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Beaulah Mozie
Blender Bpainter V2.0 Rc4: A Powerful and Intuitive Painting Addon for Blender
Blender is a free and open source 3D creation suite that supports the entire 3D pipeline from modeling, sculpting, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking to video editing and game creation. Blender is used by millions of artists, hobbyists, professionals and enthusiasts around the world for creating stunning 3D artworks, animations, games and visual effects.
One of the essential aspects of 3D creation is texturing, which is the process of applying images, colors, patterns and other details to the surface of 3D models. Texturing can greatly enhance the realism, appearance and mood of 3D scenes and characters. However, texturing can also be a challenging and tedious task, especially for beginners and non-experts who may find the default tools and workflow in Blender too complex and confusing.
That's why Bpainter was created. Bpainter is a powerful and intuitive painting addon for Blender that simplifies and streamlines the texturing process in Blender. Bpainter allows you to paint directly on your 3D models in a fast and easy way, using a familiar layer-based system that you may know from 2D painting apps. Bpainter also provides a universal brush library that is available in any blend file, so you don't need to append any brushes from other files. Bpainter also integrates seamlessly with Blender's node system, so you can easily adjust and fine-tune your textures using nodes.
What's New in Bpainter V2.0 Rc4?
Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 is the latest release of Bpainter for Blender 2.81 and above. It introduces a new PBR workflow in Blender, which means you can paint realistic materials using physically based rendering (PBR) techniques. PBR is a method of rendering that mimics the way light interacts with different materials in the real world, such as metals, plastics, fabrics, etc. PBR makes your textures look more consistent and realistic across different lighting conditions and environments.
Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 also introduces a new Map Generator feature that allows you to export your textures as image files for use in other applications or game engines. You can export your textures as base color, metallic, roughness, normal, height, ambient occlusion and curvature maps. You can also customize the resolution, format and naming of your exported maps.
Besides these major features, Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 also includes many bug fixes and improvements, such as:
- Improved undo functionality
- Improved layer merging for multiple objects
- Improved user experience when setting up a paint channel
- New pixel brush feature
- New gradient functionality for brushes
- New color dodge and color burn brush presets
- New UV layout selection for mask layer
- New custom path for texture library and brush library
- New pie menu for dockers (A key)
- New alpha lock per layer feature
- New alpha output for paint channel feature
- New layer interpolation feature
- Fixed problem with loading brushes and textures
- Fixed problem with color picker removing top bar
- Fixed problem with map generator not working nicely with multiple material slots
- Fixed problem with brush hardness in Blender 2.82
- Fixed problem with advanced brush settings jitter issue
- Fixed problem with UV plane preview
- Fixed problem with brush symmetry in Blender 2.91
- Fixed problem with disabling brush mask setting not working correctly anymore
- Fixed problem with deleting layers leading to orphaned nodes in paint channel group
- Fixed problem with updating layers breaking when layer texture gets somehow deleted
- Fixed problem with eevee and cycles behaving differently when a layer with mask was disabled resulting in an unwanted material when rendering with cycles
How to Get Bpainter V2.0 Rc4?
If you are interested in getting Bpainter V2.0 Rc4, you can head over to the Blender Market and purchase it for $39.99. The Blender Market is a platform that supports the Blender community by providing a place where creators can sell their products and services to Blender users. By purchasing Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 from the Blender Market, you are also supporting the development of Bpainter and ensuring its future updates and improvements.
Alternatively, you can also get Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 as part of the Creative Bundle, which includes 5 other amazing addons for Blender: Asset Sketcher, Decal Machine, Hard Ops, Box Cutter and Mesh Machine. The Creative Bundle costs $149.99 and offers a great value for money for anyone who wants to take their Blender skills to the next level.
Conclusion
Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 is a powerful and intuitive painting addon for Blender that simplifies and streamlines the texturing process in Blender. It allows you to paint directly on your 3D models in a fast and easy way, using a familiar layer-based system and a universal brush library. It also introduces a new PBR workflow in Blender and a new Map Generator feature that allows you to export your textures as image files. Bpainter V2.0 Rc4 is compatible with Blender 2.81 and above and is available on the Blender Market for $39.99 or as part of the Creative Bundle for $149.99.
If you want to learn more about Bpainter V2.0 Rc4, you can check out some of the introduction videos for Bpainter on YouTube . You can also find a detailed documentation for Bpainter on the Blender Market.