Creating a paint simulation

Creating a basic Dynamic Paint simulation is a little tricky to set up, so let’s create one together and go over the process! To make things easier to understand, I recommend downloading the Paint Startup.blend file here: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Blender-Simulations/tree/main/Chapter%2012%20Project%20Files.

This file includes a basic animation of a sphere following a curve on a plane:

Figure 12.9 – The Paint Startup.blend example

Let’s start out by adding a Dynamic Paint simulation to the plane and the sphere object!

1. Select the Plane object and head over to the Physics panel. Select Dynamic Paint, make sure Type is set to Canvas, and then click on Add Canvas:

Figure 12.10 – Adding the Canvas object

2. Let’s do the same thing for the Sphere object, except let’s set Type to Brush and click Add Brush!
3. Even though we have a brush...