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Paint Tool

The Paint tool provides a free-form placement method for crowd elements in your scene. This intuitive brush-based system allows you to quickly populate areas with crowd members.

Paint Tool

Brush Options

Section titled “Brush Options”

The Paint tool provides two main controls in the Brush Options section:

Brush Size

Section titled “Brush Size”
  • Numerical control for precise brush size adjustment
  • Use Ctrl + Scroll Wheel to quickly resize the brush
  • Larger sizes for broad coverage, smaller for precise placement

Paint Density

Section titled “Paint Density”
  • Percentage control (0-100%) for instance density
  • Works with brush’s “Density (per 1Kuu)” setting to determine final crowd density

For additional controls while painting, see Crowd Tools Keyboard Shortcuts.

Mesh/Brush Asset Selection

Section titled “Mesh/Brush Asset Selection”

Below the brush options, you can select from your available crowd brushes. Each brush contains its own:

Brush Settings

Section titled “Brush Settings”

Each brush defines how instances are placed and configured in your scene:

  • Instance density and spacing
  • Scale ranges and modes
  • Surface alignment and height offset
  • Rotation and orientation

For detailed configuration options, see Crowd Brushes

See Also

Section titled “See Also”