User Guide

Corel Painter 15
To close the property bar:
• Do one of the following:
•Choose Window menu >
Hide Property Bar.
• If the property bar is undocked,
click the close button on the
title bar.
Tip
•
To show the property bar, choose
Window menu > Show Property Bar.
Using the Brush Selector
Bar
The Brush selector bar lets you choose
from a variety of brush categories and
variants. Brush categories are groups
of similar brushes and media. Brush
variants are specific brushes and brush
settings within a brush category.
The name of the selected brush
category appears at the top of the
Brush selector bar. The name of the
selected brush variant appears under
the brush category name.
The Brush selector bar.
To display the Brush selector bar:
• Choose Window menu > Show
Brush Selector Bar.
To choose a brush from the Brush
selector bar:
1 On the Brush selector bar, click the
Brush Category arrow and choose
a brush category.
2 Click the Brush Variant arrow, and
choose a variant.
Previewing Brushes
The Brush Category selector shows
you a preview of the currently selected
brush category and lets you choose a
new brush category. The Brush
Variant selector does the same for
brush variants.
You can preview brush categories and
variants as thumbnails or in list
format. Brush variants can also be
previewed as brush strokes. The
Stroke view shows you both the dab
type and brush stroke of the selected
brush variant.
To display brush categories and
variants as thumbnails or lists:
1 On the Brush selector bar, click the
Brush Category or Brush Variant
arrow.
2 Click the selector menu arrow, and
choose List or Thumbnails.
If you’re displaying brush variants,
you can also choose the Stroke
view.
Note
•
The Stroke view is available only on
the Brush Variant selector menu.
Items in the Brush selector bar can be displayed
as thumbnails.