Corel Painter Help | Saving, exporting, and importing custom palettes

Saving, exporting, and importing custom palettes

To save a custom palette as a Painter Custom Toolbox (BOX) file

To export a custom palette to the Painter Palette File (PAL) format

You can save a custom palette as a Painter Custom Toolbox (BOX) file so that its custom content such as custom brushes, papers, patterns, and flow maps are saved with the file. You can share the saved custom toolbox (palette) with others or store it for later use.

You can also export a custom palette to the Painter Palette File (PAL) format to make it compatible with earlier versions of Corel Painter. However, any custom content included in the palette is not saved with the file.

To save a custom palette as a Painter Custom Toolbox (BOX) file

1 Choose Window

Custom Palette

Organizer.

2 Choose a palette from the Custom Palette list.

3 Click Save As BOX.

4 In the New Palette File dialog box, type a name in the File Name text box.

5 Choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file.

It’s a good idea to store all saved palettes in the same folder.

Custom nozzles, scripts, gradients, looks, and weaves are not supported. Buttons for such custom content will not function when the custom toolbox is imported.

Any non-custom items that are already in the application appear as duplicates.

To export a custom palette to the Painter Palette File (PAL) format

1 Choose Window

Custom Palette

Organizer.

2 Choose a palette from the Custom Palette list.

3 Click Export As PAL.

4 In the New Palette File dialog box, type a name in the File Name text box.

5 Choose the drive and folder where you want to save the file.

It’s a good idea to store all exported palettes in the same folder.

Custom content is not saved with the file.

To import a custom palette

1 Choose Window

Custom Palette

Organizer.

2 In the Custom Palette Organizer, choose a palette from the Custom Palette list.

3 Click Import.

4 In the Open Palette File dialog box, choose the file where the custom palette is saved.

5 Click Open.

Only custom palette files created with Corel Painter version 8.1 or later are supported. Custom palettes created with version 7 or earlier cannot be loaded.