Answered: Show all materials when painting colour layer

asutekku

Greetings

I recently bought Quixel suite and honestly, I must say it significantly improved my workflow! But nothing is perfect and so far I've had only one slight problem with the suite. I can't see any of the layers which are higher in the hierarchy when I'm in dDO's colour paint mode. Reason for this is I like using Photoshop's clipping mask to get mask from another layer (In this case I'm working on a surface of a tank and the camouflage should be just not almost so I can't use smart materials for the shapes.)

Here's my example layer structure to help to visualize:

Albedo
-Cavity Dirty
-Fine Rust
-Scuffs
-Scratched Metal
--Black paint
--Light green paint <- These two are masked with clipping mask from primer
-Primer


So, any way to show the layers which are higher in the hierarchy tree when painting? I want to show Black paint and/or all the layers above when I paint on Light Green Paint. Right now I only see Primer and Scratched Metal. Or is there a proper workaround to achieve the same effect.

Synaesthesia

As a small workaround for now, you can move the paint layer out (RMB on the layer, Move Out) of the group it's in, move it above the layer stack, paint as normal, and then move it back to right above the group you'd like to use. RMB and click Move In and it'll get placed inside of the group again.

asutekku

Thanks for the answer! Is this going to be a feature in an upcoming release or do I have to keep using the workaround?

Synaesthesia

It should be getting fixed in an upcoming release - I don't have an ETA however.