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In Corel Painter, you can find brush variants by searching or browsing the currently selected brush library.
You can quickly search the content of the currently selected brush library to find brushes that match a specific description. You can perform a search by entering one attribute, or a combination of brush attributes. For example, typing the search terms "pencil real" generates a list of all "Real Pencil" brush variants.
You can also look for brush variants by browsing the brush categories in the Brush library panel. The Brush Selector displays a preview the variant’s brush dab and brush stroke. For more information about the Brush Selector, see Displaying and customizing the Brush Selector.
In full view, the Brush library panel lets you choose a brush category (left) and a brush variant (right).
In full view, the Brush library panel displays the most recently used brushes at the top of the panel. For even greater convenience, you can access the last used brush from a button on the Brush Selector bar.
The default Corel Painter brush variants are displayed in the Brush library panel until you open or import a different brush library. In addition, the Brush library panel displays only one brush library at a time. For more information, see Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants.
If you’re looking for a brush from a previous version of Corel Painter, you can reload the old version’s brush library. For more information, see Importing and exporting brush libraries, categories, and variants.
For information on brush categories included in the Painter brush libraries as well as sample brushstrokes, see Exploring brush categories.
For information on brush categories included in the Natural Media Brushes library, see Exploring brush categories in the Natural Media Brushes library.
To select a brush category when using the Brush Selector in compact view (Window 
Brush Selector Panel (Compact)), click the Category flyout button, and click a category.
You can also select the last brush variant that you used by clicking Brushes Select Previous Variant.
You can assign a keyboard shortcut to this command. For more information, see To assign commands to keys.
The Search bar is displayed by default only in the Classic layout and is located to the right of the property bar, in the upper-right corner of the document window. To display the Search bar in all other layouts, click Window Search.
You can search for new or updated brushes in Corel Painter 2020 by typing 2020 in the Search box.
You can use GPU, AVX2, and Multi-core (or "Multicore") as search terms to find brushes that leverage those technologies.
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