User Guide

Basics50
PostScript information. Some page
design programs require that this
option be checked. The file sizes
will be approximately twice as
large when saved with this option.
• Preview Options—No preview,
Black and white preview, and
Color preview—specify whether to
save preview data and in what
format. The resulting preview file
is a low-resolution (72 ppi) file.
If you have an older laser printer,
you have to use the black and
white preview to print these files.
Although the preview or display is
black and white, the color
information remains intact.
Recovering Lost Work
How can you recover work lost in a
corrupt image file? When you work
with computers, sometimes
uncontrollable events cause files to
become corrupt. No backup? Lost all
your work? Do you have to create the
whole image again?
Maybe not. There’s one way to try
recovering lost work. Corel Painter
records all actions into the Current
Script. If Corel Painter is stopped and
restarted within 24 hours, the old
current script is still available, saved as
“{date}{time}” and a new current
script is started. By default, the dated
scripts are saved for one day, but you
can reset this to a longer time in
General Preferences.
The dated scripts can be used to replay
actions for recovering lost work or
creating scripts for movies. Also, you
can use the Script List to cut and paste
portions of the dated script that are
useful. Just open the dated script and
delete the last few commands, then
play the script to re-create the work
and try saving the file again.
For more information, see “Scripting”
on page 415.
Closing Documents and
Quitting the Application
To close a document:
• Do one of the following:
• Click the current window’s
close box.
•Choose File menu > Close.
•Press Command + W (Mac
OS) or Ctrl + W (Windows).
To quit Corel Painter:
• Do one of the following:
• (Mac OS) Choose Corel
Painter 8 menu > Quit Corel
Painter 8.
• (Windows) Choose File menu
> Quit.
Tip
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You can also quit Corel Painter by
pressing Command + Q (Mac OS) or
Ctrl + Q (Windows).
Setting Preferences
Corel Painter has several different
preference dialog boxes: General,
Brush Tracking, Customize Keys,
Undo, Shapes, Internet, Save,
Operating System, and Palettes.