You're reading from Get Set Procreate 5 A practical guide to illustrating on an iPad filled with tips, tricks, and best practices

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2022

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781800563001

Length 592 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

Procreate

Concepts

Animation

Author (1):

Samadrita Ghosh

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: UI Overview

2. Chapter 1: The Gallery – Organizing Your Files FREE CHAPTER

3. Chapter 2: Getting Started – Setting Up a Canvas

4. Chapter 3: Understanding Your Workspace

5. Chapter 4: Using the Actions Menu

6. Chapter 5: Selecting and Transforming

7. Part 2: Utility and an In-Depth Discussion of Utility and Features

8. Chapter 6: Using Gestures and Shortcuts

9. Chapter 7: Organizing Your Layers

10. Chapter 8: Painting Tools and the Brush Library – Using and Organizing Brushes

11. Chapter 9: Brush Studio Settings – Editing and Combining Brushes

12. Chapter 10: Using Colour Tools

13. Chapter 11: Adjustments – Applying Image Effects

14. Chapter 12: Using Assisted Drawing Tools

15. Chapter 13: Using Animation Assist for 2D Animation

16. Chapter 14: Sketchbooking with Page Assist

17. Chapter 15: Painting on 3D Models

18. Part 3: Illustration Tips

19. Chapter 16: Rendering Objects Using Blend Modes

20. Index

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Working with layers in 3D

Layers are an interesting subject when it comes to 3D painting. Although they look similar to those in 2D, 3D layers function differently. In this section, we will familiarize ourselves with the various layer functions in a 3D canvas.

Texture sets

When you open the Layers panel in a 3D canvas, you will see layer “groups,” corresponding to each separate component of a 3D model. These groups are called texture sets. Each texture set is indicated with a label. The following screenshot shows a model with two texture sets, Trucks and Board:

Figure 15.13 : Texture sets

If the model is a simple one, you will find fewer texture sets and vice versa. Components that share the same UV map come under the same set and share a common base layer.

Meshes

Each texture set has associated meshes. You can think of these as “subcomponents.” For example, the Trucks texture set in the following screenshot has the Trucks...