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Rico Laguna

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May 20, 2002, 10:57:00 PM5/20/02

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folks is there some trick to finding the Painter 7 update on Procreate's
website update page?...Im at the link but there doesnt seem to be a hotspot
to download the actual update.

Btw, is it worth it to update to 7.1 from 7 on my PC?...I here people are
having layer problems and such?

thanks

Jinny Brown

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May 21, 2002, 9:19:47 PM5/21/02

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Rico,

There are still some bugs in Painter 7 even with the Update installed,
but some that were in the original release of Painter 7 are now fixed
and it's worth it if you intend to use Painter 7 at all.

At the end of this message is a complete list of direct URLs to all of
the files in the Painter 7 Update package. You're not the first to have
trouble with the Procreate site so I put this list together shortly
after the Painter 7 Update was released.

Be sure to read the Installation Instructions before you begin.

Don't be surprised if you have to make more than one try at downloading
the Painter 7 Update file. It's huge and several people, including me,
had to try two or three times before getting a complete and useable file
download.
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Painter 7 Layers set to Composite Methods can be Grouped, but the
Collapse option is greyed out. Here's a workaround for collapsing Water
Color Layers:

The Collapse option is greyed out for Water Color Layers because there
was an issue with it in the initial Painter 7 release causing corruption
and other unwanted results. This issue will be reopened for Painter 8.

In the meantime, here's the workaround:

1. Select the Water Color Layers and Group them.

2. Expand the Group (click the small triangle to the left of the Group
name).

3. Highlight one of the Water Color Layers and, from the Layers section
menu, choose Convert to Default Layer.

4. Repeat Step 3 for the remaining Water Color Layers.

5. Notice that these Default Layers are still in Composite Method Gel
and the Collapse option is still greyed out.

6. Change the Composite Method from Gel to Default for each of the
Default Layers in the Group.

7. Click the small triangle to the left of the Group name to close the
Group.

8. With the Group highlighted in the Layers list, from the Layers
section menu, choose Collapse.

9. To retain the Water Color look, you may want to return the single
Default Layer to Composite Method Gel.

This method, adapted for generic use, is from Corel Painter Program
Manager Tanya Staples. Step 9 was added by me.
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For more Painter 7 information, tips, workarounds, solutions, Visual
Guides, Custom Water Color brushes to download, and tutorials, visit
PixelAlley and follow the links on the right side of this page (more
tutorials useable in Painter 7 are in the section accessed by clicking
the top left link):

http://www.pixelalley.com/pixelalley-sections-pages.html

Also, the Painter Can forum at In Depth Discussions is an excellent
place to learn how to use Painter 7 and have fun doing it. Hope to see
you there.

Painter Can forum at In Depth Discussions:
http://www.critical-depth.com/cgi-bin/idd/
____________________________________________________

The message I sent around back in December that includes direct URLS for
the Painter 7 Update package files:

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: *** UPDATED*** - Painter 7 Update - In Case You Didn't Get an
E-mail from Procreate]
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 18:04:51 -0800
From: Jinny Brown <jinb...@mindspring.com>

*** UPDATED TO INCLUDE URLS TO THE PDF FILES FOR: ***

> Painter 7 Update Installation Instructions
> Painter 7 Update Information
_____________________________________________________

Dear Painter Friends,

It looks like Santa got our letter this Christmas! :o)

In case you didn't get an e-mail from Procreate, here's where to get the
Painter 7 Update file and some other files you'll want to read and/or
download.. including some Water Color Tutorials by Cher.

Procreate Site:

http://www.procreate.com/go/painter_update/

Here are the links you'll see if you hold your cursor over the down
arrow so it will scroll down and display everything:
_____________________________________________

> Painter 7 Update Installation Instructions
> Painter 7 Update Information

> Painter 7 for Macintosh Update (bin)
> Painter 7 for Macintosh Update (hqx)
> Painter 7 for Windows Update (exe)

Other Good Stuff:
> Water Color Tutorial Series by Cher
Threinen-Pendarvis
> John Derry's Visual Guides
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If you're unable to access and view the Procreate page properly,
here are the URLs to download the Installation Instructions and
Update Information PDF files:

Painter 7 Update Installation Instructions
http://www.procreate.com/go/painter_update/install_info.pdf

Painter 7 Update Information
http://www.procreate.com/go/painter_update/update_info.pdf

Be sure to get the Painter 7 Update Installation Instructions and
Painter 7 Update Information PDF files on the Procreate site (or using
the URLs shown above), but if you prefer to download the Painter 7
Update file via the Corel FTP site, and while you're there download
Cher's Water Color Tutorial Series and John Derry's Visual Guides,
follow these links:

MAC

ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/Painter/7/mac/en/

Painter7Update.sit.bin 27315 Kb Tue Dec 19 22:47:00 2000 Binary
Executable

Painter7Update.sit.hqx 37135 Kb Tue Dec 19 22:47:00 2000 Macintosh
StuffIt Archive

WINDOWS

ftp://ftp.corel.com/pub/Painter/7/win/en/

Painter7Update.exe 29527 Kb Tue Dec 19 22:52:00 2000 Binary
Executable

Cher's Water Color Tutorial Series:

ftp://ftp.procreate.com/pub/procreate/Painter/7/tutorials/WaterColorTutorials/

WaterColorBasicsTut1.pdf
WaterColorBasicsTut2.pdf

John's Visual Guides:

ftp://ftp.procreate.com/pub/procreate/Painter/7/tutorials/VisualGuides/