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8 Select Paint Effects > Preset Blending to turn off Preset Blending before
you proceed to the next lesson.
Beyond the lesson
In this lesson, you learned how to:
■ Use Paint Effects to paint on the 2D canvas.
■ Use the preset Paint Effects brushes from the Visor.
■ Edit, blend, and save preset brushes for later use.
Painting on the 2D canvas is useful when you need to create a texture to
be applied to a surface. For example, suppose you paint a repeating brick
pattern on the canvas and save the canvas as an image file. You can create
a material, for instance, a Blinn material, then apply the image file as a
file texture to the color of the Blinn material. You can then apply the Blinn
material to a 3D wall you’ve modeled, which creates the illusion of a brick
wall.
Painting a 2D canvas is also useful for creating a background image for a scene.
For instance, you might create lush foliage on the canvas, put it on a camera’s
image plane, then use it as the backdrop for animated jungle animals in the
foreground.
Although not covered in this lesson, you can use a tablet and stylus to paint
with pressure sensitivity. Pressure sensitivity allows you to more realistically
simulate the effects of traditional drawing media (pens, pencils, markers, etc.)
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