Paint Tools tray

The following describes the default tools that appear on the Paint Tools tray:

Tip

Quickly select items in Mudbox trays using the number keys on your keyboard. Pressing keys 1 through 9 selects the corresponding tool in the active tray. Middle-drag your frequently used tools to the first nine positions on a tray.

NoteYou can modify Paint Tool properties in the Properties window.

Tool Name	Icon	Purpose
Paint Brush		Applies paint to the model and layer you specify. The default tool on the Paint Tools tray. See also Painting basics.
Projection		Applies the color from images and textures using the stencil image you load into the 3D View. As you stroke across the stencil, portions of the image are applied to your model as paint. See Paint using stencil projection.
Eyedropper		Lets you copy (sample) a color from your model (from the current paint layer) and loads it for the current paint tool. See Sample color on a model.
Air Brush		Applies paint with much less opacity compared to the Paint brush, so the paint appears more feathered from the center of the stroke towards its outer edges. For best results, specify a 16-bit paint layer (for example, OpenEXR 16 bit Floating Point RGBA). For more information, see Troubleshoot painting.
Pencil		Applies a thin, dark stroke (by default) that is sharper along its edges compared to the Paint Brush.
Paint Erase		Removes paint from the active paint layer. When a model has multiple paint layers (channels), erasing paint on one layer reveals paint from other visible layers below it. See Erase paint.
Clone		Samples paint from one area and applies it to another area of the same model. You define a sampling point over the painted region you want to copy, then paint in another location. See Copy painted regions.
Dry Brush		Applies paint relative to the sculpted detail on your model. For example, apply paint only to the raised areas of textured surfaces to add additional random highlights or a weathered appearance. See Paint using a dry brush technique.
Blur		Softens detail in painted texture maps. Useful for retouching texture maps directly on a model. See Blur detail in painted textures.
Dodge		Lightens areas on a texture map. Useful for revealing highlights. Dodge can be set to affect highlights, mid-tones, or shadow areas. See Lighten or darken image areas.
Burn		Darkens areas of a texture map. Useful for toning down highlights. Burn can be set to affect highlights, mid-tones, or shadow areas. See Lighten or darken image areas.
Contrast		Increases or decreases the difference between light and dark pixels on a texture map. See Adjust contrast.
Sponge		Increases or decreases the color saturation of pixels within a texture map. See Adjust color saturation.
Hue		Replaces pixel hue values with a new hue value that you specify. Saturation and luminance values on the pixel remain unaffected. See Set or modify color hue.
Hue Shift		Modifies the pixel hue by the amount (in degrees rotation on the color wheel) that you specify. Saturation and luminance values on the pixel remain unaffected. See Set or modify color hue.
Invert		Converts pixels to an inverse color value on the color scale. For example, a black pixel becomes white, a blue pixel becomes yellow, red pixel becomes green, and so on. See Invert the color.