Corel Painter Help | Importing and exporting libraries

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2020, and are not included in Painter Essentials 7. For more information about Corel Painter 2020, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 7, see the Painter Essentials 7 Quick Start Guide.

Quick links to procedures on this page:

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To import a library

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To import a library created in a previous version of Corel Painter

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To export a library

Importing and exporting libraries

Corel Painter lets you import and export libraries. For example, you can open a library that was created in a previous version of Corel Painter. You can also open multiple libraries at once, except in the Brush library panel. For more information, see Creating and deleting brush libraries.

All of the Corel Painter tools and media that are included in the application are stored in default libraries. For example, the default papers that are included in Corel Painter are contained in the Paper Textures libraries. When you first open a library in a media panel, the content of the default library for that given tool or media is displayed in the panel.

To import a library

1 .

Depending on the media panel, do one of the following:

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Click the Manage Libraries flyout button

, and then click Import [Resource type] Library.

For example, if you want to open a paper textures library, click the Manage Libraries flyout button

in the Papers panel, and then click Import Paper Library.

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Click the Import [Resource type] Library button

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For example, if you want to open a Brush Looks library, click the Import Look Library button

in the Looks panel.

2 .

Choose the drive and folder where the library is stored.

3 .

Click Open.

The imported library displays at the bottom of the panel window. Depending on the size of the panel, you may need to scroll to see the imported library.

To import a library created in a previous version of Corel Painter

1 .

Depending on the media panel, do one of the following:

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Click the Manage Libraries flyout button

, and then click Import Legacy [Resource type] Library.

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Click the media panel’s options button

, and choose Import Legacy [Resource type] Library.

2 .

Choose the drive and folder where the library is stored.

3 .

Click Open.

The imported library displays at the bottom of the panel window.

To export a library

1 .

Depending on the media panel, do one of the following:

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Click the Manage Libraries flyout button

, and then click Export [Resource type] Library.

For example, if you want to export a gradient library, click the Manage Libraries flyout button

in the Gradients panel, and then click Export Gradient Library.

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Click the Export [Resource type] Library button

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For example, if you want to export a nozzle library, click the Export Nozzle Library button

in the Nozzles panel.

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In the Choose Library dialog box, choose the library that you want to export from the Library list box.

3 .

Choose the drive and folder where you want to store the library.

4 .

Click Save.

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