Loading Brushes into Corel Painter X
By the Corel Documentation Team
With Corel Painter X, you can easily load custom brushes without having to create a new workspace. This lets you add single brushes to your default Corel Painter X workspace by simply copying the files associated with a custom brush into the Painter Brushes library.
How brushes are organized
All brushes available in Corel Painter X are stored in the default Painter Brushes library, which is located in the Brushes folder of the Corel Painter system folder.
The typical paths for the Brushes folder are:
- Applications/Corel Painter X/Brushes/Painter Brushes (Mac7)
- Documents and Settings\user name\Application Data\Corel\Painter X\Default\Brushes\Painter Brushes (Windows7)
The Painter Brushes library is organized into brush categories, such as Acrylics, Airbrushes, or Artists. Each brush category may consist of the following components:
- an XML file, as well as NIB and STK files, for each brush variant
- a JPEG file, which contains the icon representing the brush category on the Brush Selector bar
- First, ensure that you have the necessary files for the custom brush (XML, NIB, and STK).
- Copy the files associated with the custom brush into the appropriate brush category in the Painter Brushes library.
You can add a custom brush to any brush category you choose.
- In Corel Painter X, use the Brush Selector bar to access your custom brush.
