User Guide

4 Corel Painter User Guide
Performance and Productivity
Increasing the overall speed, performance, and stability was a top priority for
Corel Painter IX. Working closely with Apple, Intel, and AMD, Corel engineers
created improvements and efficiencies wherever possible. Corel Painter has never been
a more efficient and powerful application.
Improved Speed
This is the fastest version of Corel Painter yet, with some brushes up to 10 times faster!
Brushes now perform, on average, twice as fast. In addition, users can now change the
default scratch disk location in the Preference settings.
New Welcome Screen
Getting down to the job at hand has never been easier, thanks to the Corel Painter IX
Welcome screen, which launches on startup. Divided into four sections, the Welcome
screen gives quick access to recently used files, tutorials, brush and color-management
settings, and even artwork from renowned Corel Painter masters.
Brush Control Palettes
New Brush Control palettes provide easy access to all brush settings and controls.
Making on-the-fly changes to brush settings and variables is as simple as dragging a
slider — without any disruption to workflow.
For example, the new Boost slider, found in the General palette of the Brush Controls,
instantly enhances brush speed. Just drag the slider and see brush performance
accelerate.
Frames-per-Second Control
Animators can now test frame rates directly in Corel Painter. With the new Frames-
per-Second Control, frame rates can be set and previewed in a range of 1 to 40 frames
per second.
Rotate/Flip Canvas
Entire images can now be easily rotated or flipped directly in Corel Painter. Image
composition is easily verified at the touch of a button.