Corel began shipping the boxed version of Painter 11 today, so it is the perfect day to introduce public support for it in the Studio|chris Brush Manager. All new installs will automatically be the latest version, and for those of you who have already installed, just open the Settings panel and click the “Check for Updates” button to start the process. Be sure to update your settings after the installation as well.
From the outside, not much has changed between this version and the last, but there were a couple of very minor bugs fixed:
- Update install ran twice during the update process in earlier versions (this caused updates to take twice as long). During the next update cycle, the update will install only one time.
- The RSS panel at the bottom of the window loaded with a lot of filler text while waiting on to see if you had an active internet connection. That clutter has been removed. As a result, it takes the RSS panel a little while longer to populate, but at least you don’t see overlapping text while waiting.
You’ll also notice the large banner for painterLab.com (which is still in the works, but you may subscribe and know exactly when it launches!) has been removed and replaced with sponsor banners. Please visit and support the sponsors as they are helping to keep the Installer portion of the Brush Manager free for everyone and also supporting future developments. If you’d like to support development directly, you may also donate to the project with PayPal.
Also, I’d like to give a quick thanks to everyone for the kind words about the Brush Manager, here, in the forums and privately. Hope you all continue to enjoy it – things will only get better!
Congrats on this Chris… a great utility for all Painter users that like to share their brushes…
Thanks Steve – just wait to see how it grows!
Hi Chris! Thanks so much for designing this awesome manager and being right on par with version 11 :) It’s a great utility for all Painter lovers!
Hope you enjoy it Amjara. It certainly makes the process easier.
Chris-
I used your brush manager to install john derry’s watercolor brushes i Painter 10, The I bought a new computer with windows 7 and Painter 11. Using your brush manager I cannot install the brushes. It only recognizes windows vista on my computer, not windows 7. Is that the problem? Is there a version of your brush manager that installs under windows 7?
Hi David–
Brush Manager should recognize Windows 7 just fine if you have the most recent version. If it only detects Vista, there should be no issue though. Painter uses the same folders in both Windows Vista and Windows 7 for brushes and the same restrictions that apply to Windows Vista also apply to Windows 7.
Chris
Hi Chris
I installed the latest Brush Manager but when I add a zip file to it, it says the brush is already installed, which I know it is not. I downloaded the Zen brush off Jittebrush, only to be told it is already installed.
I uninstalled the software, reinstalled and the same thing happens.
I install my brushes to a custom folder and have set the settings appropriately. I’m at a loss why it’s not working for me, yet working fine for other folk.
I am on Win7 64bit and that is quoted in the settings.
What could be the problem?
Maureen
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