Tools¶

The Tools Shelf contains most of the options for vertex painting. The following sections describe the controls in each of the available panels.

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Vertex Painting Options.

Brush¶

Brush

The Data-Block menu allows you to select brush presets, as well as custom brushes.

Color

Color picker.

Radius

Set the radius of the brush

Strength

Set the strength of the brush’s effect.

Blend

Mix: Mixes RGB values. When set to a strength of 1.0, it will cover the underlying “paint”.
Add: Adds RGB values. Will eventually turn the entire object white as RGB values accumulate to (1.0, 1.0, 1.0): Pure White.
Subtract: Subtracts RGB values. Usually results in Black.
Multiply: Multiplies brush colors by the vertex colors.
Blur: Blurs vertex colors.
Lighten: Lightens the color of the vertices.
Darken: Darkens the color of the vertices.