Paint

Paint Scene, Paint Canvas

Select these to switch between painting in the 2D canvas or the 3D scene. See Switch between views for painting.

Save Snapshot

You can save the Paint Effects canvas or scene as an .iff file. See Save a snapshot of the Paint Effects panel view.

Save Depth as Grayscale

You can save the depth values as grayscales for later use. See Save depth as grayscale values.

Canvas

These menu items can only be used when painting in the 2D canvas. They do not apply when painting in the 3D scene.

New Image

Use this to create a new texture.

Open Image

Use this to open an existing texture file in the Paint Effects panel.

Save, Save As

Use this to save the canvas as a. iff file. You also have the option to save the Alpha.

Auto Save

Turn this on to automatically save after every stroke.

Set Size

Use this to set the size of the canvas (X,Y).

Clear

This clears the canvas.

Roll

Use this to select which grade and direction to roll the canvas. The roll feature rolls the canvas as if it were wrapped into a cylinder, so that the images move continuously from left to right, or from top to bottom. See Roll the canvas.

Wrap

Use this to wrap the canvas horizontally or vertically. See Create seamless repeating textures.

Canvas Undo

Use this to undo the last stroke you made on the canvas.

Brush

Get Brush

Use this to select a preset brush. For more information, see Select preset brushes.

Paint, Smear, Blur, Erase

Select the brush type you want to paint with. See Select the brush type.

Single Pixel Brush

This only works for the 2D canvas. Turn this on to paint individual pixels.

Edit Template Brush

Use this to edit the template brush settings in the Paint Effects Brush Settings window. See Paint Effects Brush Settings.

Reset Template Brush

Use this to restore the template brush settings to the default brush settings.

Use Stylus Pressure

When working with a stylus and a pressure sensitive tablet, turn this on if you want Paint Effects to recognize the Pressure Mappings settings in the Paint Effects Tool.

Tool Settings

Use this to edit the settings for the Paint Effects Tool. See Paint Effects Tool.

Camera

These menu items can only be used when painting in the 3D scene. They do not apply when painting on the 2D canvas. Use these menu items to switch between perspective and orthographic camera views.

Resolution

Sets the resolution of 3D Paint Effects when they are viewed in the Paint Effects panel. Resolution options are only applicable when painting 3D effects in the scene (Paint > Paint Scene). Resolution options are not applicable when painting 2D paint effects in the canvas (Paint > Paint Canvas). For information about painting effects in the scene and canvas, see Paint.

Object Shading

Wireframe, Shaded, Textured

Select the desired shading display quality.

Use Default Lighting, Use All Lights

Select which lights you want to use.

Display Fog

Use this to turn on and off the display of fog.

Display

Red Channel, Green Channel, Blue Channel, All Channels

Use this to switch between the color channels.

Luminance, Alpha Channel

Use this to switch between the Luminance and Alpha Channel.

Toolbar

Use this to turn on and off the display of the Paint Effects panel toolbar. See Paint Effects panel toolbar.

Stroke Refresh

Off, Wireframe, Rendered

Select one of these menu items to specify when strokes will be refreshed.

Selected Only

Turn this on to refresh only selected strokes.

Paint Canvas toolbar

Paint Scene toolbar