Maya Paint Layers

[Quizboy]

what i mean is, you get the white screen in Maya Paint which you can paint on freely, but you've only got this one layer...

[Quizboy]

Has anyone here ever used the Paint Effects screen for just 2D drawing?

[womanonfire]

2d paint in Maya is ultra simplistic.
one layer, one undo.
you can open your own image.
you can middle mouse button drag a texture from the hypershade to the paint window. you can set it up so that it saves (with alpha) and you can see that update on a 3d model in (semi) real time.
but no photoshop-like action.

i really wish Alias would improve the 2d paint functionality... even the 3d paint could use some work actually.

[Quizboy]

OK, at least i know that it can't do any more than what i think it can. Shame though, because the ink brushes are so amazing and i don't have those in photoshop.

...i guess they have to leave room for improvement in Maya 5.5

thanks womanonfire!:hmm:

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