Projecting photo colour

Once photos are matched, Shapeaway can paint their colour onto the sculpt.

Project

In the Refs tab, with an object selected:

Action	Does
Project this photo	Paints the object from one photo
Project all matched photos	Paints from every matched photo, blended by how squarely each faces the surface

Each is one undo step. The mask protects areas, and Strength blends the projection with the paint already there. Parts hidden from a photo (behind an ear, under the chin) are never painted from it.

Remove lighting

Remove lighting estimates the light in the photo from the sculpt’s shape and takes it out, so the colour is closer to the subject’s own colour and the realistic view can light it again.

Brush it on

The Paint tool’s Paint from photo brushes the photo’s colour on instead, from the photo you’re looking through or, otherwise, the matched photo facing most nearly the way you’re looking.

Carry it on

Projected colour is paint like any other: it goes into baked colour maps and coloured exports.