Convert to polygons
You can convert Paint Effects strokes to polygonal meshes, including construction history, using .
This feature allows you to do the following:
- Render in any renderer. (For more information, see Select a renderer.)
- Have Paint Effects show up in reflections, refractions and through transparent objects (For more information, see Raytracing.)
- Use other polygon editing tools on them (For more information, see Modeling menus.)
You can edit brush attributes and see the effect on the output mesh. Shaders that closely match the look of the Paint Effects render are automatically generated and assigned to the resulting meshes. You can optionally choose to output color per vertex and also to bake lighting onto the mesh.
Convert to NURBS
You can convert
Paint Effects strokes to NURBS using
. If you select the Options box (
) in the process, you can choose to hide the strokes. The benefit of converting
Paint Effects to NURBS is that you can work the
Paint Effects objects as geometry. There is a
NURBS Output section in the strokeShape
Attribute Editor containing attributes for specifying converting to NURBS. For descriptions of these
NURBS Output options, see
NURBS Output in
strokeShape node.
Convert to curves
You can convert
Paint Effects strokes to curves using
. If you select the Options box () in the process, you can choose to hide the strokes. The benefits of converting
Paint Effects to curves is you can use the resulting curves for modeling, and you can render the curves in other renderers, such as Pixar®RenderMan®.