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# Paint Node Menu Settings

## Source Controls

Displays the front clip, matte clip, and sources. The Sources list manages the sources attached to the current node. A source is composed of a front source and a matte source. See Using Sources .

Add button
  Click to add a new source node, and select the source front and source matte. Ctrl-click to add a source node only.

Source Front option box
  Select Front Lock to use the current frame for the duration of the source front clip. Select Front On to unlock the clip and apply it in its original state.

Source Matte option box
  Select Matte Off to paint anywhere on the canvas, Matte On to limit painting to areas on the source matte, or Matte Invert to limit painting to areas outside the source matte.

Hide Strokes button
  Hides the strokes associated with the current source.

Clear Strokes button
  Clears the strokes associated with the current source.

Current Frame box
  Select to clear strokes for the Current Frame or the entire Sequence.

Sources List
  Displays the sources attached to the current node.

## Brush Attributes

Sets the size of the brush and other brush attributes affecting how paint is applied to the canvas. See Brush Attributes and Attribute Modes.

Size field
  Set the radius of the brush in pixels. Editable.

Rate field
  Set the rate at which to apply brush strokes to the canvas. Use a higher percentage value to produce a smoother continuous stroke. Editable.

Fixed Rate button
  Enable to make the stroke dependent on the speed at which you move the brush.

Pressure field
  Set the transparency on the pressure and direction of the pen. Editable.

Jitter field
  Set the level of dispersion. A lower value produces a greater concentration of paint. Editable.

Direction field
  Set the percentage of a complete rotation to rotate the brush around the Z-axis. Editable.

Roll field
  Set the percentage of a complete rotation to rotate the brush around the X-axis. Editable.

### Brush Attribute Modes

Brush Attribute Modes option box
  Select an attribute as a reference value. Select a clip to use its luminance as a reference.

Brush Attribute Modes option box
  Select an attribute as a reference value. Select a clip to use its luminance as a reference.

Brush Attribute Modes option box
  Select an attribute as a reference value. Select a clip to use its luminance as a reference.

Brush Attribute Modes option box
  Select an attribute as a reference value. Select a clip to use its luminance as a reference.

Brush Attribute Modes option box
  Select an attribute as a reference value. Select a clip to use its luminance as a reference.

Brush Attribute Modes option box
  Select an attribute as a reference value. Select a clip to use its luminance as a reference.

## Paint Mode

Sets the type of paint operation that is applied to the brush. Some brushes paint in a colour; others use contents of the result or a source. See Using Paint Modes and Using Blending Modes.

Paint Modes box
  Select the type of effect you want to apply to the brush.

Opacity field
  Displays the opacity of the brush. Use a lower value to apply a more transparent colour. Editable.

Fade field
  Displays how quickly the stroke fades when the Fade brush attribute mode is selected. A higher value fades the stroke faster.

Blending Modes box
  Select the blending operation to apply to the brush colour components.

Paint On box
  Select to apply strokes to the current frame, from the current frame to the last frame, or to all frames in the sequence.

Scale field
  Displays the scale value of the reference image. Editable.

Rotate field
  Displays the angle of rotation to rotate the reference image. Editable.

X Offset field
  Displays the horizontal coordinate for the Clone offset. Editable.

Y Offset field
  Displays the vertical coordinate for the Clone offset. Editable.

## Overlay Controls

Overlay button
  Enable to show a reference clip overlaid onto the canvas.

Reference box
  Select the view with the reference clip you want overlay.

Transparency field
  Set the transparency percentage of the reference clip. Editable.

## Colour Palette and Brushes

Current colour pot
  Select the current brush colour. Editable.

Preset colour pots
  Select preset brush colours. Editable.

Brushes
  Select a default brush profile to set it as the brush stroke.

## Matte Controls

Defines the area that can be used to paint. You can paint on the entire canvas or areas delimited by the matte properties. See Restricting Strokes with the Source Matte and Restricting Brush Strokes.

Use Matte button
  Enable to limit brush strokes on the canvas to areas inside the matte.

Invert button
  Enable to limit brush strokes on the canvas to areas outside the matte.

Both button
  Enable to paint on the result and output matte simultaneously.

## Canvas Controls

Controls clearing and wiping the canvas at the current frame. See Using the Canvas.

Clear box
  Select whether to clear all strokes from the result image and output matte at the current frame or to clear strokes from all frames.

Wipe button
  Select to apply a uniform colour in a single brush stroke to the entire result image, the front only or the output matte only at the current frame.

Wipe colour pot
  Select the wipe brush stroke. Editable.

Use Source button
  Enable to use the current source to wipe over the image.

Rotation field
  Displays the angle of rotation used to rotate the canvas in the image window. Editable.

## Node Setup

Active
  Enable to activate smooth filtering of pixels for enhanced display.