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Paint Effect

Paint Effect is a mask that allows manual painting on the model in 3D or 2D using brushes, alphas, and painting tools.

Toggle Paint Mode

With a single button you can switch between Paint Mode, which allows manual painting on the model in 3D, and Object Mode.

Brushes

You can choose between four main brushes:

Paint, to paint directly on the model. paint

Erase, to erase applied paint or details. erase

Clone, which copies information from one area and applies it to another. clone

Fill, which fills entire areas with a color, material, or pattern. fill

Brush Options

Radius

Adjusts the brush size.

Strength

Adjusts the brush strength.

Stroke method

Choose between different application methods.

Spacing

Adjusts the spacing between brush marks.

Alpha

The alpha gives texture and shape to the brush.

You can choose between your own image or one from the MatPlus library.

Mask Mapping

Controls how the alpha affects the brush.

View Plane

Applies the mask based on the camera view, projecting it directly onto the model from your screen.

Tiled

Repeats the mask continuously in a tiled pattern on the surface, following the object’s UVs.

Random

Applies the mask with random variations of position, rotation, or scale.

Stencil

Uses a texture as a fixed stencil that you can move, rotate, and scale in the view to project it manually onto the model.

Falloff

Falloff controls how the effect of a brush fades from the center to the edges.

Falloff is controlled with a curve, which you can adjust to change the falloff effect.

There are different preconfigured presets that you can select from the dropdown menu.