Level Editor/Tools/Vertex Color Brush: Difference between revisions

Level Editor: Vertex Color Brush tool page
 
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| name    = Vertex Color Brush
| name    = Vertex Color Brush
| location = Toolbar, painting
| location = Toolbar, painting
| shortcut = {{Key|Shift}}+{{Key|X}} samples the colour of the nearest vertex
| shortcut = {{Key|Shift}}+{{Key|X}} samples the color of the nearest vertex
| makes    = Paints colour onto the corners of brushes
| makes    = Paints color onto the corners of brushes
| settings = Tool Properties
| settings = Tool Properties
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The '''Vertex Color Brush''' paints colour onto the vertices (corners) of brushes. The colour blends smoothly across each face between its corners, so you can darken the base of a wall, add grime to a corner, or tint part of a surface without a new material.
The '''Vertex Color Brush''' paints color onto the vertices (corners) of brushes. The color blends smoothly across each face between its corners, so you can darken the base of a wall, add grime to a corner, or tint part of a surface without a new material.


== Using it ==
== Using it ==
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# Pick '''Vertex Color Brush''' and choose a '''Color'''.
# Pick '''Vertex Color Brush''' and choose a '''Color'''.
# Click and drag over the surfaces. The brush's '''Radius''' and '''Strength''' decide how far and how strongly it paints.
# Click and drag over the surfaces. The brush's '''Radius''' and '''Strength''' decide how far and how strongly it paints.
# {{Key|Shift}}+{{Key|X}} picks up the colour of the vertex nearest the brush.
# {{Key|Shift}}+{{Key|X}} picks up the color of the vertex nearest the brush.


== Settings ==
== Settings ==
{{Property table start}}
{{Property table start}}
{{Property row|name=Component mask|type=List|default=None|desc='''None''' paints anywhere under the brush. '''Vertex''' and '''Face''' limit it to the vertices or faces you have selected with the edit tools.}}
{{Property row|name=Component mask|type=List|default=None|desc='''None''' paints anywhere under the brush. '''Vertex''' and '''Face''' limit it to the vertices or faces you have selected with the edit tools.}}
{{Property row|name=Color|type=Colour|default=White|desc=The colour to paint.}}
{{Property row|name=Color|type=Color|default=White|desc=The color to paint.}}
{{Property row|name=Radius|type=0 to 1|default=1.0|desc=The size of the brush.}}
{{Property row|name=Radius|type=0 to 1|default=1.0|desc=The size of the brush.}}
{{Property row|name=Strength|type=0 to 1|default=1.0|desc=How much of the colour each stroke lays down.}}
{{Property row|name=Strength|type=0 to 1|default=1.0|desc=How much of the color each stroke lays down.}}
{{Property row|name=Pen Pressure|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=With a drawing tablet, press harder to paint more strongly.}}
{{Property row|name=Pen Pressure|type=Check box|default=Off|desc=With a drawing tablet, press harder to paint more strongly.}}
{{Property table end}}
{{Property table end}}


Vertex colour is kept when you subdivide or cut faces.
Vertex color is kept when you subdivide or cut faces.


== Related pages ==
== Related pages ==