Warping Paint Using a Grid

The Warp tool lets you warp a selected area within your paint buffer. You create a warp box - a rectangle with between 4 and 64 control points.

Warp box with four control points.	Warp box with 64 control points.

You can then warp the paint buffer under the box by moving the control points around.

Initial transform box (16 control points).	After some warping.

To use the Warp tool:

1.

If necessary, paint another couple of strokes on the model to experiment with.

2.

Click to select the Warp tool .

3.

Click and drag to create a rectangle to warp.

The warp rectangle displays, with nine control points, and a central rotation pivot (the large point in the center).

Tip:  After you draw a warp box, to replace it with another warp box: hold down Shift, click and drag.

4.

To warp your selection, you can do the following.

To...	You need to...	Example:
Increase or decrease the number of control points (up to 64)	press the Up or Down arrow keys (á â).
Move a single control point	click and drag it.
Move multiple control points	click and drag out a rectangle covering the control points, then click one of the points and drag it - the other points follow.
Rotate around the central pivot	hold down Shift+R, then drag one or more points.
Move the central pivot point	click and drag it. Be careful to click on the pivot point (the big circle), rather than the central control point.
Remove the current warp	press ' (apostrophe).

5.

To complete the warp, do one of the following:

• draw a new warp box (remember to hold down Shift when dragging to create the new box),

• change to another tool, or

• bake the paint.

Tip:  You cannot undo individual stages of a warp. You can only undo the warp as a whole.