Sculpt Mode Painting #97957

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Julien Kaspar · 2022-05-08T12:32:42+02:00

Julien Kaspar commented

2022-05-08 12:32:42 +02:00

This task outlines the remaining To Do's for fundamental sculpt mode painting.

Color Swapping

X for switching primary and secondary color
The current shortcut for X for the draw brush will be removed.

In one of the upcoming releases all brush shortcuts in sculpt mode will be removed anyway, for maximum user customization.

Canvas Picker & Viewport Color

Since painting is something optional in sculpt mode we need to make sure that:

Color Attribute shading isn't enforced
Color attributes will be displayed when using painting tools
A fast way of choosing color attributes in the UI
An optional & discoverable way of switching the viewport shading for all objects (optimal painting scenario)

The proposal for this is:

Use D16241 canvas picker UI in sculpt mode. Always visible but grayed out if viewport shading color is not Attribute
Whenever a painting tool is active, the canvas picker is no longer grayed out and the color attribute viewport shading is enforced in workbench shading on the active object only
In the canvas picker popover, add a message or button to switch the viewport color to Attribute if this is not yet the case, so that colors stay visible between brushes/tools.
Remove the current behavior of automatically switching the viewport color when a painting tool is used

To make sure the sculpting experience is already taking color attributes into account, the default sculpting template and workspace should use color attributes for viewport shading.

This task outlines the remaining To Do's for fundamental sculpt mode painting. ### Color Swapping - `X` for switching primary and secondary color - The current shortcut for `X` for the draw brush will be removed. In one of the upcoming releases all brush shortcuts in sculpt mode will be removed anyway, for maximum user customization. ### Canvas Picker & Viewport Color Since painting is something optional in sculpt mode we need to make sure that: - Color Attribute shading isn't enforced - Color attributes will be displayed when using painting tools - A fast way of choosing color attributes in the UI - An optional & discoverable way of switching the viewport shading for all objects (optimal painting scenario) The proposal for this is: - Use [D16241](https://archive.blender.org/developer/D16241) canvas picker UI in sculpt mode. Always visible but grayed out if viewport shading color is not `Attribute` - Whenever a painting tool is active, the canvas picker is no longer grayed out and the color attribute viewport shading is enforced in workbench shading on the active object only - In the canvas picker popover, add a message or button to switch the viewport color to Attribute if this is not yet the case, so that colors stay visible between brushes/tools. - Remove the current behavior of automatically switching the viewport color when a painting tool is used To make sure the sculpting experience is already taking color attributes into account, the default sculpting template and workspace should use color attributes for viewport shading.

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Julien Kaspar commented

2022-05-08 12:32:42 +02:00

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2022-05-08 19:37:33 +02:00

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Julien Kaspar commented

2022-06-30 12:12:04 +02:00

As mentioned in the recent module meeting, I'm raising the priority for the Blender 3.3 release.

Julien Kaspar commented

2022-07-14 12:12:37 +02:00

From recent module meeting:

D is off limits because of annotate.
We should compare X for color swap shortcut with other software. It seams like an industry standard, so changing it might not be great.
We also considered to change Draw brush shortcut to V.
Another big project would be to follow other painting and drawing modes, and don’t include any brush shortcuts by default. This would be a bigger topic to discuss.
The advantages would be that users are free to assign shortcuts to brushes they actually use. Different workflows will require different brushes and many users customise brush shortcuts early on.

Since the topics of this design need more involved investigation, I will lower the priority for now.

From recent module meeting: > D is off limits because of annotate. > We should compare X for color swap shortcut with other software. It seams like an industry standard, so changing it might not be great. > We also considered to change Draw brush shortcut to V. > Another big project would be to follow other painting and drawing modes, and don’t include any brush shortcuts by default. This would be a bigger topic to discuss. > The advantages would be that users are free to assign shortcuts to brushes they actually use. Different workflows will require different brushes and many users customise brush shortcuts early on. Since the topics of this design need more involved investigation, I will lower the priority for now.

Julien Kaspar added this to the Sculpt, Paint & Texture project 2023-02-08 10:20:48 +01:00

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Sculpt Mode Painting #97957

Color Swapping

Canvas Picker & Viewport Color