Style Mode
Tools
Tools for playing around with the flecks in your sculptures and paintings. Results can be combined with coat and effects, so experiment.
With each tool, you can carefully adjust one item at a time using the imp tip, or you can use the volume brush to capture a lot of stuff at once.
After selecting a tool, press and a wireframe shape will appear on your imp tip. Press to make it bigger and to make it smaller.
Now when you use that tool, anything inside the volume brush will be affected. This is great for making expressive changes to large scenes.
For example, if you want to vary the texture of a large scene, using the volume brush to sweep ruffle over it will give it variation.
Tools for playing around with the flecks in your sculptures and paintings. Results can be combined with coat and effects, so experiment.
With each tool, you can carefully adjust one item at a time using the imp tip, or you can use the volume brush to capture a lot of stuff at once.
After selecting a tool, press and hold on and twist away from A wireframe shape will appear. Twist away from to make it bigger and toward to make it smaller.
Now when you use that tool, anything inside the volume brush will be affected. This is great for making expressive changes to large scenes.
For example, if you want to vary the texture of a large scene, using the volume brush to sweep ruffle over it will give it variation.
Undo
Mistakes happen. But you can learn from them. Sometimes you can even embrace them. If you don't want to, however, there's always undo.
Just press over the button and your last action will be undone. Press it again for the action before that. You can undo everything to the start of your session if needs be.
There's also a shortcut for this - just press to undo.
Mistakes happen. But you can learn from them. Sometimes you can even embrace them. If you don't want to, however, there's always undo.
Press on over the button and your last action will be undone. Press it again for the action before that. You can undo everything to the start of your session if needs be.
There's also a shortcut for this - just tilt or twist to the left and press to undo.
Redo
Decided you'd like to embrace that mistake after all? Just press over the button and the action you undid will be redone, as it were. You can redo everything you undo.
There's also a shortcut for this - just press to redo.
Decided you'd like to embrace that mistake after all? Press on over the button and the action you undid will be redone, as it were. You can redo everything you undo.
There's also a shortcut for this - just tilt or twist to the right and press to redo.
SuperStyle
Motion Controllers Only
A special tool only available with motion controllers. Applies fleck, loosens and combs all-in-one. It's a good way to quickly add some style, but it's also very expressive.
It applies fleck instantly, rather than gradually like apply fleck does normally. You can adjust the looseness and impasto as you work.
For looseness, with superstyle equipped, press and hold on and twist away from to increase it, or toward to decrease it.
For impasto, press and hold on and twist away from to increase it, or toward to decrease it.
Apply Fleck
Use this to change the fleck type of your sculpture or painting. Pick a new fleck type, hover over the object and press and hold
Fleck change happens gradually, so if you stop before it's done you can get a lovely mix of two fleck types. If you want to substitute the flecks completely, keep holding
Use this to change the fleck type of your sculpture or painting. Pick a new fleck type, hover over the object and press and hold on
Fleck change happens gradually, so if you stop before it's done you can get a lovely mix of two fleck types. If you want to substitute the flecks completely, keep holding on
Looseness
Use this to adjust the looseness of the flecks in your creations. Hover over something and press and hold and the flecks will gradually loosen.
Press to change to subtract and reverse the effect, tightening the flecks up again. Note that you can't go any tighter than the object was originally.
Use this to adjust the looseness of the flecks in your creations. Hover over something and hold on and the flecks will gradually loosen.
Tap the top of on the bottom of to change to subtract and reverse the effect, tightening the flecks. Note that you can't go tighter than the object was originally.
To apply or remove it quickly to the level you want, so you can apply the same setting to lots of objects, you can use rate. It's a bit like adjusting the flow on an airbrush.
Hold on and twist to bring up the rate dial. Keep holding and twist counter-clockwise or clockwise to turn it up or down. Then use on to apply as before.
The higher the rate, the more looseness is applied or removed, and vice versa. You can then instantly apply it at that level to lots of stuff.
Impasto
In art, impasto is a technique whereby you lay paint thickly to give your painting texture. This gives you a similar effect.
When you apply impasto, your flecks will swell and layer up, becoming more 3D. In paintings it will give your strokes depth and texture just like a real painting.
In sculptures this can give you all sorts of effects depending on the fleck. For example, pick streaky and use impasto on that and you'll get a furry look.
Just select impasto and hover over the sculpture or stroke. Then press and hold to gradually apply it. Reverse the effect by switching to subtract using
In art, impasto is a technique of laying paint thickly to give a painting texture. This gives you a similar effect, making your flecks swell and layer up, becoming more 3D.
In paintings it will give your strokes depth and texture just like a real painting. In sculptures this can give you all sorts of effects depending on the fleck.
Select impasto and hover over the stroke or sculpture. Then hold on to gradually apply it. Reverse it by tapping the top of to the bottom of to switch to subtract.
To apply or remove it quickly to the level you want, so you can apply the same setting to lots of objects, you can use rate. It's a bit like adjusting the flow on an airbrush.
Hold on and twist to bring up the rate dial. Keep holding and twist counter-clockwise or clockwise to turn it up or down. Then use on to apply as before.
The higher the rate, the more impasto is applied or removed, and vice versa. You can then instantly apply it at that level to lots of stuff.
Comb
Use this to change the direction of your flecks. Results will vary depending on the fleck used. Select comb and hover over a sculpture or painting.
Press while moving the imp in the direction you want the flecks to lie and let go of when you're happy.
Use this to change the direction of your flecks. Results will vary depending on the fleck used. Select comb and hover over a sculpture or painting.
Press on while moving the imp in the direction you want the flecks to lie. Let go of when you're happy.
Ruffle
This will randomise the directions of the individual flecks, like when you muss up someone's hair. Select ruffle and hover over a sculpture or a painting.
Press and hold and the flecks will be gradually ruffled. Press to switch to subtract to reverse the effect.
This will randomise the directions of the individual flecks, like when you muss up someone's hair. Select ruffle and hover over a sculpture or a painting.
Hold on and the flecks will gradually ruffle. Tap the top of to the bottom of to switch to subtract and reverse the effect.
To apply or remove it quickly to the level you want, so you can apply the same setting to lots of objects, you can use rate. It's a bit like adjusting the flow on an airbrush.
Hold on and twist to bring up the rate dial. Keep holding and twist counter-clockwise or clockwise to turn it up or down. Then use on to apply as before.
The higher the rate, the more ruffle is applied or removed, and vice versa. You can then instantly apply it at that level to lots of stuff.
Neatness
This will organise the flecks in your sculpture along gridlines. Select neatness and hover over a sculpture.
Press and hold and the flecks will gradually organise themselves. Press to switch to subtract to reverse the effect. Very useful for representing things like tiles.
Revert
When you're finessing a piece of art, undo can be a bit of a blunt instrument. You may not want to completely undo what you've done, but just dial it back a bit.
Revert lets you do that. Select it, hover over the thing you went a bit OTT on, and press (or press and hold) till you're happy.
When you're finessing a piece of art, undo can be a bit of a blunt instrument. You may not want to completely undo what you've done, but just dial it back a bit.
Revert lets you do that. Select it, hover over the thing you went a bit OTT on, and press (or press and hold) on till you're happy.
To revert quickly to the level you want, so you can apply the same setting to lots of objects, you can use rate. It's a bit like adjusting the flow on an airbrush.
Hold on and twist to bring up the rate dial. Keep holding and twist counter-clockwise or clockwise to turn it up or down. Then use on to revert as before.
The higher the rate, the quicker revert will happen and vice versa. You can then instantly revert to the same level on lots of stuff.
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