Pattern Rendering Variants Using the Plug-in Method
November 16, 2009 by brush
Filed under Painter Brushes, Patterns, Variant xml
IMPORTANT: Please read this section and follow the locking instructions before installing the Pattern Pens Glow brush library. I mentioned in my previous post Pattern Pens Plus that, quote; “Due to a bug in Painter, it is not currently possible to save a Rendered dab type variant with a Plug-in method subcategory (such as the [...]
Backward Compatibility Variant Conversion (Mac OSX)
July 23, 2009 by brush
Filed under Painter Brushes, Variant xml
This is a demonstration of using custom AppleScripts in TextWrangler to enable backward version compatibility of Corel Painter brush variant xml files. Note that this only applies to version 7 and above, as previous versions were not in a cross-platform xml format. Please note that whilst it is possible that these scripts may work in [...]
Restoring Missing Painter Variant xml dab-flags (Mac OSX Leopard)
July 15, 2009 by brush
Filed under Painter Brushes, Variant xml
Please also see my previous article: Lifting the Dampers off SaveRestoreDamping. This is a demonstration of using custom AppleScripts in TextWrangler to add missing dab flags (such as SaveRestoreDamping and SaveRestoreMouseParams to Corel Painter brush variant xml files. Disclaimer Although these scripts have been tested, it is important that before editing your brush variant xml [...]
Lifting the Dampers off SaveRestoreDamping
July 14, 2009 by brush
Filed under Painter Brushes, Variant xml
More advanced Painter users will probably be familiar with the Damping control slider in the Spacing section of the Brush Controls. For those of you who aren’t, below is a screenshot (Painter 11 in this example). The Damping brush control (I believe first introduced in Painter 6), was incorporated to allow smoothing of otherwise jagged [...]
xml File Association in 2 Clicks
July 13, 2009 by brush
Filed under Painter Brushes, Variant xml
File associations determine which default application will open a specific file, and also which application a given file will open in, when its icon is double clicked. File association can be useful in Painter, as for example, the associated Painter version should automatically launch and display the RIF document after double clicking the RIF file [...]
