[Bf-committers] GSoC 2018: Layer Painting Proposal

[Ricardo Nunes]

 Wow, thanks for the suggestions and all the references! I didn't realise
there was an add-on like BPainter, but it looks really complete and it'll
be a good reference point. I wonder if that lowers the need for this
project though, considering that there already is quite a substantial
add-on for it (though it is paid), or if having multi-layer support build
directly in Blender will still be better for performance and future
development...

Well certainly it could be argued that it is not needed. But personally I
do think that something as fundamental as layers for painting is something
that eventually needs to be done inside the master and not added through an
add-on.
Also there are plenty of users who use default Blender out of choice or
must.

Well some one from the Institute would probably be able to offer more
insight into the priorities right now with 2.8 and all that.

2018-03-19 21:52 GMT+02:00 Cheryl Chen <chnchryl at gmail.com>:

> Wow, thanks for the suggestions and all the references! I didn't realise
> there was an add-on like BPainter, but it looks really complete and it'll
> be a good reference point. I wonder if that lowers the need for this
> project though, considering that there already is quite a substantial
> add-on for it (though it is paid), or if having multi-layer support build
> directly in Blender will still be better for performance and future
> development...
>
> On Sun, Mar 18, 2018 at 7:50 PM, Ricardo Nunes <3rton93 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Looks like a great proposal to me. I'm sure I wouldn't be only person to
> > appreciate layers for texture painting. I guess you could say paragraph
> or
> > two about what you did for those major school projects?
> >
> > You mention you will use Substance Painter as reference, sounds cool. I
> > would also recommend taking a look at Krita (foss photoshop like
> > application) and Bpainter (Paid Blender add-on by Andreas Esau) (I'd say
> > both are relevant for texture painting in conjunction with Blender atm)
> > Especially for Bpainter since it is licensed in Blender Market under GPL
> > any of the code should be legally okay to use if there is something that
> > would easily translate for use. Even if you don't really use anything
> > directly it could give useful reference on how someone else has
> approached
> > something similar in the framework that is Blender. (Although, the price
> > might be bit steep just for reference and I don't know is there some kind
> > of code of conduct one should follow here)
> > (https://www.blendermarket.com/products/bpainter)
> >
> > Other than that I guess you'll want beta testers if you do get accepted:
> > @Lowpolycurls (Twitter, very talented handpaiting Blender artist)
> > XRG81 (Youtube, had nice tutorials on handpainting in Blender)
> > @Wayward_Art_Co (Twitter, made good tutorial series on lowpoly modeling
> and
> > handpainting in Blender)
> > @ndee85 (Twitter, The creator of Bpainter. Probably would be able to
> help a
> > lot but no clue how happy they'd be to help)
> > All of these could probably give great feedback and ideas if they have
> the
> > time.
> >
> > Well good luck! Looking forward to layers (fingers crossed)
> >
> > 2018-03-18 17:47 GMT+02:00 Cheryl Chen <chnchryl at gmail.com>:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I’m Cheryl, and I’m interested in improving Blender’s current texture
> > paint
> > > system through the GSoC project on layer painting. I’ve finished the
> > first
> > > draft of my proposal, and I’d really appreciate any feedback on it,
> > > particularly on whether the scope of the project seems reasonable, and
> if
> > > there are any other things I should consider.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here is the link to the doc: https://docs.google.com/document/d/
> > > 1MlZnedwL738OmMK1IAi4veO-KDsqefNBkpfgrUR757M/edit?usp=sharing
> > > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MlZnedwL738OmMK1IAi4veO-
> > > KDsqefNBkpfgrUR757M/edit?usp=sharing>
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for your time!
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Cheryl Chen
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