Corel Painter Help | 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.
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 2015.

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.

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 2015.

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2015, and are not included in Painter Essentials 5. For more information about Corel Painter 2015, visit http://www.painterartist.com/.

To get started with Painter Essentials 5, see the Painter Essentials 5 Quick Start Guide.