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1. Install Start8 and copy patch to folder where Start8 is installed.2. Open Windows Search and search for services.msc. 3. Stop the Startdock Start8 service, change.

Or How to Keep Videos and other Extraneous Files Out of Your Brushes

Before you read this rather long document, if you already know about Painter s Brush File Structure, you may want to skip to the bottom part, How Does Painter 12.1 Fit In. Also, you may want to know that I have converted the complete document to a PDF which is available for you to download.

Brush Management for Painter 12.1 PDF if the link expires, please let me know through a comment below Thanks

In this document, I hope to explain a bit about Painter Brushes and how they work in Painter. I will talk about setting up brush libraries and how to install brushes. I have previously provided a video, Brush Libraries and Installing Brushes, but it was based on the original release of Painter 12 and Painter 12 with the SP-1 Patch. If you have upgraded to Painter 12.1, and you should, you will find that brush management has changed drastically and is vastly improved. I know, strong words, and I truly believe they are the best descriptors for the new way to manage your brushes. If you decide to stay with the earlier versions of Painter 12, I believe this document will help explain brushes for you, too.

To get started, we need to understand where Painter saves its default brushes and where it saves any customization that you make to your brushes. Painter uses two different places to store information about brushes.

When you install Painter, it places its default brushes into an area that I call the Application Area or Path. I am not sure if this is a standard term or not, but it works to help keep the two paths Painter uses separate in my mind. After installation, if you make any changes to a brush, Painter places that information into the User Area or Path. In both places the names of the files are the same, which is why it becomes confusing. Let s take a look at each.

Application Path

Windows:

MAC:

User Path

Vista and Windows 7

Windows XP

Windows hides files. If you cannot find AppData Windows 7 or Vista or Application Data Windows XP you will need to unhide the files. To unhide files:

Go to your start menu and open Control Panel.

At the top of the Control Panel click on the Tools Menu Folder Options

In the Folder Options Window, click on the View Tab

Look down about half way and you will see Hidden Files and Folders

Select Show Hidden Files, Folders and Drivers. Select OK and you will be able to see your hidden drives.

MAC

I do not have a MAC, but a friend told me that the user files are hidden in the Lion OS like they are hidden in Windows. To get to this path you need to:

Go to you Finder Menu Bar and select Go Go to Folder in the dialog box that opens write /Library; then click go and that will show hidden folders. Now you can follow the first path described and select Application Support Corel Painter 12 Default or Workspace name Brushes Painter 12 Brushes. I am also told that if you right-click on the Corel Folder and select Make Alias from the drop down menu, you can then drag the Alias to your sidebar on the left under Favorites. That will allow you to go directly to the Corel Folder without having to open your hidden files every time. If these instructions do not work, it would be best to contact MAC Support.

In all four User Paths, we end with a library called Painter 12 Brushes, which is the same name of the library in the Applications Path. Both Painter 12 Brushes folders are Painter s default libraries. Why do we need two libraries with the same name. How does each library function. Could we make this any more confusing. You betcha.

What is a Brush Library and How Does It Work

A brush library is simply a folder that contains brush categories and companion JPEGs. Interestingly, Painter 12 Brush library is placed in the Application Path when Painter is first installed and that is the last time Painter will write brush information to the Application Area. From this point on, Painter will only write to the libraries in the User Area. That is correct, the Application Area is considered a protected area and the program will not write or save any brushes in the Application Area. Instead it saves new information about variants to the User Area. In other words, once you use a variant and change something as simple as the size of the brush, Painter holds that information in memory, and when you close Painter the information is stored in the User Area in the duplicate library and the duplicate brush category.

Specifically, if you change the size of Acrylic Bristle Brush, Painter holds this information in memory until you close Painter. At that time it writes a file in Your User Path Painter 12 Brushes Painter s Default Library Acrylics Brush Category Folder, that looks like this c_bristlebrush.xml.

OK, drum roll please, here is what actually happens when you want to use the Acrylic Bristle Brush. The program first looks in the User Area for c_bristlebrush.xml. If one is found, all the necessary information to construct the brush is located in the XML file including the changes you made to the brush when you last used it. But if there isn t a c_bristlebrush.xml, then Painter follows the Application Path and finds the default setting for the brush and constructs the brush variant accordingly. To recap, Painter writes all change information to the User Path and looks there first for the necessary information to build the brush, but if it isn t found, Painter looks to the Application area for the information.

Painter writes and looks for the change information automatically; you don t have to do anything to help. But there is more information we need to process. I have mentioned Brush Libraries and XML files, and I have talked about brush category folders among other things. So what are Brush Categories, Brush Variants, and Companion JPEGs.

What Are Brush Categories, Companion JPEGs, and Brush Variants

At this point, we know that Brush Categories live inside of the Brush Library folder. We find Brush Variants inside of Brush Categories. In both the Applications Path and the User Path we have Brushes Brush Library folder Brush Category folder Brush Variant files. I like to think of the Brush folder as a city. Inside the city we have Libraries Brush Libraries ; inside the Library we have Stacks Brush Category ; inside a Stack are Books Brush Variants.

Along with Brush Categories, I have mentioned Companion JPEGs. These can be found in the Brush Library, too: Brushes Brush Library Folder Companion.jpg file. If you can remember the last time you were in a library it has been years for me, you may remember that at the end of each stack is an identification plate that tells you what is located in the stack. That is the job of the Companion JPEG. Painter looks for the Companion JPEG and uses it for the Icon on the Brush Selector Bar to identify the Brush Category. Without that JPEG, the Brush Category cannot be displayed.

OK, we know what the Companion JPEG is for, but what about the Brush Category folder; what does it do. The Brush Category Folder, or as I have called it, the stack, contains all the brush variant information, or in my metaphor, all the books. For the moment, let s limit the conversation to just the Default Brush Categories found under Painter 12 Brushes in the Application Area. Remember, these are the ones written at the time of installation and never changed. Each Brush Category has 3 or 4 files that concern a particular variant.

The files are NIB, STK, JPEG, and XML files. Specifically NIB files concern the nib shape of the brush variant; STK files are about the stroke; JPEG files create the dab; XML files contain all the information required to construct the brush. XML files are by far the most important because the information in the other three files is contained in the XML file, too. If I wanted to share a brush variant with you, all I need to give you is the XML file. All you need to do is place the XML file into the Brush Category of your choice and voilà, it will appear in that category the next time you open painter. However, it will not show the stoke it creates in the Stroke Preview box or the nib type, etc. Guess what, if you go to Brushes Save Variant and save the variant as itself, then the NIB, STK, and JEPG files will be written from the XML file and the Stroke Preview, etc. will be populated. It is important to note, that only Dab Types that are captured will have a JPEG file. All other variants will have a NIB, STK, and XML file only.

We have been talking about what is in the Default Brush Library and the Brush Category in the Application Path. What about the same named files in the User Path. There are differences. First, the Default Brush Library in the User Path contains Brush Categories but no JPEGs. And second, the Brush Categories contain only c_brushname.xml files, the change files we mentioned earlier. Remember this is the User Area and Painter writes the changes we make here. There is no need to have the Companion JPEGs here because they are in the Default Library in the Application area. Again, Painter first looks at the User Area to build the brush; if it needs more information, it looks at the Application Area. So far, we discussed default Libraries, Categories, and Variants. Do custom Library, Category and Variants work the same as default ones. Get ready; here it comes: Yes and No. You didn t think it would be a simple yes or no did you.

Is There a Difference between Default and Custom Libraries, Categories, and Variants.

Conceptually the default and custom libraries, categories, and variants are the same thing. A library, custom or otherwise, is still a folder placed after Brushes in the path. A Category Brush Folder with a Companion JPEG is still placed in the library folder and both are needed for Painter to recognize the Brush Category. And Brush Variants regardless of type still have 3 or 4 files with extensions of NIB, STK, JPG, and XML. There are a few basic distinctions:

The default library, categories, and variants are included and installed by Painter in the Application Area regardless of operating system.

Custom libraries, categories, and variants created by the user are placed by Painter into the User Area.

Libraries, categories and variants in the Application Area can be seen from any Painter Workspace, but those placed in the Custom Area can be seen only by a the specific workspace in the User Path. Remember that part of the path that said Default or Workspace Name. Don t worry about this now; we will get to it later.

Is that all there is to it. Yes, that is about it, at least as far as Painter is concerned. Painter installs default brush stuff into the Application Area, or if the user makes some brush stuff, Painter places it into the User Area. However, if the user has administrative rights, which allows s/he access to the Application Area, then the user can also place brush stuff in the Application Area. What.

OK, let s consider what we did before Painter 12.1. We could make brush stuff like capture a category and save a variant using Painter. But if we wanted to install a brush set made by someone else, we had to follow the Application Path or the User Path and place the Brush Category Folder and the Companion JPEG in the proper folder. This seemingly simple task tripped many users and caused many headaches. With Painter 12.1, everything got so much easier. More about that later, let s continue talking about all this brush stuff prior to 12.1.

Painter s choices are fixed; it installs default stuff to the Application area and custom stuff to the User area, but the user can pretty much do what s/he pleases including totally screwing up Painter by making unfortunate choices. Over the past few years, I have looked at many folk s file structures and, trust me, been flabbergasted. I have seen RIFF file paintings, PDFs, PSDs, and as the document title implies, videos, to name a few, inside of brush category folders or brush libraries in both the Application Area and User Area. Oh stop snickering; I have seen this phenomenon with the most experienced users, too. Accidents can happen and for the most part none of us need to be messing around in Painter s guts in my opinion.

Prior to 12.1, we didn t have a choice; we had to mess around with Painter s guts. To install custom brushes from someone else, we had to place them in one of the paths described, but which one.

Application Area or User Area, Which is Best

Which is best indeed. This argument has raged for years among those who care, and I am not one of those who care. Well, maybe I care just a bit; I did write this epistle didn t I.

Both areas have their pros and cons. But the most important element to consider is how Painter looks at both areas. At this point I need to interject a new term, Workspace.

Workspaces

When you open Painter, the stuff that you see, document window, tool box, panels, custom palettes, etc., comprises the workspace. When you open Painter the very first time, you open the factory default workspace. As you add custom palettes or open certain panels or arrange the stuff on the workspace, Painter remembers the changes and opens the workspace as it appeared the last time you closed. You are still working in the Default workspace, but it is a customized default workspace. If you have to re-install painter, or use a Shift-Start, you will lose the changes to the customized default workspace and be returned to the factory default workspace. Bummer.

This loss of your workspace heartache can be avoided if you simply export save your workspace to your desktop, in your documents, or anywhere you like as long as it isn t in the Application or User Areas. To do this:

Go to Window Workspace Export

In the Export Window, navigate to where you want to save the workspace, name the workspace and select save. The workspace is saved and renamed in Painter.

If you need to install Painter again, or do a Shift-Start to the factory default, all your need to do to get your workspace back is to import your saved workspace. All your custom stuff will return with the workspace. One caveat, you only get back data from the saved date. In other words, if you exported your workspace once and several months later you need to import it all the custom stuff made during those several months will be lost. It is a very good idea to save your workspace frequently or at least every time you make any significant custom additions. I know, I hear you what does this have to do with brushes.

And Which is best, Application or User Area

Remember in the User Path, a section reads like this: Corel Painter 12 Default or the name of your workspace Brushes. In the User Path, the workspace comes before any of the custom stuff, which means that the custom stuff is workspace specific. If I make a custom Brush Category in Workspace 1, it will not show up in Workspace 2 or any other workspace I have for that matter.

However, if the custom brush category is placed in the Application Area, it will be available in all workspaces. And probably of more interest, this custom brush information is not replaced when you reinstall Painter or do a Shift-Start. It appears that the Application Area would be the best choice, but hold on; I do not think it is the best solution.

I think you need to make a custom workspace and save it frequently. After all, you do want to save your other custom stuff from reinstallation or Shift-Start. Plus, custom brush stuff I make with Painter will be written to the User area anyway. If I want to keep it in the Application area, I will need to move the new information from the user area to the application area daily or often. It would be a nightmare to keep up with this stuff.

It is simpler to follow Painter s lead and leave the Application area as a read only area and use the User area for custom stuff. Besides, with Painter 12.1 passing brushes around will be so much easier.

Once again I hear you grumbling. I know, I had that video showing how to load brushes into Painter 12 and I told you to load them into the Application Area. The devil made me do it; honest. Seriously, there was a bug in the first version of Painter 12 that wouldn t allow you to place brush libraries in the User Area. So we had to use the Application area until the Developers fixed the problem. By the way, their solution is beautiful and elegant more on that later.

Quick Review of Material

The following are the main points we have covered:

Identified the Application Path/Area for the PC and MAC

Identified the User Path/Area for the PC and MAC

Studied how to unhide files in the PC and the MAC Lion OS

Learned what a Brush Library, Brush Category, and a Companion JPEG are and how they are used.

Discovered the difference between Default Libraries, Brush Categories and Companion JPEGs and Custom Libraries, Brush Categories, and Companion JPEGs.

Learned a bit about workspaces and how to export them

Decided that installing brushes into the User Area was best. OK I decided that, but it is the right decision.

How does Painter 12.1 Fit In

Basically, you can still manually install brushes into painter 12.1 the same way you have always installed brushes in previous versions. You still have a choice to manually install them in the Application area or the User area. But with Painter 12.1, you also have the option to automatically install them, which is so easy and a vast improvement over the manual way.

There is one caveat, if we are talking about older brushes, let s say my Cool Spring set of brushes, then I or someone has to manually install them into painter. Once done, I can export them as a brush category and provide anyone with that file. The file will look like this Cool Spring.brushcategory. Going forward, brush variants, brush categories and brush libraries created in Painter 12.1 will be exported as a single file. In a very short while, all custom brush stuff will be handled this way without ever going into Painter s file structure. It is a grand new day.

How to Export/Import a Brush Library

Let s say I have my Cool Spring brushes in a separate library named Skip s Cool Spring. There could be more than one brush category in the library, but for simplicity, let s just have the Cool Spring Brush Category and the Companion JPEG inside of the library Skip s Cool Spring.

To export the library I would do this:

Go to Brushes Export Brush Library

In the Choose Brush Library window pop-up, I would choose Skip s Cool Spring Library from the drop down list and click OK.

A navigation window opens and at that point, I can actually change the name of the library to something else. But let s say I leave it as Skip s Cool Spring and I navigate to some place on my computer to save the exported file. I have a folder in my Documents called Custom Painter Stuff. In that folder I have many sub folders, for example, I have one called Exported Painter Libraries. I would export Skip s Cool Spring to that folder. The file will be called Skip s Cool Spring.brushlibrary. Most of the files are very small, but some are large.

Next I want to send you the file. I can do this anyway I wish. If it is a particularly large file, I may want to zip it first.

I have sent the file to you; what do you do:

Save the file to a special place on your computer, like my Custom Painter Stuff folder. Just make sure it is an easy place that you can remember. Not being able to find the file is a common occurrence.

If the file was zipped; unzip it.

Open Painter and go to Brushes Import Brush Library

An import brush library navigation window will open. Go to where you save Skip s Cool Spring.brushlibrary file and select it and click OK.

The library will be automatically installed into Painter 12.1

And here is an easier alternative way. Just save Skip s Cool Spring.brushlibrary unzipped on your desktop. With Painter open, simply double-click the file and it will automatically install in Painter 12.1. Very easy and very cool and no need to go through Painter s menu system.

How to Export/Import a Brush Category

What if I want to send you Cool Spring Brush Category and not a Cool Spring Brush Library. It is just as easy as sending the Brush Library. Here s how:

In Painter, make sure the Brush Library that holds the category that you want to export is active.

Go to Brushes Export Category

When the Export Category Navigation Window opens, navigate to where you want to export the file and click OK. The file created will be Cool Spring.brushcategory, and like with a Brush Library, you can change the name of the category.

Next I send you the created file if too large, I zip it, but it shouldn t be too large.

And if you want to import the Brush Category, this is what you do.

Save the file to a special place on your computer or drop it on your desktop.

Open Painter and make sure the library where you want to save the category is open or active.

Go to Brushes Import Category and in the navigation window find the file you saved, select it, and say ok. The Category will be automatically installed in the current Library.

And as before, you can simply double-click the file and it will open in the current library without you going through Brushes Import Category.

Can you believe this it is so easy thank you bunches Corel Painter Developers.

How to Export/Import a Single Brush Variant

Suppose I just created a new variant in Cool Spring Brush Category. You already have the category, so I only need to send you the single variant. Here is how I would do it:

First I would make sure the brush I want to export is the current brush showing in the Brush Selector.

Go to Brushes Export Brush and like brush library and category, I navigate to where I want to save the single variant and click OK. The file name will be Name.brushvariant where Name is the name of the variant.

I send you the created file

This is what you do to import the single brush:

Save the file to a special place or on your desktop

Open Painter and make sure the library or the brush category you want to use is currently active.

Go to Brushes Import Brush and navigate to the saved file, select it and say OK

This time we get an interesting save window variant. We have a save variant as box where we can name the variant anything we want. And we have a Brush category drop down menu. All brush categories in the selected library are available for us to select. Cool, but

Next to the drop down menu is a plus sign. If we click the plus sign a new brush category window opens and we can create a new category for the variant. Add a new name and click OK.

The new name is now showing in the category drop down list. Click ok and the new category will be created with the new brush variant inside. Painter uses a default icon for the category, but you can change that later.

Alternately, you can double click the brush variant file and it will automatically be loaded into the currently active category. You do not get a chance to create a new brush category.

Talk about customization and ease of use. I love Painter 12.1

Wrap Up

I don t have any more to say. Are you glad. Well I am glad to be through with the umpteenth draft. I hope this tome will be helpful to you. I have to admit, I am hoping that I can reference this document whenever I have a brush loading question.

Enjoy,

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Corel Painter 12.2 Service Pack 1 Update - Macintosh

Notes:

This update will update the latest release Corel Painter 12.2 Build 12.1.0.703 to Corel Painter 12.2 Build 12.2.1.1212. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Corel Painter 12, About.

The new version includes key fixes plus new and enhanced features were added to the following areas of the application:

Memory Enhancements

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IMPORTANT: After installing this update, we recommend that you reset your workspace to ensure that all of the new features appear correctly. You can reset your workspace to the factory default settings by holding down the Shift key when starting the application. A dialog box appears to confirm the restoration of the factory default settings.

If you are running an earlier version of Painter 12, use the Check for Updates command in the Corel Painter 12 menu to install prior service packs, hot fixes and this latest update. This process will ensure you have the pre-requisite services packs, hot fixes and the update itself.

If you encounter any technical difficulties installing this update, please contact Corel Support Services.

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Corel Painter 12.2 Service Pack 1 Update - Windows

This update will update the latest release Corel Painter 12.2 Build 12.2.0.703 to Corel Painter 12.2 Service Pack 1 Build 12.2.1.1212. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Help, About in any Corel application, or check the volinfo.txt file at the root of Programs DVD.

If you are running an earlier version of Painter 12, use the Check for Updates command in the HELP drop-down menu to install prior service packs, hot fixes and this latest update. This process will ensure you have the pre-requisite services packs, hot fixes and the update itself.

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Corel Painter 12.2 Update – Macintosh

This update will update the latest release Corel Painter 12.1 Build 12.1.0.1213 with or without Hot Fix 1 applied Build 12.1.0.1250 to Corel Painter 12.2 Build 12.2.0.703. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Corel Painter 12, About.

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Corel Painter 12.2 Update – Windows

Corel Painter 12.1 Hot Fix 1 - Macintosh

Corel Painter 12.1 Update – Hot Fix 1 12.1.0.1250 will update the latest release of Corel Painter 12.1 12.1.0.1213. The following fixes are included in this update:

Brush lagging after using undo or flipping canvas has been resolved.

Instabilities when using Real Watercolor have been resolved.

Impasto information is now maintained when saving RIF files with embedded clone sources.

Hot Fix 1 is applicable only to the latest release of Corel Painter 12.1 12.1.0.1213. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Help, About in any Corel application, or check the volinfo.txt file at the root of Programs DVD. If you are running an earlier version of Painter 12, use the Check for Updates command in the HELP drop-down menu to install all of the required service packs and hot fixes, including this latest update.

Corel Painter 12.1 Hot Fix 1 – Windows

Corel Painter 12.1 Update – Windows

The Painter 12.1 Update 12.1.1.1213 includes key fixes and enhancements to the application. It can only be applied to the latest release of Painter 12.0.1.727 or 12.0.1.914. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Help, About in any Corel application, or check the volinfo.txt file at the root of Programs DVD.

After installing this update, we recommend that you reset your workspace to ensure that all of the new features appear correctly. You can reset your workspace to the factory default settings by holding down the Shift key when starting the application. A dialog box appears to confirm the restoration of the factory default settings.

IMPORTANT: If you are running an earlier version of Painter 12, use the Check for Updates command in the HELP drop-down menu to install prior service packs, hot fixes and this latest update. This process will ensure you have the pre-requisite services packs, hot fixes and the update itself.

Corel Painter 12.1 Update – Macintosh

The Painter 12.1 Update 12.1.1.1213 includes key fixes and enhancements to the application. It can only be applied to Painter 12.0.1.727, 12.0.1.830 or 12.0.1.914. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Corel Painter 12, About.

IMPORTANT: If you are running an earlier version of Painter 12, use the Check for Updates command in the Corel Painter 12 menu to install prior service packs, hot fixes and this latest update. This process will ensure you have the pre-requisite services packs, hot fixes and the update itself.

Corel Painter 12 Service Pack 1 Update - Windows

Service Pack 1 will update the initial releases of Corel Painter 12 12.0.0.502, 12.0.0.503 or 12.0.0.609 to 12.0.0.727. The new version includes key fixes and enhancements to the application.

IMPORTANT: To install this update, the original DVD may be required. Please note: each application has a version number. If you want to know the full version number of your installation, click Help, About in any Corel application, or check the volinfo.txt file at the root of Programs DVD.

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