Tool Properties Toolbar

The Tool Properties toolbar displays information about the selected tool.

Tool Properties Toolbar Control

Tool	Control	Type	What it does	Opens this dialog box	Notes
	Facing	dropdown	Set whether the selection only applies to the Front of the model as you can see it, or if the selection goes Through the model and includes the other side.
		button	Activate Rectangle Selection mode. This lets you draw a rectangular selection.		This control only works in Face selection mode.
		button	Activate Lasso Selection mode. This lets you draw the outline of your selected area. You can draw any shape you want.		This control only works in Face selection mode.
		button	Activate the Polygonal Lasso Selection mode. This lets you draw the outline of your selected area by setting points between polygon sides until you close the selection.		You can close the selection by double-clicking on the canvas, pressing Enter, or clicking on the first point.
		button	Activate Smart Selection mode. This lets you create selections based on the surface of the model. Tip: You can also make a smart selection by double-clicking a geometry while any selection tool shape is selected (square, lasso, or polygonal lasso). This way you can combine standard selection and smart selection together.		Smart selection only works in Face selection mode.
	Type	dropdown	Choose whether to base your smart selection on: • Connectedness Mesh - selects the areas on the model connected in 3D view. • Connectedness UV - selects the areas on the model connected to the selected face. When you look at the area in the UV view, this selects the whole connected area within the current UV patch. If the UV patch holds several different areas, only those areas you click on are selected. • Edge Angle - selects based on the degree of change between neighboring faces. The selection goes until it hits an angle higher than the Angle. • Orientation - selects the area that faces in the same direction as your initial selection. • Selection Group - selects the whole selection group that the selected face belongs to. If the selected face does not belong to a selection group, nothing happens. If a face belongs to more than one selection group, clicking repeatedly cycles through the other selection groups to which it belongs.		This control only works in Smart Selection mode.
	Angle	text field, slider	Set the maximum angle for the smart selection. • For Edge Angles, this sets the maximum angle between areas on the model surface. For example, if the angle is set to 30, this selects areas up to a 30 degree change of facing. • For Orientation, this sets how far from the facing of your original selection the selection goes to. For example, if the angle is set to 30, this selects areas up to 30 degrees away from the facing of your original selection.		This control only works in Smart Selection mode.
	All	button	Select all items.
	None	button	Unselect all items.
	Invert	button	Invert the current selection. Unselected areas become selected, and the other way around.
	Grow	button	Grow the current selection.		This control only works in Face selection mode.
	Shrink	button	Shrink the current selection.		This control only works in Face selection mode.
	Grow/ Shrink by	dropdown	Choose whether to grow or shrink the current selection by Vertex or Edge.		This control only works in Face selection mode.
	No properties.
	Mode	dropdown	The blending mode used when the paint bakes down onto the channel surface. The default is Normal (paint in the buffer overwrites the surface), but Mari supports a number of other blending modes.
	Colors	checkbox	Whether more pressure causes the color to vary (from slightly darker to the target color).
	Alpha	checkbox	Whether more pressure increases the opacity.
	Radius	checkbox	Whether more pressure increases the radius.
	Flow	checkbox	Whether more pressure increases the flow.
	Radius	text field	Set how big the brush tip is (in pixels).
	Opacity	text field	How opaque the paint is. This is a multiplier on the paint buffer contents. At 1.0, the paint bakes down to the surface with the same opacity as it is in the buffer. At 0.5, the paint applied to the surface is half as transparent as when it's in the buffer.
	Flow	text field	Mimics how quickly paint is applied, by setting the maximum opacity in a splat.
	Same as Paint, plus:
	Blur	text field, slider	Set the blur strength. The higher the value, the more blur is produced.
	Same as Paint.
	Same as Paint
	Mode	dropdown	Select the layer and painting blend modes.
	Image Clone	checkbox	Instead of painting through an image, the Image Clone option clones from the image. Ctrl+click the image to set a clone source point before painting.
	Stamp	button	Stamp the image straight onto the model.
	Toggle Repeat	button	Toggle source image tiling on and off. If this is on, when you paint off the edge of the image, Mari repeats the image (so you always have source data).
	Tint	button	Tint combines the foreground color with the paint through texture.
	Stencil	dropdown	Stencil uses the Paint Through texture’s alpha channel as a mask and paints the foreground color. There are three options available: • No Stencil - if this is selected, Mari ignores the stencil color and follows the alpha value. • Stencil - if this is selected, paint is applied to the foreground color. • Inverted Stencil - if this is selected, paint is applied in everything that is transparent.
	Luminance	dropdown	Luminance uses the Paint Through texture’s luminance instead of the alpha, but works similarly to Stencil. The following options exist within the same dropdown menu as the Stencil options: • Luminance - Works well for dirt, noise, and other similar images by using the luminance value of an image instead of the alpha. • Inverted Luminance - Similar to the luminance option, but the calculated luminance value is inverted before use.
	Reset Image	button	Reset any transformations (such as moving, resizing, or rotating) you have made to the source image that you're cloning.
	Pan Lock	checkbox	Lock the image position relative to the model. If you pan the model, the image that you're painting through pans too.
	Scale Lock	checkbox	Lock the image size relative to the model. If you zoom the model in or out, the image that you're painting through zooms in or out too.
	Same as Paint, plus:
	Color swatch		Select the start color for the gradient.	Select Color
	Color swatch		Select the end color for the gradient.	Select Color
	In Point	text field	How far through the gradient the start color lasts (before it starts graduating into the end color).
	Out Point	text field	How far through the gradient the end color reaches.
	Type	dropdown	Select between Linear or Radial gradient. A linear gradient has a color at one end grading into the other color. A radial gradient has a color in the middle, radiating out in a circle to the other color on the outside.
	Same as Paint, plus:
	Source	dropdown	Clone from: • Current Paint Target - the model's surface (baked paint) in the active channel. • Painting - the current (unbaked) paint in the paint buffer. • Image - an external image (selected from the Image Manager, optionally zoomed in or out). • Any of the other channels in the project.
	Clear	button	Remove the current warp.
	+	button	Increase the number of control points (up to 64) in the warp grid.
	-	button	Decrease the number of control points in the warp grid.
	Toggle Grid	button	Toggle between hiding and displaying the grid lines connecting the control points.
	Mode	dropdown	Select how to use the Slerp tool: • Pull - pulls paint around. • Grow - makes the paint in a specific area larger. • Shrink - makes the paint in a specific area smaller. • Rotate - rotates paint around. • Erase - lets you undo the distortion in a specific area of the painting. You can also: • press ’ (apostrophe) to undo all the distortions you've applied, or • press ;(semicolon) to apply your changes to the paint buffer (that is, make them so you can't erase the distortions).
	Radius	text field, slider	Set the slerp radius (that is, how big the brush tip is).
	Opacity	text field, slider	Set the strength of the Slerp effect.
	Reset Pins	button	Undo all the distortions you've applied, moving the pins back to their original positions.
	Clear Pins	button	Remove all the current pins.
	+	button	Increase the strength of the currently selected pin. Stronger pins pull more of the surrounding texture towards them.
	-	button	Decrease the strength of the currently selected pin.
	Apply	button	Apply your changes to the paint buffer and remove all current pins.
		button	Clone from the selected region to another part of the surface.
		button	Overwrite the selected region with another part of the surface.
		button	Swap the contents of the selected region with another area on the surface.
	Falloff	text field, slider	Controls how the texture blends in from the edges of the patch. Higher values have sharper transition to the surrounding texture, lower values blend in more smoothly. Use { and } to lower and raise the falloff.
	Value	text field, slider	How much of the color of the original patch to preserve. Higher values keep more of the original color, lower values blend the whole patch in with the background as you move it. Use [ and ] to lower and raise the value.
	Local	dropdown	Set the gimbal on the Transform Selected Objects tool to use the object's Local space for translation, rotation, scale, and free movement.		Local space uses the selected object's pivot as the origin for the movement for the object. The gimbal's axes move with the pivot of the object.
	Global	dropdown	Set the gimbal on the Transform Selected Objects tool to use Global (world) space for translation, rotation, scale, and free movement.		Global (or world) space uses the entire scene's origin as the movement for the object. The gimbal's axes always align with the scene's origin.
		button	Activate Rectangle Selection mode. This lets you draw a rectangular selection.
		button	Activate Lasso Selection mode. This lets you draw the outline of your selected area. You can draw any shape you want.
		button	Activate the Polygonal Lasso Selection mode. This lets you draw the outline of your selected area by setting points between polygon sides until you close the selection.		You can close the selection by double-clicking on the canvas, pressing Enter, or clicking on the first point.
		button	Activate Ellipse Selection mode. This lets you draw an elliptical selection.
		button	Activate MagicWand Selection mode. This lets you select by color. When you click, Mari creates a selection around the point you clicked. The selection is based on color – areas with a similar color to the original point are selected. You can change the color threshold for the selection.
		button	How drawing a new selection affects the current marquee selection: • Replace - the new selection replaces the existing selection. • Transform - this lets you move your selection area around (move, rotate, or scale the selection). In Replace mode (the default), you can: • hold down Shift, click and drag to add to the current selection, or • hold down Ctrl/Cmd, click and drag to remove from the current selection. In Transform mode, you can: • hold down Shift, click and drag to move the current selection, • hold down Ctrl/Cmd, click and drag to rotate the current selection, or • hold down Shift+Ctrl/Cmd, click and drag to scale the current selection.
		button	Fill the selected paint buffer area with the current foreground color.
		button	Invert the current selection. Unselected areas become selected, and the other way around.
		button	Lift the selected texture and store it in the paint buffer.
		button	Clear the current selection.
		text field	Feathering - Soften the edges of the selection. Higher values give the selection a softer, fuzzier edge. At 0, the selection has a hard edge.
	Reset Buffer	button	Reset any transformations (moves, rotations, scales) applied to the paint buffer (and any unbaked paint in the buffer).
	Reset on Bake	checkbox	Controls whether Mari resets the paint buffer to its defaults after baking. If enabled, any transformations you've made to the paint buffer revert to the defaults. That is, after baking you get a new paint buffer (once again slightly larger than the visible screen). If you want to preserve your transformations after baking, change this to disabled.
	Reset	button	Reset the zoom level of the paint buffer.
	Zoom In	button	Zoom in on the paint buffer.
	Zoom Out	button	Zoom out of the paint buffer.
	Zoom	information	Displays the paint buffer's zoom percentage.
	Reset on Bake	Checkbox	Controls whether Mari resets the paint buffer to its defaults after baking. If enabled, any transformations you've made to the paint buffer revert to the defaults. That is, after baking you get a new paint buffer (once again slightly larger than the visible screen). If you want to preserve your transformations after baking, change this to disabled.
	Reset	button	Reset the settings of the vector inspector. Can also be done by using the ’ (apostrophe) shortcut when the vector inspector is active.
	Enabled	checkbox	Enable (or disable) the visible directional markers for the vector paint tool. Can also be done by using the Shift+I shortcut.
	Spacing	text field, slider	Adjust the spacing between the directional markers. Can also be done by Shift+dragging the mouse when the vector inspector is active.
	Length	text field, slider	Adjust the length of the directional markers.
	Start Color	button	Change the color at the base of the directional markers.
	End Color	button	Change the color at the tip of the directional markers.
	Vector Space	dropdown	Set whether the vector inspector operates in ScreenSpace, TangentSpace, or WorldSpace.
	Sample Size	text field, slider	Radius in pixels that the eyedropper uses when sampling colors off the surface. The eyedropper takes the average value of all the pixels in this area, and sets this as the foreground color.
Color swatch	button	Select a foreground color.	Select Color		Color swatch
	button	Swap the foreground and background colors.
Color swatch	button	Select a background color.	Select Color		Color swatch
	button	Set the foreground color to white and the background color to black.