3DCoat paint - Fixes that really need to happen.

[PolyHertz]

I posted this in a thread in the "New Releases and Betas" section, but think it should have its own thread for the extra exposure.

 

Andrew said this "I plan to polish brush engine several days more. I hope to bring it to better state and this time any feedback regarding reason of any brushing problems especially important. After that I should switch to other tasks (see requests above regarding paint room for example) and point may be lost."

 

Here's some of the top changes that I think should be be tackled:

 

1. Paint Past UV shells : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=705

2. Import/Export layer visibility : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1142

3. Import layer opacity : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1135

4. Fix export of 'Add' layer blening mode : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1182

5. Fix import/export of 'Subtract' layer blening mode : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1134

6. Layer groups : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=26

7. Improve the existing Hide tool in Paint Room : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=151

8. Make palettes useable with a tablet : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1159

9. Ability to cyle through layer blending modes : http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1131

10. Ability to toggle on/off texture tiling: http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1166

 

For everyone else who uses (or wants to use) the paint room, what are the main issues you'd like to see resolved? Maybe if enough people speak up Andrew will do something about a few of them.

[Carlosan]

2-Transfer paint layer on/off visibility between 3DC and Photoshop

 

found it fixed at v4.6

[mercy]

1. Paint Past UV shells : http://3d-coat.com/m...view.php?id=705
Painting past UV shells with the brush in Paint Room with a solid color covers the seam perfectly in 4.0.06.

In professional experience however often photorealistic look is needed and the artist needs to work fast so
Cloning texture parts over the seam is unavoidable in most cases. Think of a good looking complex texture being on both sides of the seam, but completely misaligned = not continuous over the seam. So Cloning Tool is needed to make it look continuous over the seam, but it cannot perfectly cover the seam currently. 

Please see:
http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1234

Edited July 20, 2013 by mercy

[Pix Jigsaw]

I think it is valuable that you gathered all those issues together into a layers issues list, and would love to see some of those addressed.  I'm just not sure that they are brush engine issues.  They all seem to be layers improvements or fixes.  Maybe that is what Andrew will move to when he finishes his work in the brush engine code.

[PolyHertz]

carlosan: Haven't been able to test the layer visibility import/export, but If you can confirm it fixed in the newest version though feel free to close the mantis report.

 

Pix Jigsaw: Well there are more problems other then with layers, though I think the ones with layers are the most significant. Some more non-layer examples of things that could stand to be fixed:

 

Stair stepping effect when using single-poly paint: http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=784

Color operations brush uses incorrect opacity: http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=1181

Flat shade mode has alpha sorting issues: http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=980

Copy/Paste surface only works correctly when brush is large: http://3d-coat.com/mantis/view.php?id=253

 

 

1. Paint Past UV shells : http://3d-coat.com/m...view.php?id=705
Painting past UV shells with the brush in Paint Room with a solid color covers the seam perfectly in 4.0.06.

I just tested and it's not the case in 4.0.06 (trial version):