Layers

Layer Types

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4 Layer types available

Paint Layer

The Paint Layer is an empty layer, best used for directly painting textures onto your mesh. By default, it affects the Diffuse channel, but you can change this to target other channels as needed.

Fill Layer

The Fill Layer is a layer with a color input, ideal for quickly filling areas, applying solid colors, or configuring specific channels.

PBR Layer

The PBR Layer is designed to allow painting across multiple channels that are commonly used in physically based rendering (PBR). You can paint details for channels like Diffuse, Metallic, Roughness, Normal, Height, etc that can be defined in Material Settings

Folder Layer

The Folder Layer is used for organizing and managing multiple layers. You can group related layers under a folder to keep your project organized. Filters added will be applied to all layers in this folder.

Layer Textures

In HAS Paint, paint layers are represented by textures. The textures created with this add-on have the following properties:

  • Alpha Premultiplied: All textures have alpha premultiplication, meaning that transparency is accounted for color values, which helps ensure proper blending of textures. Can be changed in Layer Actions

  • Color sRGB: The textures use sRGB color space, which gives accurate color representation and blending in the 3D viewport. Can be changed in Layer Actions

All new textures are created with a default size of 1024x1024 pixels unless changed in the Material Settings.

Layer Layout

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Each layer has properties that allow you to control its behavior and appearance:

  • Image/Color Preview: Layer image preview or Color property that can be edited if no image assigned
  • Select Layer: Select layer for painting and editing properties/filters/sub-layers.
  • Opacity Control: Adjust the opacity of the layer to blend it with layers below.
  • Blending Mode: Set the blending mode (e.g., Mix, Multiply, Overlay) to control how the layer interacts with those beneath it.
  • Visibility: Toggle the visibility of the layer to hide or show it as needed.
  • Layer Name: Visible name for layer.
  • Layer Actions: Operations with layer. Details in Layer Actions
  • Move Layer: Change layer order