{"id":11447,"date":"2025-03-16T10:18:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T10:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/?post_type=manual_documentation&#038;p=11447"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:16:52","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T08:16:52","slug":"create-brushes-based-on-curves","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/manual\/brush-components\/brushes-alphas\/create-brushes-based-on-curves\/","title":{"rendered":"Create brushes based on Curves"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The strength falloff of the brush can also be created on &#8220;Brushes Panel &gt; Create a new brush using curves&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This option is open pressing over the &#8220;+&#8221; icon to create a new brush type <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"149\" height=\"114\" src=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11470\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>a popup open showing the option to Create brushes based on Curves:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"289\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/create.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6716\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Selecting this option you can create your own library of shapes based on curves Fall Off. <br \/>The &#8220;Edit Brush Shape panel&#8221; show options to edit forward, left\/right and radial falloff, as well as the option to select any texture as depth alpha on &#8220;Depth texture path&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"587\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1.png?wsr\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1.png 587w, https:\/\/3dcoat.com\/documentation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1-280x300.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 587px) 100vw, 587px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">edit brush shape panel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Click on curve to insert point. Click RMB to change point type (precise, smooth, sharp). Press SHIFT and drag point to snap. Doubleclick to remove point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texture bias:<\/strong> The additional displacement of the texture. <br \/><strong>Auto bias:<\/strong> calculate the displacement depth based on current texture grey values. <br \/><strong>Texture scale:<\/strong> Additional texture scale. <br \/><strong>Rotation:<\/strong> Rotate in screen space.<br \/><strong>U\/V offset:<\/strong> move the texture on U\/V space horizontally or vertically. <br \/><strong>Flip U\/V:<\/strong> Flip selected faces horizontally or vertically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#f1f1f1\">\n<p>If you need to change any paramenter after Brush creation, press RMB over the alpha icon and select &#8220;Edit brush shape&#8221;. <br \/>On &#8220;Edit brush shape panel&#8221; you can adjust the curve settings to control the falloff and intensity of the brush stroke.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use Curve based brushes on any Sculpt Tool<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The brushes based on Curves can be used for any sculpt tool too. 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