the very first time, you open the
factory default
workspace. As you add custom palettes or open certain panels or arrange the stuf
f on the workspace,
Painter remembers the changes and opens the workspace as it appeared the last ti
me you closed. You
are still working in the Default workspace, but it is a customized default works
pace. If you have to
re-install painter, or use a Shift-Start, you will lose the changes to the custo
mized default workspace and
be returned to the factory default workspace. Bummer!
This loss of your workspace heartache can be avoided if you simply export (save) y
our workspace to
your desktop, in your documents, or anywhere you like as long as it isnt in the A
pplication or User
Areas. To do this:
1. Go to Window > Workspace > Export
2. In the Export Window, navigate to where you want to save the workspace, name
the workspace and
select save. The workspace is saved and renamed in Painter.
If you need to install Painter again, or do a Shift-Start to the factory default
, all your need to do to get
your workspace back is to import your saved workspace. All your custom stuff wil
l return with the
workspace. One caveat, you only get back data from the saved date. In other word
s, if you exported
your workspace once and several months later you need to import it...all the cus
tom stuff made during
those several months will be lost. It is a very good idea to save your workspace
frequently or at least
every time you make any significant custom additions. I know, I hear you...what
does this have to do
with brushes.
And Which is best, Application or User Area
Remember in the User Path, a section reads like this: Corel > Painter 12 > Defau
lt or the name of your
workspace > Brushes. In the User Path, the workspace comes before any of the cus
tom stuff, which
means that the custom stuff is workspace specific. If I make a custom Brush Cate
gory in Workspace 1, it
will not show up in Workspace 2...or any other workspace I have for that matter.
However, if the custom brush category is placed in the Application Area, it will
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workspaces. And probably of more interest, this custom brush information is not
replaced when
you
reinstall Painter or do a Shift-Start. It appears that the Application Area woul
d be the best choice, but
hold on; I do not think it is the best solution.
I think you need to make a custom workspace and save it frequently. After all, y
ou do want to save
your other custom stuff from reinstallation or Shift-Start. Plus, custom brush s
tuff I make with Painter
will be written to the User area anyway. If I want to keep it in the Application
area, I will need to move
the new information from the user area to the application area daily or often. I
t would be a nightmare to
keep up with this stuff.
It is simpler to follow Painters lead and leave the Application area as a read on
ly area and use the User
area for custom stuff. Besides, with Painter 12.1 passing brushes around will be
so much easier.
Once again I hear you grumbling. I know, I had that video showing how to load br
ushes into Painter 12
and I told you to load them into the Application Area. The devil made me do it;
honest. Seriously, there
was a bug in the first version of Painter 12 that wouldnt allow you to place brus
h libraries in the User
Area. So we had to use the Application area until the Developers fixed the probl
em. By the way, their
solution is beautiful and elegant...more on that later.
Quick Review of Material
The following are the main points we have covered:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Identified the Application Path/Area for the PC and MAC
Identified the User Path/Area for the PC and MAC
Studied how to unhide files in the PC and the MAC (Lion OS)
Learned what a Brush Library, Brush Category, and a Companion JPEG are and how t
hey are used.
Discovered the difference between Default Libraries, Brush Categories and Compan
ion JPEGs and
Custom Libraries, Brush Categories, and Companion JPEGs.
6. Learned a bit about workspaces and how to export them
7. Decided that installing brushes into the User Area was best. OK...I decided t
hat, but it is the right
decision.
How does Painter 12.1 Fit In
Basically, you can still manually install brushes into painter 12.1 the same way
you have always
installed brushes in previous versions. You still have a choice to manually inst
all them in the
Application area or the User area. But with Painter 12.1, you also have the opti
on to automatically
install them, which is so easy and a vast improvement over the manual way.
There is one caveat, if we are talking about older brushes, lets say my Cool Spri
ng set of brushes, then I
or someone has to manually install them into painter. Once done, I can export th
em as a brush category
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and provide anyone with that file. The file will look like this Cool Spring.brus
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forward, brush variants, brush categories and brush libraries created in Painter
12.1 will be exported as a
single file. In a very short while, all custom brush stuff will be handled this
way without ever going into
Painters file structure. It is a grand new day.
How to Export/Import a Brush Library
Lets say I have my Cool Spring brushes in a separate library named Skips Cool Spri
ng. There could be
more than one brush category in the library, but for simplicity, lets just have t
he Cool Spring Brush
Category and the Companion JPEG inside of the library Skips Cool Spring.
To export the library I would do this:
1. Go to Brushes > Export > Brush Library
2. In the Choose Brush Library window pop-up, I would choose Skips Cool Spring Li
brary from the
drop down list and click OK.
3. A navigation window opens and at that point, I can actually change the name o
f the library to
something else. But lets say I leave it as Skips Cool Spring and I navigate to som
e place on my
computer to save the exported file. I have a folder in my Documents called Custo
m Painter Stuff. In
that folder I have many sub folders, for example, I have one called Exported Pai
nter Libraries. I
would export Skips Cool Spring to that folder. The file will be called Skips Cool
Spring.brushlibrary. Most of the files are very small, but some are large.
4. Next I want to send you the file. I can do this anyway I wish. If it is a par
ticularly large file, I may
want to zip it first.
I have sent the file to you; what do you do:
1. Save the file to a special place on your computer, like my Custom Painter Stu
ff folder. Just make
sure it is an easy place that you can remember. Not being able to find the file
is a common
occurrence.
2. If the file was zipped; unzip it.
3. Open Painter and go to Brushes > Import > Brush Library
4. An import brush library navigation window will open. Go to where you save Ski
ps Cool
Spring.brushlibrary file and select it and click OK.
5. The library will be automatically installed into Painter 12.1
6. And here is an easier alternative way. Just save Skips Cool Spring.brushlibrar
y unzipped on your
desktop. With Painter open, simply double-click the file and it will automatical
ly install in Painter
12.1. Very easy and very cool and no need to go through Painters menu system.
How to Export/Import a Brush Category
What if I want to send you Cool Spring Brush Category and not a Cool Spring Brus
h Library? It is just
as easy as sending the Brush Library. Heres how:
1. In Painter, make sure the Brush Library that holds the category that you want
to export is active.
2. Go to Brushes > Export > Category
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3. When the Export Category Navigation Window opens, navigate to where you want
to export
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and click OK. The file created will be Cool Spring.brushcategory, and like with
a Brush Library, you
can change the name of the category.
4. Next I send you the created file...if too large, I zip it, but it shouldnt be
too large.
And if you want to import the Brush Category, this is what you do.
1. Save the file to a special place on your computer or drop it on your desktop.
2. Open Painter and make sure the library where you want to save the category is
open or active.
3. Go to Brushes > Import > Category and in the navigation window find the file
you saved, select it,
and say ok. The Category will be automatically installed in the current Library.
4. And as before, you can simply double-click the file and it will open in the c
urrent library without
you going through Brushes > Import > Category.
Can you believe this...it is so easy...thank you bunches Corel Painter Developer
s.
How to Export/Import a Single Brush Variant
Suppose I just created a new variant in Cool Spring Brush Category. You already
have the category, so I
only need to send you the single variant. Here is how I would do it:
1. First I would make sure the brush I want to export is the current brush showi
ng in the Brush
Selector.
2. Go to Brushes > Export > Brush and like brush library and category, I navigat
e to where I want to
save the single variant and click OK. The file name will be Name.brushvariant wh
ere Name is the
name of the variant.
3. I send you the created file
This is what you do to import the single brush:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Save the file to a special place or on your desktop
Open Painter and make sure the library or the brush category you want to use is
currently active.
Go to Brushes > Import > Brush and navigate to the saved file, select it and say
OK
This time we get an interesting save window variant. We have a save variant as b
ox where we can
name the variant anything we want. And we have a Brush category drop down menu.
All brush
categories in the selected library are available for us to select. Cool, but...
5. Next to the drop down menu is a plus sign. If we click the plus sign a new br
ush category window
opens and we can create a new category for the variant. Add a new name and click
OK.
6. The new name is now showing in the category drop down list. Click ok and the
new category will
be created with the new brush variant inside. Painter uses a default icon for th
e category, but you
can change that later.
7. Alternately, you can double click the brush variant file and it will automati
cally be loaded into the
currently active category. You do not get a chance to create a new brush categor
y.
Talk about customization and ease of use. I love Painter 12.1
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Wrap Up
I dont have any more to say. Are you glad? Well I am glad to be through with the
umpteenth draft. I
hope this tome will be helpful to you. I have to admit, I am hoping that I can r
eference this document
whenever I have a brush loading question.
Enjoy,
Skip
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Robert Partner says:
February 29, 2012 at 2:39 am
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Hi Skip, thanks so very much for this tutorial! I upgraded to 12.0 some months a
go, followed your
advice about installing brushes in the applications area. Upgraded to 12.1, leav
ing brushes where
they were and now decided it was time to clean up and install brushes correctly.
Ive spent a good
amount of time saving, moving and reinstalling brushes to the User area (Im on a
iMac using Snow
Leopard) but I still dont have the setup correct. I did carefully study the earli
er video several times
but still had questions about the 12.1 setup. Ill spend time carefully reading th
rough your material
in hopes that it will answer my remaining questions and perhaps resolve a couple
of problems still
bothering my setup.
One point of confusion you might be able to clear up: Theres two folders; Painter
, and Painter 12.
Which contains (or should) contain the original Painter brushes, and which shoul
d contain the
custom brushes? I believe one of those folders should contain all the individual
brushes with each
Category in a separate folder, but which folder? The other should also contain e
ach individual brush
and Category but is reserved for Variants the user makes to a given brush.
At least Ive made some progress but still not quite right so Ill continue to work
until its correct.
Can I contact you for a bit of advice (if, after reading and working through the
tutorial material) if
Im still stumped?
Sounds like you might have the new computer operational sure hope so.
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Best Regards,
Robert
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Hi Robert
I am away from my computer at the moment. As soon as I get home I will give you
a better
answer.
Painter 12 brushes and Painter Brushes are the default libraries. Painter 12 Bru
shes holds painter
12 brushes and painter brushes holds painter 11 Brushes...at least in the file s
tructure. Inside of th
program the names change to painter 11 brushes for painter 11 and painter brushe
s are for
painter 12. I would not use either for custom categories.
I will explain better when I get home.
Skip
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Skip Allen says:
February 29, 2012 at 3:41 pm
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Hi Robert,
I have a little more time to explain the two default libraries in Painter. If yo
u are looking in the
Program, at the Brush Library Panel and select Brush Library you will see at lea
st two
libraries...or more if you have made some. The two libraries are called Painter
Brushes and
Painter 11 Brushes. Why are there two libraries? Well, when Painter 12 came alon
g, some folks
wanted to reduce the number of brushes in the default set, especially redundant
brushes that
only had size changes. For instance in Painter 11 we had Acrylic > Dry Brush 10,
Acrylic > Dry
Brush 20, and Acrylic > Dry brush 30. Three variants, but the only difference be
tween the three is
the size of the brush, one at 10, one at 20 and one at 30. Most of us know how t
o change the size of
the brush, so the developers dropped all the duplicate brushes and left only one
for Painter 12.
In Painter 11 some categories seemed to overlap, so to make things more streamli
ned and easier
were not
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dropped. They were added to other Categories like Acrylics or Oils. There were 9
00 plus brushes
in Painter 11, but once the consolidation was finished, there were 700 plus brus
hes in Painter 12.
Please understand...no brushes were lost...just reduced to one of each and moved
around to
make a better fit.
But some folks wanted to be able to access brushes the same way they had in Pain
ter 11. Easy
enough, the developers just placed the Painter 11 brushes into its own library.
So, if you cant find
a brush in the Painter Brushes library that you used to use in Painter 12, then
switch to the
Painter 11 Brushes and you will find the missing variant.
Both libraries have Brush Categories and their companion JPEGs. Ok...read the PD
F and see if it
makes sense; I think it will all come together after that. I didnt mention custom
categories and
brushes because I am hoping the PDF will explain all that.
Let me know if it does,
Skip
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Hi Skip, video was great. I will download PDF and read that also. I really appre
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have taken to explain in detail to all of us, the new things you can do in 12.1
brush management. See
you soon in one of your classes.
Pat
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So glad you are finding them helpful. If I can help in anyway, please feel free
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Hi Skip,
Thank you so much for this PDF. Its very clear... except for two issues .
1) On page 9 : The double-click on the file give me a message that Safari cannot
open it.
2) I woul like to create a new library call Skips Brushes an place in it all your b
rushes as
categories. Is it possible to do that? If so, how?
Pierre
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Hi Pierre,
I wish I could write this in French. Your English is amazing!
1. If I remember correctly, you are using a MAC. I dont know how to tell you to d
o this, but in a
PC each file extension is associated with a program to open it. I couldnt find a
reference on page
9, but I am assuming you are talking about double clicking on a file with the ex
tension of
.brushcategory or .brushlibrary. If so, be sure Painter is open when you try the
double click and
also double click from inside of your Finder. I am guessing that works the same
as with the PC. If
you still get the message that Safari cannot open the file, then you need to set
Painter 12 as the
default program to open the three file extensions.
In a PC we would go to our Control Panel > Programs > Default Programs > Set Ass
ociations.
You would change Safari to Painter 12. If you do not know how to do this in your
MAC,
remember you can go to Painters menu bar and go to Brushes > Import > library or
category or
variant.
2. Pierre, if you dont mind the name of the library being something else, you cou
ld just go to my
blog to one of my brush download pages...lets say Cool Spring. Download the Cool
Sping
library option, not the category. Load Cool Spring Library into Painter. Now dow
nload all the
other brushes as a category and make sure the Cool Spring Library is Active. All
the brushes will
be together in one library called Cool Spring.
However, if you are set on the name then follow this path. A library is simply a
folder placed
after the Brushes folder in the user path. Look in the PDF and follow the User p
ath to Brushes.
Once you are there, create a new folder in the Brushes folder called Skips Brushe
s. Now you do
have to place something in the library in order for Painter to use it. I would s
uggest looking in
Painter 12 Brushes and copying the Acrylic folder and the Companion JPEG to Skips
Brushes.
You can delete it later. Now open Painter and in the Brush Library Panel fly out
menu, select
Skips Brushes. With the new library active, go to Brushes > Import > Category and
select the one
of the files that you downloaded and slick OK. It should come right into the lib
rary Skips
brushes. Ok..now right click on the Acrylic folder and the Companion JPG and rem
ove them
from Skips Brushes. You should have a library set up for my brushes that work.
Hope this helps,
Skip
Let me know how it goes
Skp
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Hello Skip,
Thank you for this great information on Painter Brushes! As usual, you have made
it a lot easier for
me to understand some of the workings of this complex program. Now I know for su
re you are the
Brush Whisperer. Looking forward to your next class.
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Hey Melvin,
Thanks bunches...not sure about that brush whispering thing...LOL. I like dogs a
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than brushes.
Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.
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Hi Skip,
All good, excellent information. Im still reading through the PDF material and lo
oking at the
Folders. I understand that if I export the Brush Library and/or Brush Categories
, then delete the
custom brushes (Lib or Cat) the close Painter 12.1, reopen it and import ( or do
uble click on the item)
the Brush Lib, or Cat. will be imported into Painter. And the imported Lib. or C
at. appears inside the
~/Users/rpartner/Library/Application Support/Corel/Painter 12/Default/Brushes/Pa
inter 12
Brushes/... What I see when selecting the Painter Brushes from the Menu Bar is a
list of all the
default Painter 12 Brush Categories ... and any custom brush categories that I h
ave imported, and all
brush variants seem to be intact. However when selecting the Brush Library from
the Menu Bar then
selecting the flyout menu icon at the right, then select Brush Library, all I se
e are two possible
selections, Painter Brushes and Painter 11 Brushes.
I would like to place the custom Brush Categories outside the main Painter 12 br
ush menu list. Id
like them to show up in the fly-out, Brush Library list, along with the Painter
Brushes and Painter 11
Brushes.
With Painter 12 I was able to set up custom brushes so that their categories could
appear either
inside the default painter menu, or outside the default menu as a list of custom
categories when
selecting the fly-out menu. Ive tried moving the custom brush categories to diffe
rent locations inside
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Would a screen shot be at all helpful in understand whats happening?
Ill keep working of the problem ... right now ALL brush categories (custom and de
fault) are in the
one brush library potentially making for a very long list of brush categories. I
t would be nice to trim
it down to just those one wishes to work with at a particular time.
Thanks again for you Web information and the PDF, Ive been a Windows and Mad user
for many
years so I do understand the diredtory structures but correct placement for the
custom brushes
seems to ellude me.
All the best,
Robert
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HI Robert,
You are confusing one part of the puzzle. The file with the extension .brushlibr
ary will
automatically load in this path: ~/Users/rpartner/Library/Application Support/Co
rel/Painter
12/Default/Brushes/ The .brushcategory file will load in this path: ~/Users/rpar
tner/Library
/Application Support/Corel/Painter 12/Default/Brushes/Painter 12 Brushes/. So if
you want
the categories in a separate library from Painter Brushes, then you have to use
the file with the
extension .brushlibrary from my blog. If you use all of them, then you will have
12 or so libraries
show up in the Brush Library Panel fly out menu in Brush Library. I recommend ha
ving lots of
libraries because that means you will be using less of your RAM loading the curr
ent library. But,
if you want only one library, then import one of the library files and then impo
rt the categories
into that library.
But, it seems that you want to create the extra library from Painter Brushes. If
I understand it
correctly, you already have all your custom categories in Painter Brushes, the d
efault library. If
this is the case, then export Painter Brushes Library, but change its name when
you go to save it.
Then import it back into Painter 12.1 with its new name. This part is tedious, b
ut necessary. Go in
and remove all the categories you do not want in the library. Right click on the
category and
select remove category. Now you should have a new clean library with all your cu
stom brushes.
Take a look at what I wrote to Pierre in this same thread. I am pretty sure I gi
ve an alternate
option in my reply or at least more information on the same subject.
Let me know if this works,
Skip
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Skip, your generosity is even more amazing than my English!
The first issue is solve. As for the second, your explanation how to proceed are
clear water. However,
I am wondering now if it will be memory consuming to place all your brushes in o
ne library (Skips
brushes).
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Hi Pierre,
In my opinion it would be better to have a lot of libraries especially since mos
t of my brushes are
memory intensive watercolors. It really depends on the memory of your machine. I
f you are
reaching the limits of your RAM, multiple libraries will help. Otherwise it does
nt matter. I like
having multiple libraries. Dont forget to make a Library Custom Palette. Once you
have your
libraries made and brushes set, then you want to go to each library and holding
the shift key
down, drag at least one brush from each library...not category...but each librar
y to your custom
palette. Rename each icon for the name of the library and show text. Now anytime
you want to
switch between libraries, you can select one of the icons in the custom palette
and you will
change to that library. I like doing this because it means I do not need to go t
hrough the menu to
get to a custom palette.
Enjoy, Skip
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Your opinion, Skip, is very relevant. I had already a libray custom palette.
I added your brushes and those of Karen. I then saved my Workspace.
I was very pleased to see my tulipes on Karens site.
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Hey Pierre,
You should be pleased and proud; the tulips were gorgeous. You did very well in
the class.
Remember it was only 4 weeks long.
Im proud of you!
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Hi Skip,
SUCCESS!! That list piece of information did the trick. I needed an additional f
older (custom named)
to put all the custom brushes in ! Simple once you understand the structure and
what needs to be
done to set it up. Now I have to finish populating the new custom folder with all
the custom
brushes and I can move them in and out of the Corel Master list as appropriate. I
kept trying to put
them inside one of the existing Corel Brush folders instead of creating a third fo
lder and placing all
the custom brushes inside that folder. Dont know why I kept trying to make it more
difficult than
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Thank you again for all the helpful information, Id still been trying to figure i
t all out days from
now!
See you at one of the upcoming courses ... and thank you again so very much.
All the best,
Robert
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Thats wonderful Robert! Im so glad it is working for you now.
Enjoy Painter, Skip
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Skip, went to download the pdf here .. and it says that the link is expired and
no longer available at
YouSend? ... also .. have a question....when you use the Sargeants brush, is the s
hape that you see
when you paint like a palette knife .. like a line? ... when I go to use that br
ush, it is perfectly found
and doesnt act like it used to at all?? It actually reminds me of your Cool Sprin
g Thick N Thin 14 .. I
checked to see if I had accidentally done something to the brush, but the copy i
n the Program Files
and the copy on my external are identical. Any clue as to what may be going on h
ere? Thanks Skip
Hugs....Charlie
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Hi Charlie,
Thank you so much for letting me know. I thought I had it set to never expire, b
ut apparently I
didnt...or I have some problem at You Send It. The link should work now.
About the Sargent Brush, it sounds like it is acting the way it should. Go to Ed
it > Preferences >
Interface and change your Cursor Setting from Enhance Brush Ghost to Brush Ghost
. That will
return the cursor to a line. The Sargent Brush responds to pressure and will giv
e you a thick or
thin brush stroke.
Thanks again for letting me know about the link.
Hugs...Skip
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Hey . someone has to keep an eye on you! :>) .. thanks so very very much Skip ..
this is really such a
handy pdf to have and such a great help. The antibiotics and meds are finally he
lping a bit and I
finally feel like playing a bit ... am working on a portrait of my Pasha and hav
e been working on the
background .. playing a bit in Painter ... thanks again! Hugs...Charlie
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Hey Charlie,
Glad to hear you are feeling better. Painting will help...at least it helps me k
eep my mind off
being sick. I bet the portrait will be terrific.
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didnt set it to never expire...so I guess it was only good for two weeks.
Hugs, Skip
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Skip,
Just want to take the time to thank you for all you do to educate and improve ou
r use of Painter. I
love this program, and have wanted it for years, but had to wait until my retirem
ent to afford it
both financially and in time. The wealth of information you have provided is to
be treasured and
practiced. I do appreciate your work. Thank you
jann
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Thank you, Kathy. Im glad to return a favor. You have helped me bunches, too. We
need to fine
time to play; I have learned so much about painting from you in our G2Meeting pl
aytime. Hope
all is well with you and your family. Hugs, Skip
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What a sweet thing to say Skip. I do miss our g2 meetings. We laughed as much as
we painted. I
need both:-)
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Hello,
I want to thank you for the opportunity to load additional brushes for my Corel
Painter12.
For me, the work is new with a graphics tablet. Otherwise, I stand at the easel
:-) Unfortunately
there is no or very few tutorials in German.
LG Jacqueline
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Hi Jacqueline,
I wish I was fluent in German as well as other languages. I have had visitors fr
om 145 countries;
many use Google translate, but the videos cannot be translated by Google. I wish
I could afford to
have the videos translated. I know that Corel translates some videos that they p
roduce in
multiple languages. You might want to send them a request for more translations
into German.
I dont know how well Google translates into German. I will translate this paragra
ph in German
with Google; that should give you a good idea how well it does.
Ich wnschte, ich war in der deutschen wie auch andere Sprachen flieend. Ich hatte
Besucher
aus 145 Lndern, viele Gebrauch Google bersetzen, aber die Videos knnen nicht von Go
ogle
bersetzt werden. Ich wnschte ich knnte es sich leisten, haben die Videos bersetzt. I
ch wei,
dass Corel einige Videos, die sie produzieren in mehreren Sprachen bersetzt. Viel
leicht mchten
Sie schicken sie eine Anfrage fr weitere bersetzungen ins Deutsche.
Ich wei nicht, wie gut Google bersetzt ins Deutsche. Ich werde dieses Absatzes in
deutscher
Sprache mit Google bersetzen; Das sollte Ihnen einen guten Eindruck, wie gut es t
ut.
Good luck,
Skip
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Hi Skip,
Im relatively new to Painter. Im very confused. I have downloaded brushes to insta
ll. They are in
the nib, stk and xml format. I have copied their folders to the application area
, they dont show up,
copied them ot the user area under brushes, they dont show up. How the heck do I
install these
brushes?
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Hi Kerry,
I apologize for taking so long to answer. Im in the middle of a class right now a
nd my time is
limited. When using Painter 12.1 or later, you do not need to place the folders
into the path. There
is a new way to install brushes, which is explained at the last of the PDF, but
is explained better in
the video on this page. http://skipallenpaints.com/2012/02/28/corel-painter-12-1
-brushmanagement-a-primer/.
Please watch this video and see if it helps you. If not, then let me know, and w
e will try to work it
out together.
Again, so sorry for the delay in response.
Skip
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Hi Skip,
I am so grateful to you for all your help. I am a newcomer to Painter 12...my ta
blet hasnt even
arrived yet, but I have been playing with painting with a mouse.
Last night I downloaded your Cool Spring brush library and evidently didnt know w
hat I was
doing. I thought I would be asked where to put it (fas I had when downloading ne
w categories or
variants) but it went directly to Painter and...now ALL the Painter brushes are
gone and only Cool
Spring brushes are there.
How can I get the Painter Brushes to appear again? My ability to absorb maxed ou
t on reading the
above information. Please tell me its easy!
Thank you so much.
Sally in rainy Washington
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Hi Sally,
Yep, it is easy. There are two default libraries in Painter 12, Painter Brushes
and Painter 11
Brushes. You have added a third called Cool Spring. Only one library at a time c
an be visible in
the program. When you installed Cool Spring Library it became the active library
and you cannot
see the other two. To change to another library, do this:
Open your brush selector and on the far right corner of the opened window, click
on the option
button/flyout menu. A list will open. Look down the list for Brush Library. Clic
k Brush Library
and three libraries will be in the opened list. In your case it will be Painter
Brushes, Painter 11
Brushes, and Cool Spring. Double click Painter Brushes and that will take you ba
ck to your
default brushes.
Hope this helps. Let me know if you have more trouble.
Skip
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You are the greatest! I had stumbled upon the solution prior to receiving this b
ut had since
forgotten how I did it and sure appreciate the explanation. Ill file your respons
e for future
memory lapses. Love your work and your willingness to share.
Thanks!
Sally
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HI Skip, I am relatively new to Corel and struggling with loading Brushes. I am
updated to Corel
12.2 and I looked at both paths you discuss. I found that on my Mac under Librar
y/application
Support I have no Corel folder. Now what?
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Hi Kimber,
The long PDF is like a history of brush making and since Painter 12.1 we dont hav
e to worry
about the paths. We can just double click the file provided and the brushes will
be automatically
installed. If you will watch this video I think you will be able to install with
out worrying about
where your Corel file is located. Here is the video location: http://skipallenpa
ints.com/2012/02
/28/corel-painter-12-1-brush-management-a-primer/
If you want to learn about the paths and wish more info...then please let me kno
w. But first...the
video will show you how to install the brushes without the need to find the path
s.
Hope this helps,
Skip
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Skip, thanks so much for your .pdf on brush management. Things are now making se
nse. I have one
question, which I hesitated to ask, but I cant find a logical answer. How do I cr
eate a New Brush
Library, as a starting point to organize my brushes? I guess that I could duplic
ate one, empty it, and
then use that to put my new brushes into?
Thanks very much,
Sonny
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Hi Sonny,
For some reason, we do not have an easy way to create a new library. If you crea
te a library with
one of my sets, then you have a library that you can add the rest of your brushe
s as a category. In
other words, say you download Bristly Dabs.brushlibrary. Double click it and loa
d it in
Painter...it will be a library called Bristly Dabs. Now you can download Buttery
Oils.brushcategory and load it into your Bristly Dabs library. Dont put too may c
ategories in one
library, it can slow your brushes.
If you want to name your library something else, then Export your library and wh
en you get to
the save window, change the name of the file, but leave the .brushlibrary extens
ion as is.
I think it is easier to go to Brushes > Import or Export Variant, Category or Li
brary...rather than
do the double click method.
Hope this helps,

Skip
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Hi Skip, Im a Windows 8 user, and am having trouble installing your brushes. Ive d
ownloaded and
saved to a folder on my desktop, when I click on your Cool Spring download, it doe
snt install in
my Painter program, the file opens and reveals all of the content, When I click
on a specific brush,
Im asked what program I would like to use to open file, I chose Painter 12, progr
am opens and I get
a Can not open file message. Mitch
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Hi Mitch,
Did you watch the video Brush Management in Painter 12.1 a Primer? It will expla
in a lot and it is
the same for Painter 12.2.
Basically, the Cool Spring Download is the file to be used for the old method of l
oading. These
brushes were done prior to Painter 12.2. You want to click on Cool Spring Librar
y or Cool Spring
Category, which are two different downloads. Cool Spring Library will create a l
ibrary with Cool
Springs loaded in the library. Cool Spring Category will install in the currentl
y active Library.
I do not believe that you will have any trouble with Windows 8. I have it loaded
on my lab top; I
havent had any trouble so far.
I think if you watch the video linked above, it will answer your questions.
Hope this helps,
Skip
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Watched your video, copied brush library to brushes folder in Corel, library is
listed under
brush library, however when I click on that library, no brushes are loaded. Than
ks for your
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Hi Mitch,
Before I explain anything, please open Painter and go to Help > About Corel Pain
ter 12.
When the window opens, look in the middle left of the window for a group of numb
ers.
You should see 12.2.1.1212. If you do not have those numbers, the do go to the C
orel
website and download the updates that you need.
If your find you are up to date, then follow this. You said, copied brush library
to brushes
folder in Corel. Coping anything to the brushes folder whether in the Application
s area or
the User area will not work using the files called Cool Spring.brushlibrary.
Try this:
1. Open Painter and create a new document of any size.
2. Go to the menu bar and select Brushes > Import > Library.
3. Now navigate to where you save the file called Cool Spring.brushlibrary
4. Select Cool Spring.brushlibrary and click on Open.
5. The Cool Spring library will be automatically loaded in the proper place and
you should
be able to access by going to the Brush Selector drawer and clicking on the opti
on button.
Look down the list for Brush Library and select it. A new list opens and should
have all the
available libraries. Cool Spring should be one of them. Select it and now you sh
ould be
able to see the variants in the Cool Spring library which contains the Cool Spri
ng Category.
Please let me know if this works for you,
Skip
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I have the correct version. Still no luck, I give up, I appreciate all your time
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Mitch...I dont want to give up. I really want to find out what is happening. Do y
ou
have time to meet with me on a Go To Meeting and figure out what is happening. I
f
yes, just give me some times you may be available. Of course, if you are really
done,
I understand. Sorry you are having so much trouble.
Skip
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Skip, Yes I would like to figure this out. Im available Monday and Tuesday, late
morning or early afternoon.
Mitch
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Mitch...Lets shoot for 11:00 AM Eastern time. Will that work for you. Ill
send you a private link if that time is acceptable. If you are in a different ti
me
zone, please let me know which one and Ill meet you anytime on Tuesday.
Skip
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Yes sounds good, looking forward to it.
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successful in downloading a few of your brush sets. My question is this: Im inter
ested in download
a couple of Karen Bonakers brush sets, however when I click on the download butto
n, the message
asks me to save as and I have saved it in the Painter Brushes 12 folder with Paint
er 12. I go to the
folder and see the file name (not highlighted so I can click on it), nor is ther
e a companion jpeg. Im
very much a newbie, so please excuse the dumbness, but Ive run into a wall and ca
nt figure my
way out of this one. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello,
When you download any brush set and you do it as a save as, you do not want to s
ave it in
Painter Brushes 12 folder or anywhere that Painter goes to access brushes. All y
ou have done is
saved a dead file inside of Painter 12. Instead, you want to save the file somewhe
re on your
computer; I have a folder in my documents called Custom Painter Stuff and I save
all my custom
stuff there. Once the file is saved on your computer, you can now install the br
ushes, which you
havent done. The installation process will put the brushes into Painter in the pr
oper place.
Just to be sure, Karens files look like this Karens Named Brushes.brushlibrary. Or Ka
rens
Named Brushes.brushcategory. Now you can double click the .brushlibrary file and
the variants
will load as a brush library. Or double click the .brushcategory and it will ins
tall directly into the
currently active/open library.
Hope this helps,
Skip
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Jay Sharpe says:
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Hi Skip (from Atlanta too!)
I am trying to get Don Seegmillers brushes from his book Advanced Painter to work
. Using Win 8.1
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The brushes are located here: http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd
0470284935,miniSiteCd-SYBEX.html
What I tried doing:
1. Unzipped Chapter 1 brushes to here C:\Program Files\Corel\Painter 2015\Brushe
s\Painter
Brushes
2. Open Painter 2015
3. Did not show up in
4. Tried loading a Brush Library, Chapter 1 was there but no brushes showed up.
5. Checked to see if there was a Chapter 1 folder in my Roaming Data folder
Kinda baffled.
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Hey Jay,
Sorry for the delay in answering. I had a total knee replacement on the day you
posted this note.
Back home now. If you placed the brushes in the path you described, they wouldnt
be in your
roaming data folder. I really need to know what version of Painter that you are
using. Once I
have the information, I can help you. Don has provided his brushes correctly and
in a format that
is easy to install. But, one thing I think you are missing is adding the compani
on jpg. When you
take the brush folder and place it in the path, you also need to put in the the
jpg provided that has
the same name as the folder. I wouldnt use the path that you are showing in your
question; as
soon as I know your Painter Version, I can tell you what the path should be.
Let me know your version,
skip
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I read your whole document about brush libraries, brushes, moving them etc... I
still howeverBrush Management for Painter 12.1 | Skip Allen P...
cannot figure out how I can create a brush library in any of my painter programs
. (I am currently
using Painter 2015).
I have been led to you for a different reason and realized that I cannot create
my own brush library. I
can open, import and save brushes to libraries that have already been created.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
Sincerely,
Marguerita
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Hi Marguerita,
I just posted this reply with answers to your other questions. But I thought I w
ould post the
pertinent information to this question here.
If you want to make a new Library, there isnt a way to do that automatically in P
ainter. You can
do it by going into the files and manipulating stuff, but I wouldnt recommend doi
ng that. Here is
an easier way.
Go to the top of the page of my Blog and click on Bristly Dab Download. That wil
l open the page
with the Bristly Dab Download. Near the bottom of the post you will see Bristly
Dab Library.
Click on it and download the library to some place on your computer that you wil
l remember.
The desktop is a good place. Now, I would go to that file and right click it, wh
ich will give you an
opportunity to rename the file...at least in Windows. If you are on a Mac, I am
not sure how you
rename a file. Anyway, the file name will be Bristly Dabs.brushlibrary. You want
to change the
Bristly Dab part to say...Marguerita.brushlibrary.
Now open Painter 2015 and go to Brushes > Import > Brush Library. An Import Brus
h Library
window will open. Navigate to where you have saved Marguerita.brushlibrary. Clic
k on it and
select open. Marguerita library will automatically install into Painter 2015. It
will have one
category in it: Bristly Dabs.
Now you have your library. If you want to import your brush variants or brush ca
tegories into
that library, you simply make sure you are in that library when you do your impo
rting. The
categories will automatically install into the currently active library. And if
you are installing a
brush variant, then you will follow my directions above and install into an exis
ting category or a
new category that you create.
Finally, if you wish, you can click on the brush selector and then right click o
n Bristly Dabs and
select remove category and it will be removed leaving all of your newly imported
categories.
38 of 39 I hope this helps,
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Thank you I actually figured this out almost right before I saw this post. I can
not believe
Painter doesnt make it easy to create a library. Every instruction book tells you
that you can
make and create brushes however the simplicity of creating a folder in the progr
am and
saving your brush is just not there.
Thank you.
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Dear Skip,
I am not sure but I now think that if I want to create a brush library I really
cannot do that
however the way to do that is to export an existing library, rename it then import i
t back add
what ever brushes you want or hide the brushes or categories you dont. Is this co
rrect?
Thank you Skip for your generous sharing of information.
Sincerely,
Marguerita
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