“Petanuri 3D,” a tool that allows users to directly draw textures onto 3D avatars and clothing, has been announced.

On October 3rd, Hyper Tsuyotsuyo released the 3D painting tool “Petanuri 3D” on BOOTH. This tool allows you to directly paint textures onto 3D avatars, costumes, and accessories used in VRChat and other applications. It specializes in anime-style and illustration-style painting.

This tool is unique in that it allows you to draw directly where you see the model, without having to search for UV coordinates (the coordinates of a 3D model’s surface unfolded onto a plane). As you rotate the viewpoint and draw on the model, the content of your drawing is directly transferred to the UV texture. The brush can reach even the back or hidden surfaces, such as the inside of hair or overlapping clothing. By placing the 3D view and UV sections side by side, you can paint from either direction without lines or blurs breaking at the seams.

Layer manipulation is as intuitive as with 2D illustrations. It supports clipping and 26 blending modes, and you can move, scale, and rotate your drawings in 3D. For symmetrical drawing, you can combine X, Y, and Z axes. Finished textures can be exported as PNGs, and with Standard or higher versions, you can easily switch between PNG and PSD while preserving layers. It also supports launching from <a href="https://comicvibe.com/unity-unveils-a-web/” title=”Unity unveils a web”>Unity and painting from there. Saved content is reflected in Unity, without overwriting the original file.

The Pro version allows you to paint while checking the finished display, which includes shadows and outlines calculated using the same method as lilToon (beta version). You can also use features such as drawing while the model is posed by rotating bones, and AO baking, which calculates the darkness of areas that are difficult to light reach and creates layers for them.

The prices are free for Lite, 2,500 yen for Standard, and 4,000 yen for Pro. A launch sale is running until November 2nd, with Standard at 1,500 yen and Pro at 3,000 yen. An option to upgrade to Pro after purchasing Standard is also available. The operating environment is Windows 11 (64-bit), and it can open FBX, glTF, GLB, VRM, OBJ, and DAE models.

Petanuri 3D Product Overview

This article is an English translation of an original Japanese article, translated by the Mogura VR editorial team.

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