Corel Painter Help | Interface preferences

Some features described in the Help are available only in Corel Painter 2018, and are not included in Painter Essentials 6. For more information about Corel Painter 2018, visit http://www.painterartist.com/. To get started with Painter Essentials 6, see the Painter Essentials 6 Quick Start Guide.

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To access the interface preferences

Interface preferences

The following table describes the Corel Painter preferences for modifying the display of the application interface. For example, you can modify the appearance of the drawing cursor or the interface colors.

Cursor preference	Description
Cursor Type	For more information, see Setting up the drawing cursor.
Enhanced brush ghost	Displays a representation of the brush variant onscreen to give you information about the size, tilt, bearing, and rotation of your pen.
Brush ghost	Displays a representation of the brush variant onscreen to give you information about the size.
Iconic	Allows you to change the cursor icon that displays onscreen and modify its orientation.
Single pixel	Displays the drawing cursor icon as a single pixel.
Color Theme	Lets you choose a color theme for your workspace
Workspace Options	Description
Units	Lets you choose the unit of measurement used by the application’s various sliders and other measurement options.
Background Color	Sets the window background color.
Brush Icons in Custom Palettes preference	Description
Stroke (wide icons)	Lets you add wide custom icons that display the brushstrokes to a custom palette.
Category	Lets you add regular-width custom icons that display the brush category to a custom palette.
Default View	Description
Default	Sets the default workspace view to display all standard tools in the workspace and all open documents.
Single Document View	Sets the default workspace view to hide your computer’s desktop and view the document window without scroll bars.
Toolbox Layout	Sets the orientation and layout of the toolbox in the document window.
Media Layout	Sets the orientation and layout of the Media Selector bar in the document window.
Command Bar Layout	Sets the orientation of the command bar in the document window.

To access the interface preferences

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Do one of the following:

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(macOS) Choose Corel Painter 2018 menu

Preferences

Interface.

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(Windows) Choose Edit

Preferences

Interface.

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