modo's paint tools provide one of the most natural painting experiences in 3D. Multi-threaded performance, a refined user interface, world class tools and the ability to directly paint on any image in the Shader Tree make painting in modo a breeze. And more than just being fun, it is a highly efficient way to create or modify the maps or procedural textures on your model because you can see exactly where you are painting, and you have not broken your modeling "flow" by switching to another paint system.

modo in Focus is a new video series that introduces key concepts and workflows in modo for new users and evaluators. Get a look at what it's like to 3D paint in modo by viewing the sample clip from this 3D painting video – just one of eight modo in Focus training videos included with your 30-day modo evaluation purchase.

"Since I just got my Wacom tablet I thought it was the best time to get to know modo's paint tools and paint something colorful. The modo community forum was a good place for me to figure out how to approach it. To start, I painted the textures in modo and used several texture images for different colors. Then I opened up the textures in Photoshop and combined them using various blending modes and adjusting their saturations. I liked how modo kept my Preview and Shader Tree updated as I changed and saved in Photoshop. The model itself is very simple and has no detail, so my focus was to get detail and texture from painting. modo's paint tool let me paint precisely and the painting felt very natural and easy."