However upping spacing about Fifty Percent allows for most of the Alpha to print. This causes a trailing smear hardly displaying any of the Alpha at all. Under Tool options 'Spacing' (towards the bottom of the menu) should be toggled onto 14 Percent by default. Instead of showing the 'Poke Ball' with the image wrapped around it, it is displaying the image only as it does under Alpha Brushes.I'm not sure if this matters?Įdit: Also, playing around a bit more I have had the best success using Airbrush set to Constant Pressure with the Alpha - I still feel a bit more could be done with a Smart Material however.such as being able to apply the fill layer tool.Įdit 2: For anyone else curious I almost achieved the type of brush I wanted - The following might seem rudimentary to most but was new to me: If reference mesh is covered with texture, 3D-Coat will be able to bake not only geometry but texture on new topology. Just open reference mesh and cover it with polygons. In general 3D-Coat can be used as a pure retopology tool. It allows you to change topology of model. Pressing RMB over brush icon let you to edit it on external editorīTW - Is there a specific naming convention for the four layers created in Gimp for Height, Specular, Erase Alpha, Color? And is there a specific order the layers must be in when exporting to png?Īlso the Smart Material Dummy has not been displayed when dragging my alpha into Coat and selecting Create Smart Material. Hey everyone My intention in creating this topic is to be able to contribute to the improvement of the Brushes, Alphas, Stencils and Textures system for 3D-Coat. 3D-Coat offers powerful set of retopology tools.

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