Corel Painter Help : Setting preferences : General preferences
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General preferences

The general preferences affect various aspects of Corel Painter. For example, you can specify preferences for saving documents, controlling brushes, and saving. The following tables categorize, list, and describe all general preferences.

 

Brush preference
Description
Align constrained brushstroke to canvas
Matches the brush rotation angle to the canvas rotation angle.
Disable feature scaling when resizing brush
Disables the Scale feature with brush size option in all areas of the application.
Simplified brush resizing control (Legacy-style)
Removes the green highlight from the onscreen brush resizing control
Brush size increment
Lets you set the brush size increment value in pixels. For more information, see Setting basic brush attributes.
Align Brush to Path tolerance
Determines how close the brushstroke must be to the path or shape for automatic alignment to occur.
For more information, see Aligning brushstrokes to paths and shapes.
Paint hidden shape
Aligns a brushstroke with a hidden shape or path.
Show Using Audio Expression dialog box
Displays the Using Audio Expression dialog box every time you use Audio Expression. Enable this check box if you previously enabled the Do not show this again check box in the Using Audio Expression dialog box.
Show dialog box when entering Presentation Mode
Displays the Presentation Mode dialog box every time you use Presentation Mode. Enable this check box if you previously enabled the Do not show this again check box in the Presentation Mode dialog box.
Layer preference
Description
Show Commit dialog when converting to layer
Displays a dialog box every time you need to commit content to a layer.
Enable this check box if you previously enabled the Commit and don’t ask again check box in the Commit dialog box.
For more information, see Grouping layers.
Saving preference
Description
Create backup on Save
Creates a backup file every time you save a document. For more information, see Saving and backing up files.
Auto-record script
Enables the automatic saving of Corel Painter background scripts.
Auto-save scripts for
Controls how long Corel Painter saves background scripts before deleting them. For more information, see Enabling and playing background scripts.
Product update preference
Description
Notify me of available product updates
Notifies you automatically when a product update is available for Corel Painter 2020.
Tooltips preference
Description
Text and images
Displays tooltips with accompanying illustrations (if available).
Text only
Hides illustrations from tooltips, displaying only text.
Thick Paint layer preference
Description
Default amount
Lets you specify the default amount of Thick Paint layers. This amount sets the height of the brushstrokes.
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