Tools Panel

1. Eraser Tool. You can use the eraser tool to erase entire brush strokes. To select the tool:

   1. Point your painting controller towards the palette and select the eraser .

   2. Position the tool anywhere on the brush stroke and press the trigger to erase.

   3. To disable the eraser, select the icon again.

   Note: To erase your last brush stroke quickly, you can also use Undo. To use Undo, press the left side of the palette controller’s disk. You can also use Undo if you accidentally erase a brush stroke.

2. Dropper Tool. To select the brush and color used for a stroke or the color in a reference image:

   1. Position your controller on the brush stroke or the color in an image you want.

   2. Press the trigger to confirm. Your brush type, color and size will be copied.

   3. To disable the dropper, click the icon again

3. Repaint Tool

4. Camera Tool. Use Cameras to save your creation in various formats.

   1. Point your painting controller towards the palette and select Cameras.

   2. On your painting controller, swipe the thumbpad (HTC Vive) or thumbstick (Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality) right or left to access the Camera options.

   3. After selecting your option, your image file will save to the "Open Brush" folder inside "Documents" on your computer.

   4. You can then share photos, videos, and GIFs or your artwork online.

   5. PC users can record still images, animated GIFs or video. The Quest only supports still images and GIFs.

   For better quality you can record re-render videos offline. Long-press the camera tool to access the camera settings:

   

5. Teleport Tool. To virtually hop to a different spot in your environment, use Teleport.

   1. Point your painting controller towards the palette and select Teleport.

   2. On your painting hand, press the thumbpad or trigger to move around the x and y axis.

   3. You will see footprints on the ground, which represent your landing spot.

   4. To disable Teleport, select the icon again.

   Note: The distance which you can teleport varies in each environment.

6. Selection Tool. Use Selection to select and duplicate strokes and models in your scene.

   1. Select strokes using the trigger. You can also flip into deselect mode by tapping the thumbpad (HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality) or “A/X” button (Oculus Rift).

   2. If you want to move your selection, grab it as you would any other model in your scene. To delete a selected group of strokes, just throw it away.

   3. Duplicate selections by either: a) holding the thumbpad (HTC Vive and Windows Mixed Reality) or “A/X” button (Oculus Rift) while intersecting your controller with selected strokes or... b) using the same button but whilst moving a selection The first method creates a duplicate slightly offset from the original whilst the second leaves a copy behind at the exact spot where you pressed the button.

   Selection Tray Buttons: Select All

   To select everything in a scene, long press on the Select button on the Tools panel and the Select All button will appear.

   Invert Selection

   To invert a selection that you have just made, long press on the Select button on the Tools panel and the Invert Selection button will appear.

   Toggle Grouping for Selection

   Combines the currently selected strokes into a single group. They will move and scale as one. You can ungroup them easily by clicking again.

7. Mirror Tool. Use the mirror mode tool to paint symmetrically. To use the tool:

   1. Point your painting controller towards the palette and select Mirror Mode.

   2. To grab and move the mirror, use the Grip button on the sides of your controllers.

   3. To adjust the mirror back to default, grab and move the mirror onto the snapback widget.

   4. To spin the mirror, grab the mirror using the Grip button on the right side of your painting controller. Throw the mirror to spin it in an infinite loop. You can then paint within this loop.

   If you long-press the mirror tool you get the following options:

   The second button is the Mirror Recall button. This will recall a Mirror that is out of reach. (If you like the mirror - you might want to check out the multi-mirror )

8. Straight Edge Tool. Use the straight edge tool to paint in straight lines between two points.

9. Fly Tool

10. Snip Tool (currently beta only)

11. Join Tool (currently beta only)

Differences in Beginners vs Advanced modes

The following tools only appear in Advanced Mode

1. Dropper

2. Repaint

3. Selection

4. Fly

5. Snip

6. Join

Additionally in Advanced Mode the Environment Panel button moves to the Extras Panel