User Guide

Basics56
To set file extension preferences
(Mac OS)
1 Choose Corel Painter 8 menu >
Preferences > Save.
2 Choose one of the following
options from the Append pop-up
menu:
• Always — always adds the
appropriate file extension when
saving
• Never — never adds a file
extension when saving
• Ask When Saving — prompts
you to choose whether or not to
add a file extension when sav-
ing
Operating System
Preferences (Windows)
Computers running Windows have
some additional options.
To access Operating System
preferences:
• Choose Edit menu > Preferences
> Operating System.
Configuring Your Browser to
Recognize Software Resources
Your browser must be set to recognize
Corel Painter files and instructed
what to do with them.
This is something you’ll do in your
browser. Consult your browser
documentation for more information.
Physical Memory Usage
For best performance, choose
Maximum Memory for Painter on the
Operating System Preferences page,
and run Corel Painter with no other
programs running in the background.
Choosing Half Memory for Painter on
the Operating System Preferences
page allows Corel Painter to run more
efficiently while other Windows
applications are running.
Printing Options
Free Memory for Printing will
increase printing speed by writing the
active image to disk, increasing the
amount of memory available for the
print manager and the printer driver.
No Print Banding disables print
banding for devices that support it.
Disabling print banding can help
some PostScript printers, but will hurt
the performance of some bitmap
printers, such as the
Hewlett-Packard® DeskJet®
printers. Most dot matrix printers will
be faster with No Print Banding left
unchecked. If you experience
problems printing in landscape
orientation, you may have to turn off
banding by checking the option
button in the dialog box.
Display Options
If your video display driver is set to 16-
bit colors, you can experience some
color irregularities on your screen
when using Corel Painter. Checking
the No Device Dependent Bitmaps
option will correct this problem with
most 16-bit color video displays. If you
are not using 16-bit colors, this
checkbox will have no effect on your
system.