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Using Symmetry With the Paint Selections Tool in Softimage

By June 21, 2013No Comments

Alan Fregtman takes a look at a not so well known feature in Softimage regarding the Paint Selection Tool, with this new TD Survival quick tip. Alan and Miquel demonstrates using the Paint Selection Tool with symmetry.

In this video Alan shows us a lesser known feature of the builtin Paint Selection Tool… it works with Sym ON

Alan and Miquel have been providing some great tips and tutorials under TD Survival, and in this quick tip show that essentially, the Paint Selections tool is simply a brush in Softimage, so it could behave similarly to painting weights, and by turning symmetry on, you have a an easy way to select components in symmetry.

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