Corel Painter Help | Creating and deleting brush libraries

Creating and deleting brush libraries

You can create a brush library by modifying the contents of an existing brush library and then exporting it. You cannot create a brush library from scratch. To modify an existing brush library for export, you can add new brush categories and variants. You can also exclude brush categories and variants from export by hiding them in the Brush Selector. After you’ve exported the modified library, you can import it as a new brush library. In addition, you can delete a brush library from within Corel Painter.

To create a brush library

1 In the Brush Selector, display the brush library that you want to copy.

To exclude brush categories and variants from the exported brush library, you can hide them by doing the following:

• Right-click a brush category, and choose Hide Category.

• Right-click a brush variant, and choose Hide Variant.

2 Click Brushes

Export

Brush Library.

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

4 Click OK.

5 In the Export Brush Library dialog box, type a name for the new library in the File Name text box.

6 Click Save.

7 Click Brushes

Import

Brush Library.

8 In the Import Brush Library dialog box, choose the exported library, and click Open.

This is the recommended method for creating a new brush library in Corel Painter 12 Update 1 and later. In previous versions of Corel Painter, the only method for creating a new library was by manipulating brush files in the operating system file browser.

Currently, there is no method for creating blank brush libraries.

To delete a brush library

1 Click the Brush library options button

, and choose Remove Brush Library.

2 Choose a brush library from the list box.

If you are trying to remove the active library, which is the library currently open in the Brush Selector, you are prompted to choose a new active library.

You cannot delete any of the default Painter brush libraries.