Painter 6 to IX Camel Hair Brush Quality

[IDrawStuff]

Hi!

I imported Painter 6's camel hair brush into IX, but the line quality is not good. Lines are not smooth (jerky lines instead of smooth arcs). Did I do something wrong? Is my computer choking on this brush for some reason or is it something else?

I'm on a PC with 1.5 gigs of RAM and will be switching to a Mac Pro soon. Painter 6 is getting too old for my system software and hardware to run, so I'd like to perserve some of my favorite tools if possible.

Thank you!

Dale

[Fredbt]

Hi, Dale.

Jin can direct you in how to import older brushes. If she opened this old dog's eyes I'm sure instructing you will be a snap for her. :wink:

Good deal about getting the Mac Pro. That is what I have and I love it. My problem was that Painter 7 wouldn't apply any paint when installed on the new MacIntel machine. So, I got Painter IX and Jin showed me how to load my old Painter Classic version 1.0.1 brushes into the newer version of Painter. Thanks to Jin, it works like a charm! Now, I can use my antiquated, best ever, Painter Classic brushes and the newer Painter IX brushes too.

My next new venture is I have started my first ever digital painting in Adobe Photoshop. I've used Photoshop every day since it was first introduced but I've never tried a painting in Photoshop. It's turning out pretty good so far and is a total departure from my usual style.

Good luck.

[Jin]

Hi,

I just did a test import of the default Painter 6 brush library into both Painter IX.5 and Painter X.

In both cases, and I don't have a clue how this happened, the Round Camelhair variant had been changed to an Eraser!

I loaded the default Painter IX Painter Brushes library, chose the Oils' Round Camelhair variant and restored it to its default settings, then dragged the icon into a Custom Palette. Then I loaded the Imported Painter 6 brush library, selected the Brushes' Round Camelhair variant, restored it to its default settings (it remained an Eraser), then dragged the icon into my Custom Palette.

Clicking each of the icons to load the Painter IX Round Camelhair variant or the Painter 6 Round Camelhair variant, I made sure all of the settings were the same as the Painter IX Round Camelhair variant's settings. Turned out all I needed to change was the Brush Controls' General Palette Dab Type, from Eraser back to Camel Hair.

When I was sure all of the settings matched the Painter IX Round Camelhair variant, I saved the Painter 6 Round Camelhair variant with the same name. Now it works just like the Painter IX Round Camelhair variant and looks the same as it did in Painter 6.1.

Some fine tuning may be needed by adjusting your Brush Tracking.

Preferences > Brush Tracking

Paint a brush stroke on the Brush Tracking scratch pad using your normal hand pressure, then click the OK button.


If the Painter 6 Brushes' Round Camelhair variant is not the variant you meant, the above instructions apply to any brush variant. Just make sure the Brush Control settings all match what you see in Painter 6, then save the variant again with the same name. Adjust your Brush Tracking too, if you need to fine tune the way the brush variant paints.


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[IDrawStuff]

Thanks for the help!

I will try that tonight. Honestly, that makes my head hurt. If I can't get it to go, maybe I'll just build another brush that sort of works the same and be done with it.

Reminds me of my favorite drawing pencil (Koh-I-Noor Negro 350) that was discontinued. I have a few of them left from the early 90's, but it's time to move on and find something else. A poor craftsman blames his tools...right? sigh....thanks again.

[Fredbt]

Reminds me of my favorite drawing pencil (Koh-I-Noor Negro 350) that was discontinued. I have a few of them left from the early 90's, but it's time to move on and find something else.

Hi. Don't you hate it when that happens? I've never used the Koh-I-Noor pencil, but I wonder if it is anything like my favorite pencil: the Eberhard-Faber Ebony Jet Black, Extra Smooth, 6325? Gawd! I hope they never eliminate that one. I love it and it is available just about anywhere where art supplies are sold, even craft and hobby stores. Have you tried those? They are very soft, smooth, and lay down a very black line.

I'll do the reverse of blaming my tools and praise this one. I honestly believe my sketches are better when done with an E-F Ebony pencil. It just moves so smoothly on the paper, it seems I can draw more freely and with more ease.