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# Saving Setups

You can save pictures, preferences, mattes, palettes, brush groups, brushes, and stamps. You can also save cutouts, cut sequences, recorded strokes in AutoPaint, as well as geometry created in the Graphics menu.

To save a setup:

1. In the Paint menu, click Save.
2. Select the item you want to save from the option box.

   Select: | To:
   --- | ---
   Picture | Save an image created in Paint.
   Matte | Save the matte.
   Palette | Save the current colour palette.
   BrushSet | Save the current set of brushes.
   Brush | Save the brush that is currently active.
   Stamp | Save the Stamp currently in the Stamp window.
   Geometry | Save the geometry created in the Graphics menu. This also includes all cutouts.
   CutOut | Save the cutouts created in the CutOut menu.
   CutSequence | Save the cutout sequence created in the CutOut menu.
   AutoPaint | Save the last series of recorded strokes.
   Preferences | Save current preferences.
   Defaults | Save current default values.

   The file browser appears, listing any existing setups for that item.

3. Type the name of the setup in the Save field.
4. Press Save (Enter) to save the setup.

#### Topics in this section

- Cropping a Setup